"If you can get your ship into orbit, you're halfway to anywhere." | |
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"I am on a lonely road and I am ...
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traveling, |
traveling |
.. Looking for something, what can it be? ..."
Joni Mitchell
BLUE cover image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_(Joni_Mitchell_album)
@jonimitchell
Source: Blue CD track 1 "All I Want" – 3:34 in the car travelling from Hay-on-Wye back to the NW England.
Still looking - listening: 'Both Sides' ...
Call for Papers 2023
Date 4-6th July 2023
Location: Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie Campus, NSW, Australia (google map link)
Theme: Threshold Concepts: Roads Less Travelled
We propose an exploration of movement “outward, forward, and towards” threshold concepts, and the journeys we undertake as learners and researchers. These pathways may be known or unknown, familiar or alien, hidden or exposed. We have identified a number of subthemes, which you may interpret according to your context.
We invite you to submit proposals under one of the subthemes and we look forward to seeing you in Port Macquarie in July 2023 to celebrate twenty years of Threshold Concepts. #9BiTCC2023
The Global Research Nurses hub and The Global Health Network have made available £20,000 funds for small pump-priming grants of between £2000 and £10000 specifically for nursing and midwifery led research projects relevant to Low and Middle Income Countries
Nurses are always at the forefront of delivering care to patients and playing a key role in identifying and improving their quality of life. By getting involved in research, nurses can play a vital role in improving patient care since research is the only evidence-based method of deciding whether a new approach to care is better than current practice.
The way nurses are involved in research is two-fold. Pure nursing research looks at practice and ways to improve nursing activities, interventions or approaches to education that enhance professional practice. Examples of this could be looking at hospital-acquired infections, central line infections or pressure ulcers that patients get when lying down for long periods of time.
The other type of research is using their expertise as a nurse and participating with an intra-professional group of people around a patient population, an illness or an injury. An example of this is studying the way that a team works together to resuscitate a patient during an emergency.
We are delighted to announce that Global Research Nurses and The Global Health Network (TGHN) have made available funds for small pump-priming grants of between £2000 and £10000 specifically for nursing and midwifery led research relevant to LMICs. These may be used for three types of activities:
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| https://globalresearchnurses.tghn.org/opportunities/ |
My source:
Ephriam Senkyire senkyire88 AT gmail.com
IBPnetwork list
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"The mind is king of infinite space, Hamlet said, "A book is better to read in the spot of choice..." |
... and no better spaceship has yet been found than a book." "... 4.38 million books - |
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"But if one is banged up by lockdown, a book is a rope of knotted sheets." | - were bought in the first week of this month." "Escape is not the same as escapism." |
My source:
Editorial, Infinite shelf space, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October, 2020, p.15.
| 'Of Course I Still Love You' "Aftercare" | 5 4 3 2 1 0 . MAX Q .. 1st STAGE (MECO) ... 2nd STAGE (SECO) .... 1st STAGE ENTRY BURN ..... |
| Governments must know there are many spaces to understand and assure that human rights are upheld for all. | Congratulations USA! |
Returning to Juliet Lyon CBE, Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, who presented ‘Keeping Safe – how consultation with women and men in prison and health and justice professionals informs our work and advice to ministers.’
In February this year the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP) and the national newspaper for people in prison, Inside Time, began a ground-breaking collaboration - Keeping Safe - to help keep people in prison safe. Supported by the Samaritans and Prison Radio, the IAP called on Inside Time readers to say how best to prevent suicide and self-harm. Prisoners’ recommendations in this Inside Time special report reflect evidence from, and recommendations made repeatedly by, amongst others, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, the Chief Coroner and the National Audit Office.Ms Lyon spoke of the clinical context, hope and time:
A look at how health services are delivered within the operational demands of daily life at Eastwood Park given its complex population and wide geographical catchment area. How we keep wellbeing on the agenda to support our contracted health teams. What is so specific about a women’s prison? What needs to be overcome to ensure equivalent service to the community.Gender was obviously fundamental here, the fit and appropriateness of P.E. kits, the procurement and supply of sanitary towels and incontinence pads. What is 'hygiene' being accounted for through a 'cleaning' budget and other historical legacies to be challenged. The geographical range of Eastwood Park across nine counties and all the consequences for family and children. Talk of prison as a punishment and the public's view was echoed a few times at the summit.
Experiences of systems barriers (prison and hospital/community) encountered in England whilst attempting to operationalise a local prison-hospital telemedicine model, alongside broader evidence on prison telemedicine implementation barriers drawn from a systematic qualitative literature review of published prison telemedicine evidence.I was late arriving to this session. As per my thoughts concerning Dr Matthew Langley's presentation the potential socio-technical studies might provide some insights?
"5G is so much more than faster 4G, but the extraordinary hype surrounding it has left many confused over what it will actually do for them. The 5G special report, published in The Times aims to shine light on this, exploring how 5G can transform healthcare and make smart roads a reality ahead of autonomous cars. It covers how to address public concerns over the health impacts of 5G and examines whether the rush to be first in the 5G race is a fool’s errand, with comment on how it might be better to deploy 5G best, rather than deploy it first. Also featured is an infographic measuring the true impact of 5G and looking at the sectors which stand to benefit the most ..."Chantal provided some copies of an associated paper:
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| Rachel Gibbs "Equalizing Spaces" |
Rachel Gibbs was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship in 2019. She will share learning from her visits to Prison Healthcare services/Transitions clinics/Harm reduction rooms in California, North Dakota, New York, Barcelona, Geneva and Stockholm over an eight week period in order to being back innovative ideas to the UK. She will share some of the user involvement work happening in Northern Ireland.
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| Churchill Fellowship |
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| Rachel Gibbs - findings |
Fentanyls are highly potent opioid agonists. Only small quantities are required to produce their effects and this may make them attractive drugs for smuggling into prisons. fentanyls have pharmacological properties that make them more likely to lead to overdose than other opioids – in addition to their high potency and rapid onset of action these drugs induce respiratory muscle stiffness making it difficult to breath, are less sensitive than heroin to naloxone reversal and may show reduced cross tolerance to other opioids.Prof Henderson provided statistics that had you paying notice, supporting the first answers to the title:
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| Collins | "We choose ..." |
I'll expand on this over the coming months ... first something a bit off the wall...
Now and again I revisit what started as my 'notes' on conceptual spaces. This could be an embarrassing case of mistaken identity (and an embarrassing series of blog post!).
As with everything what is the cost? Well in words .....
1,300 2,400 5,567 10,534 20,340 ...
Before the advent of the euro, holidays in Europe were that bit more exotic. Having to buy and adjust to another currency - and not just one - was part of the novelty and fascination of travel.
Health and social care have their own currencies (and yes, read that as there being integration here too!). Most of the currencies are national given the efforts to standardise, with examples such as, length of stay, referral to treatment and more recently in residential care and elsewhere continuing care and its occasionally truculent neighbour 1-to-1. Unfortunately, like land masses, these currencies can also suffer from continental drift.
Dissemination (use in the wild) lack of review and ongoing attention to standards, benchmarks and definitions can see a currency drift in its application and subsequent reporting (affecting perceived utility, value and impact). The value of a currency can be diminished over time as it no longer acts as a unit of difference.
So enjoy your travels, but beware the risks while you vive la difference, especially in your work!
Image source: http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/77/
Is nursing an art or science?
It is simply and complexly both ...
"Warp. Weft. Woof! are terms from weaving: the threads or yarns that run lengthwise on the loom are called the warp; the crosswise threads or yarns are called the woof or weft. The web is the name given the completed woven fabric, and it also has wide figurative use: What a tangled web* of circumstance you've woven.
All these are Standard."
(http://warpweftwoof.com/)
*Also known as the care plan!
Original image source:
http://www.wovenwire.co.uk/plainweave.htm
Additional links:
http://www.africancrafts.com/
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Now three months since last post! Like they say things get worse, before they get better...
Good excuse of course with summer holidays, lounge and dining room decorated, still more jobs to do especially with the nights getting longer.
I posted on Flickr quite a while ago, finally uploaded some photos inc. some holiday snaps:
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| Brian E. Hodges - c/o Brian's family. |
Born in Liverpool, NW England, UK.
Community Mental Health Nurse NHS, Part-time Lecturer,
Researcher Nursing & Technology Enhanced Learning
Registered Nurse - Mental Health & General
Community Psychiatric Nursing (Cert.) MMU
PG Cert. Ed.
BA(Joint Hons.) Computing and Philosophy - BIHE - Bolton
PG(Dip.) Collaboration on Psychosocial Education [COPE] Univ. Man.
MRES. e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, Lancaster Univ.
Live and work in NW England - seeking a global perspective.
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