From nurse education, clinical, or workforce issues through to healthy living, Nursing Review has it covered.

Does taking statins reduce the risk of dementia as well as cardiovascular disease? This edition’s Clinically Appraised Topic (CAT) looks at the evidence.

This edition’s Clinically Appraised Topic (CAT) asks whether a cold spray helps to ‘chill out’ the pain of inserting IV cannula.

Can nurse-led titration of heart failure medicine make a difference? Check out this edition’s Clinically Appraised Topic (CAT).

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) looks at whether taking extra omega-3 makes a difference in slowing the progression of dementia.

This Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) looks at whether getting on a bike or lacing up walking shoes improves the life, and life span, of people with coronary heart disease.

Is mindfulness clinically effective? Check out this edition’s Critically Appraised Topic (CAT)

This edition's critically appraised topic (CAT) looks at research into a new addition to an established technique to restore a steady rhythm to a rapidly beating heart.

It’s cold season; your nose is running and your throat is sore. CYNTHIA WENSLEY looks at the evidence for zinc as a cold remedy.

This edition’s critically appraised topic (CAT) looks at whether reaching for an e-cigarette has been proven to be more helpful to quitters than slapping on a nicotine patch.

Keeping nursing procedures up to date can be a tedious and neverending task. For the past three years, however, the five Midland region DHBs have been using a ‘Kiwified’ online nursing procedure service that is shortly to go live across the South Island. FIONA CASSIE finds out more.

This edition’s critically appraised topic (CAT) looks at how best to reduce the risk of delirium in elderly patients without turning to drugs.

Is one-off advice on pelvic floor exercises enough to keep urinary incontinence at bay? This edition’s critically appraised topic (CAT) looks at whether pelvic floor muscle training makes a difference.

Is a smartphone app more successful in increasing physical activity than setting goals? Step up and check out this edition's critically appraised topic (CAT). 

CYNTHIA WENSLEY in this Clinically Appraised Topic (CAT) looks at whether or not enriching tube feeding with immune-boosting nutrients reduces infection.

Can we do more to prevent readmissions after hospital discharge?

Heading into surgery, does it make much difference if you delay quitting smoking just another week…

Do community exercise programmes for the elderly reduce injuries as well as falls?

*Does taking good *bugs* (probiotics) keep bad bugs at bay in hospital? *

Does using maggots on sloughy ulcers make a positive difference?

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): Does taking vitamin supplements help women with fertility problems?

Last year 46 per cent of district health board nurses got vaccinated against the flu – less than the 48 per cent average for all DHB heath workers. This article explores the debate around the value, ethics, and efficacy of health professionals getting the annual flu vaccination and looks at some of the statistics, research, and prevailing attitudes around the sometimes contentious topic.

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): What nursing-led intervention has been proven to help protect vulnerable Kiwi children?

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): Is ‘prescribing’ a post-surgery long black good for the bowels as well as morale?

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): Does bathing patients with antiseptic cloths reduce bloodstream infections?

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): How do you decide when you need to replace a peripheral IV line?

Can use of reminder prompts to both the patient and the provider increase influenza vaccination rates amongst the elderly?

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): Can elevating the heels help prevent pressure injuries?

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): How does nurse-led care compare with cardiologist care of stable AF patients?

RRR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE: There’s a rather wonderful and instructive irony in the celebration of International Nurses Day – the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth – with the theme for 2012 of ‘Closing the gap: From evidence to action(1). Nightingale represents anything but a gap between evidence and action. Described by her first biographer as a ‘passionate statistician' (2), she was not only a researcher and research user but also a designer of research graphics (3). Her successes in reforming military health services and standardising hospital statistics (3) are exemplars of how to use evidence to drive improvements in practice. In this learning activity, we’ll explore our contemporary responsibilities and opportunities for bringing evidence to everyday nursing decision-making and actions.

CLINICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC (CAT): What impact does restricting access to blood transfusions have on post-hip surgery patients?

Can you predict who will fall in a hospital ward?

Do sweet solutions help relieve pain for children having immunisations?

Does taking common antioxidants like vitamin E and C reduce the risk of heart disease is the question explored by this month’s clinically-appraised topic.

This month’s clinically-appraised topic asks the question does prescribing oxygen offer relief to palliative care patients experiencing breathlessness?

The effectiveness of a medication to help quit smoking is examined in this edition’s clinically-appraised topic. 

This month’s clinically appraised topic looks at a major study’s findings into the long-term effectiveness of the HPV vaccine

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This month’s critically-appraised topic anlyses the value of silver dressing for wound healing