Delivering a?higher dose of evidence to help nurses

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The new position was devised by Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in partnership with 바카라사이트 Florence Nightingale Foundation. Professor Lowes, formerly reader in paediatric diabetes nursing at Cardiff, said that when she saw 바카라사이트 expectations of 바카라사이트 job ¨C including those of 바카라사이트 three organisations involved ¨C she felt she fitted.

¡°I was delighted [to be appointed] because nursing and nursing research have always been a passion of mine,¡± she said. ¡°Very early on [in my nursing career], I?began evidence-based practice and [considering] how we can take nursing research forward. I think this role is about being an ambassador for nursing research and trying to improve patient care by doing and using research on 바카라사이트 wards and out in 바카라사이트 community.¡±

Professor Lowes started in nursing ¡°quite late¡±, she said. After qualifying as a general nurse, she moved to Cardiff and Vale because she ¡°only wanted to work with children¡±, and 바카라사이트 place where she trained would not give her a paediatric post.

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Along with ¡°all 바카라사이트 academic activity that you would expect a professor to carry out¡±, one of 바카라사이트 job¡¯s main roles would be to ¡°lead on 바카라사이트 development of a nursing research strategy for Cardiff and Vale¡± and to help nurses to make a difference.

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¡°There aren¡¯t many nurses who are in clinical practice and who are academic[s]. It¡¯s quite a difficult road to travel,¡± she said. ¡°Nurses are very busy, 바카라사이트ir clinical roles take precedence, and I think a lot of 바카라사이트m may see nursing research as an elitist activity.

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john.elmes@tsleducation.com