A paper presented at the on-going in-house Online Capacity Building/ Intellectual Mentoring section For Inspired Nurses Network Africa In                                      NIGERIA . DATE: Friday February 26th, 2016. THEME: USING EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING TO BOOST NURSING IMAGE.                   BY             BILKIS ADELEYE         ALIMOSHO GENERAL HOSPITAL,                 IGANDO, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA        RN, RPON, BSN IN VIEW( University                    of Derby,  UK)                  bilkis.adeleye@gmail.com Good evening great minds. You are all welcome to todays training module and I do appreciate INNA for this great opportunity.  All protocols duely observed. Its no news that the public perception of nursing is multifaceted and mostly subjective as it has been based on individual experiences with members of the profession.  Key to personal motivation to a nurse professional is a positive public perception in order to carryout her responsibility with no compl

15 OLD NURSING SKILLS WE DON’T USE ANYMORE Facebook Em Redd Nursing is a dynamic and evolving profession, and there are old nursing practices we used to do that have been rendered obsolete. As research studies advance and prove certain patient care routines are actually not as effective, the medical field updates and replaces these skills to ensure quality nursing care. Let us tak a trip down the memory lane and look back at old nursing skills nurses don’t use anymore: 1. Flushing saline solution during tracheal suctioning  Years before, it was a routine practice to flush saline solution into the endotracheal tube during tracheal suctioning. It helped in loosening dried mucous plugs around the endotracheal tube. However, studies have shown that this practice increases the risk of pneumonia. Bacterial growth around the endotracheal tube is introduced deeper into the lungs when saline solution is flushed into the tube. 2.  Bathing febrile children with alco

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'stable' after night in London hospital From the Image copyright PA Image caption Pauline Cafferkey was taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London Scots nurse Pauline Cafferkey is in a "stable" condition in a London hospital after being admitted for a third time since contracting Ebola. The 40-year-old from South Lanarkshire was flown south after being admitted to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She was put on an RAF Hercules aircraft which took her to London where she was taken to the Royal Free Hospital. Ms Cafferkey was treated there twice in 2015 after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone the previous year. A spokesman for the Royal Free said she had been transferred to the hospital "due to a late complication from her previous infection by the Ebola virus". Image copyright PA Image caption Ms Cafferkey was flown to London from Glasgow Airport in this RAF Hercules The spokesman added