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Evidence for Everyday Nursing: Resource of the week #26

What is it?
Evidence for Everyday Nursing is a blog from the Cochrane Library. They provide summaries around the evidence available for common topics affecting nursing practice.

Key Features
The blog items cover topics that affect everyday nursing issues. They are written by healthcare professions and include a brief analysis of the evidence available. You can follow the latest updates via social media such as facebook and twitter as well as sign-up to get updates in your email inbox.

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How can it help you?
This blog can help you to keep up-to-date with the latest evidence on a range of nursing topics. The blog entries may also offer you an opportunity to discuss current practice for your revalidation.

How to access it?
The blog is freely available via the Internet.

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