He's here and he's gone; he's here and he's gone … The experiences of new mothers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, whose partners work away from home.

Unlabelled: Introduction Employment-related mobility (ERM) is a complex phenomenon that impacts family life. New mothers who have partners working away from home for intermittent and extended periods of time are particularly affected. As these families transition to parenting roles they are further challenged with the expectation that the mother manages sole responsibility for family and home life while her partner works away.

Developing and validating a new national remote health advice syndromic surveillance system in England.

Background: Public Health England (PHE) coordinates a suite of real-time national syndromic surveillance systems monitoring general practice, emergency department and remote health advice data. We describe the development and informal evaluation of a new syndromic surveillance system using NHS 111 remote health advice data.

Methods: NHS 111 syndromic indicators were monitored daily at national and local level.

Affecting change through continuing education: improving vaccine administration technique.

The practice of aspiration before administering intramuscular immunization has been identified as causing increased pain. The latest evidence shows that this is no longer best practice. Some nurses believe that aspiration is necessary for patient safety.

Engaging community partners to promote healthy behaviours in young children.

Objective: To evaluate the implementation of a health promotion initiative that encourages healthy eating and physical activity in young children.

Participants: The program targets children aged three to eight years of age who attend preschool programs and primary school. Potential program facilitators include public health nurses, staff and volunteers with family resource centres, childcare centres, and preschool/afterschool programs.

Structure and process of outcomes research for nurse practitioners.

Purpose: To present a framework for nurse practitioners (NPs) who wish to engage in outcomes research.

Data Source: Review of scientific literature on the design of outcomes research.

Conclusion: The structure and process of outcomes research includes both the research protocol and the decisions related to designing and implementing a study.