NMPDU news and events
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- Kerry, Cork (NMPDU South-West)
- Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford, South Tipperary (NMPDU South-East)
- Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan (NMPDU North-West)
- Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary (NMPDU West/Midwest)
- Dublin South City, South County Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow (NMPDU Dublin-South)
- Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath (NMPDU Midlands)
- Dublin North West, Dublin North City, Dublin North (NMPDU Dublin-North)
- Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan (NMPDU North-East)
NMPDU South-West
Cork and Kerry Advanced Practice Forum
The Advanced Practice Forum (Cork/Kerry) is a peer support structure for RANP/RAMPs and cANP/cAMPs in the region to facilitate peer supervision, support and continuing professional development.
The next HSE South (Cork/Kerry) Biannual Professional Development Forum for Candidate and Registered Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners will take place on Friday, April 23 2021. Further details will be available shortly.
Dr Aoife Lane
NMPDU Officer
Phone: 021 492 261
Education and Training Needs of Registered Nurses Intellectual Disability and Registered Psychiatric Nurses in Cork and Kerry 2020
This report commissioned by NMPDU Cork and Kerry presents the findings of an analysis of the education and training needs of Registered Nurses Intellectual Disability (RNID) and Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN) in Cork/Kerry, 2020.
The findings and recommendations will provide evidence to inform the commissioning, design and delivery of education and training programmes for RNID and RPN in the region.
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NMPDU South-East
The HSE National Office for Human Rights and Equality Policy Office facilitated the webinar on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Planning & Development Unit and the Regional Centre for Nursing & Midwifery Education South East. Speakers provided nurses and midwives with a greater understanding of the Act and its impact for service user interactions across all healthcare settings.
Webinar 1: Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act Implications for Practice Webinar (1.33mins)
Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing forum on behalf of the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) & the National Quality Improvement Office facilitated a webinar for nurses working with adults with an intellectual disability. National and international speakers provided an overview on the current and future work of the support requirements for people with a disability plus the need for frontline data collection and analysis to strategically progress safe and dynamic nursing care
Webinar 2:Shaping The Future Adults with an Intellectual Disability Webinar (1.39mins)
Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing forum on behalf of the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) & the National Quality Improvement Office facilitated a webinar for nurses working with children with an intellectual disability. National and international speakers provided an overview the strategic development of nursing intellectual disabilities, the nurse’s role within special education settings and an overview on the current and future structure of children’s services nationally.
Webinar 3:Shaping the Future Children with an Intellectual Disability Webinar (1.13mins)
This webinar was facilitated by Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland implementation group, to contribute evidence to inform services provision for people with an intellectual disability.
This webinar was facilitated by Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland implementation group, to contribute evidence to inform services provision for people with an intellectual disability
NMPDU North-West
Care of the Older Person Cross Border Network Event
The Cross Border Care of the Older Person Nursing Group from HSE and the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) are holding a workshop and masterclass entitled "Sharing Good Practice Across Our Borders" on Thursday 5 November, 2019 in Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry.
For further information contact:
Liz Breslin
NMPDU North West
Phone: 071 982 2106
NMPDU West-Midwest
NMPDU Dublin-South
NMPDU Dublin-North
Masterclasses
National Mental Health Nursing Conference
Helen Corrigan, Nursing Project Officer
Nursing & Midwifery Policy Unit, CNO’s Office, Department of Health.
John Meehan, Assistant National Director, National Office Suicide Prevention
Michael Ryan, Mental Health Engagement and Recovery, Head of Mental Health Engagement and Recovery HSE.
Adam O Shea and Tom Purcell, 4th year Student Nurses, South East Technological University.
Dual Diagnosis Care
Keane Ryan, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Donegal MH Service.
Exercise Physiology Clinic
Pauline Walsh, Registered Advance Nurse Practitioner Perinatal Mental Health, CHO 3.
Pre-birth Planning meetings
Johanne Flood, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Liaison Psychiatry, Beaumont Hospital.
ANP led psychiatry liaison-integration service for those over 65 years.
Anne Cunningham, Register Nurse Practitioner and Marion Pink, Candidate Nurse Practitioner, CHO 6.
The PARC Project (Positive Advanced Recovery Connections).
Jane Kennedy, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Nathalie Deans, Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner Eating Disorders, Aoife Donohue, Assistant Director of Nursing, Ivanna Lyons, Assistant Director of Nursing, Linn Dara Service.
Introduction of Multi-Family Therapy for Eating Disorders to CAMHS
Shane Kirwan, Nurse Practice Development Co-ordinator, St. Patrick’s University Hospital.
Service User Experience
Dr Mark Monaghan, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin.
EOLAS Online: Lessons from the delivery of an online pilot psychoeducation programmes for psychosis.
David McGuiness, Clinical Nurse Manager 3, University College Galway.
Understanding individuals’ experiences before, during and after being subject to involuntary admission in the Republic of Ireland.
Nessa O Malley and Kate Johnson, Clinical Midwifery Manager 3, The Coombe Hospital.
The Daisy Clinic
Sally Lovejoy, National Nurse Lead
Self Harm and Suicide Related Ideation
Userumu Otugour and Wiktoria Witzon, 3rd year Student Nurses, St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview/Dublin City University.
The student experience
Deirdre Madden, Lecturer, University of Limerick.
Therapy in Nature
Masterclasses 2023
- Eating Disorders: Management from a Nursing perspective (YouTube)
With Caroline Larmer, ANP in Eating Disorders and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Complex Case Management for Adults (YouTube)
Dr Austin Warters, Manager of services for older persons & Research role with CHO9
Masterclasses 2022
- Basic Awareness Training on Recognising and Responding to Domestic Abuse with Niamh Wilson, Women’s Aid (YouTube)
- Nursing Interventions for People with Alcohol Problems with Clodagh O’Sullivan, ANP in Addiction and Mental Health (YouTube)
Webinar 1 - Overview of SPMHS/Pre Birth Planning (YouTube)
Jeanne Masterson and Dr Richard Duffy, Rotunda Hospital
Webinar 2 - Psychotropic Medications and Prescribing in Perinatal Mental Health (YouTube)
Prof John Sheehan, Rotunda Hospital
Webinar 3 - Risk Assessment in PMH and Skills for Working with women with Complex MH disorder (YouTube)
Dr Richard Duffy, Rotunda Hospital
Webinar 4 - Perinatal Trauma/ PTSD (YouTube)
Ursula Nagle, Rotunda Hospital
NMPDU Regional Conference
The NMPDU in Dublin North hosted a Regional Conference in the Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport on 18 May entitled “The Power of Nurses and Midwives to Influence Change”
For those who were unable to attend please see below the slides from the presentations at the event, click on the links below to open the slides :
Gwen Regan, Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention and Control, Community Healthcare - Quality & Patient Safety
Digital Health - Your Voice Matters
Loretto Grogan, Director of Nursing, National Clinical Information Officer - Nursing and Midwifery
Implementing a Telephone Triage Service and Pre-Assessment Clinic for Oncology Patients
Fiona Barrett, CNS, Oncology, Beaumont Hospital
The Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery Programme
Annmarie Sliney, ADON/M, Rotunda Hospital
Alison Buggie, CNSp MHID, Joan Gilvarry, CNSp CAMHS-ID, St Michael’s House
Jean Flanagan, CNS, Hepatitis C Liaison, HSE Addiction Service, Dublin North
The Implementation of Day Case Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Anne Marie Flanagan, Enhanced Recovery Arthroplasty Candidate ANP, National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh
Reducing Risk of Metabolic Syndrome for Persons with Severe Mental Illness - NDMHS
Shane Manton, CNS, Clinical Exercise Specialist, Physical Activity and Lifestyle, Community Rehabilitation Team
Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: A Narrative Inquiry
Catherine McGarvey, Candidate ANP Prostate Cancer and Survivorship- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Introduction of Nulife Medication Administration Mobile Application (MAMA) - OPS CHO 9
Richelle Cuerquis, CNM 1, Winah Quinjano, ADON, Seanchara Community Nursing Unit
Anne Spencer, CNM 2, Integrated Care, St Michael’s House
Implementation of an Interprofessional Simulation Programme: The Mater's Experience
Caoimhe Fitzsimons, Clinical Service Design Coordinator, Strategic Projects Office and Simulation Nurse Lead – Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Changing Smiles: One Small Step at a Time – CHI at Temple Street
Jane Gunn, CNS, Children’s Cleft Lip & Palate
Karen Gorman, CNM 2, Dementia Support Nurse, St Joseph’s Hospital, Raheny
Research Webinars
NMPDU Dublin North and the School of Nursing in DCU hosted a series of research webinars. The “Making it Happen” series were open to all nurses and midwives with an interest and enthusiasm for nursing research.
We hosted 8 research webinars in the series. Each webinar covered a different aspect of research from getting started to publishing. We hope that you find them informative and interesting. You will find a link to the recorded sessions here: https://www.dcu.ie/snpch/research-projects/makingithappen
For more information contact:
Lorraine Dillion, Project Officer, NMPDU Dublin North
Phone: 087 239 7993