All routine endoscopy services have come to a halt due to Covid 19. As a result I spoke to my DON with a desire help and support staff. She identified a deficit which included staff support with PPE and education as there is no onsite IP&C. This has been a very positive experience for me […]
Covid 19 Response: Jennifer Hewson. RANP Gastroenterology IAANMP Treasurer. Read More »
“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet” William Fredrick Halsey. In response to the Covid19 Crisis and in preparation for surge capacity management within the ED , the Emergency RANP Team in ULHG have relocated and are providing full ANP cover throughout the three Injury
This Pandemic is like nothing any of us have experienced in our working lives. Covid 19 is a test of our resilience and our humanity. The optics have changed but the essence of Advanced Nurse / Midwifery Practice has not altered. We remain front and center as we adapt and respond to facilitate patient access
The COVID 19 Crisis has affected healthcare delivery across all settings including Maternity Services. Visiting restrictions have been particularly burdensome for everyone especially for parents of premature and ill new born infants with very limited access the NICU. Technology has been our friend and has enabled us to send them videos and photos of their
Dear Members, I qualified as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in 2004 in the Mater Hospital. Advanced Practice at that time was a fairly new initiative, having been introduced in St James’s Hospital in 1996. Therefore there was just a small cohort of advanced practitioners in the country, the majority of whom worked in Emergency Departments.
Ms Cora O Connor. RANP [Emergency]. Founding member of the IAANMP Read More »
Aidan is a RANP in Emergency at Portiuncula University Hospital since 2013. He qualified from Portiuncula Hospital School of Nursing in 1992. Having gained experience as a staff nurse in a number of hospitals he returned to Portiuncula in 2000 and started working in the Emergency Department firstly as a staff nurse and then as
Mr. Aidan Fallon. Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner [Emergency] Read More »
Margaret has been a RANP in Emergency Medicine since 2005. She is also a Registered Children’s Nurse, Nurse Prescriber of both Ionising Radiation and medications. She completed her MSc Advanced practice in UCD in 2004. Margaret established Ireland’s first Injury unit in Monaghan hospital and worked there until she was invited to establish an injury
Ms. Margaret Mallen. Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner [Emergency] Read More »
Trisha has been a RANP since 2013. She began as a staff nurse in 1993 at Whipps Cross University Hospital, London and has worked in the Emergency setting since. She has been working in the ULHG for the past 17 years.She is also a Registered Children’s Nurse, Nurse Prescriber of both Ionising Radiation and medications.
Ms.Trisha Mc Keown. Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner [Emergency] Read More »
Newly elected Secretary, Deirdre is working in University Hospital Limerick since September 2014. Previously she worked as a CNM I for the bones of 11 years in the Emergency Department in Nenagh General Hospital where she gained extensive knowledge and her passion for emergency nursing. During this peroid she embarked on an educational journey from
Ms.Deirdre Gleeson. Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner [Emergency] Read More »
Karen was the chairperson of the association from 2014 to 2018, promoting Advanced Nurse Midwifery practice at a national and International level. She is the current International liaison officer for the association, and a member of the ICN Advanced Practice subgroup. For the past 12 years she has worked in the Emergency Department of South
Ms. Karen Brennan. Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner [Emergency] Read More »
