Ebola infection in Dallas nurse underscores critical need for proper training

A nurse in Dallas who was treating the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States has become infected with the virus herself even though she was wearing protective gear. “At some point, there was a breach in protocol,” Tom Frieden, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said at a press conference this morning
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100 Best Blogs for Nursing Students

No doubt about it, getting through nursing school can be a challenge, especially if you're trying to balance work, school and family life all at once. However, nursing students can find support in their fellow students, graduates of nursing programs and a myriad of professional and medical blogs. Check out this list we've put together of sites that are meant to inspire, motivate and educate nursing students in school and beyond.
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A one third drop in occupational injuries to nurses following mandated staffing ratios in California

A 2004 California law mandating specific nurse-to-patient staffing standards in acute care hospitals significantly lowered job-related injuries and illnesses for both registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, according to UC Davis research published online in the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. The study is believed to be the first to evaluate the effect of the law on occupational health
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Today is World Mental Health day, so it’s a good time for a plan to protect yourself

Mental Health Ireland’s campaign, “Plan to Protect your mental health and wellbeing” celebrates World Mental Health Day by outlining five steps everybody can take to protect their mental health and wellbeing. These are: Connect  /Be active / Take notice / Keep learning / Give
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Celebrate Nurses Week 2014

Plans are underway at NMBI for our second Nurses Week which will take place from October 6-10 2014.   In a survey we conducted last year on the public’s knowledge of nursing, we asked them how important certain attributes were to the nursing profession.

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Patient ‘Emily’ shows why national children’s hospital is badly needed

Make it happen. That would sum up most people’s view of the long-running national children’s hospital saga, which has already cost the taxpayer almost €40 million without a single brick being laid.

The reason we so badly need a state-of-the-art children’s hospital was aptly illustrated at yesterday’s launch of the design team by the case of Emily, a six-year-old (admittedly fictional) patient with a brain tumour.

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What exactly is willpower and how do you sustain it?

This week the healthy town project has been focusing on breaking bad habits, but how do you break a bad habit? Give up smoking? Cut down on drinking? Or start taking regular exercise?

If you decide to embark on any of these life-altering paths, you will need willpower. But what exactly is willpower? Can you develop it? And more importantly can you sustain it?

Psychologist Frank Ryan who has written a book on the subject certainly believes so.

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Education of Advance Health Care Directives Required by Nurses

The knowledge gaps related to advance health care directives (AHCDs) can be overcome with an educational program for nurses. This will help to ensure patients' wishes for care at the end of life are known and respected, reports a paper in the October/December Journal of Christian Nursing, official journal of the Nurses Christian Fellowship. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health


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NPIRS - HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster Bulletin 2013

This bulletin is a synopsis of data from the National Psychiatric In-patient Reporting System (NPIRS) for 2013, which is reported in the Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2013 (Daly and Walsh in press).

NPIRS - HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster Bulletin 2013

NPIRS - HSE Dublin North-East Bulletin 2013

NPIRS - HSE South Bulletin 2013

NPIRS - HSE West Bulletin 2013

Midwifery Consultation Process

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is currently reviewing the ‘Practice Standards for Midwives’.

The project is currently underway and the next phase will be the consultation process scheduled to take place around the country throughout the month of September 2014 at the following venues:

Wednesday 10th September: University College Cork 
Thursday 11th September: University of Limerick 
Tuesday 16th September: National University of Ireland, Galway 
Thursday 18th September: Dundalk Institute of Technology 
Tuesday 23rd September: Trinity College Dublin 
Thursday 25th September: University College Dublin

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#RNchat on Patient Education

Patient education is something we often talk about in nursing, and regularly do during the normal care of our day. The challenge is that time is often short, and patients do not always retain the information the first time. 
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Varadkar signals change to graduate nurse scheme

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said he is open to making changes to the graduate nurse scheme to stem rising emigration in the profession.

Mr Varadkar said money wasn’t the only issue and he hoped to come up with creative ways to make the scheme more attractive to young nurses.

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