http://hdl.handle.net/10147/141052 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:04 GMT 2013-05-24T18:15:04Z http://www.lenus.ie:80/hse/retrieve/308975/ncnm.gif http://hdl.handle.net/10147/141052 http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263625 Title: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery: a decade of progess: a legacy of nursing and midwifery: annual report and accounts 2010 Authors: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery Description: The activities of the National Council during 2010, which are outlined in this Annual Report, highlight another year of progress and achievement. Over the past decade, as we also report, the National Council has been engaged in taking forward its mission of promoting and developing the professional roles of nurses and midwives, in partnership with our stakeholders, in order to support the delivery of quality nursing and midwifery care to patients and clients in a changing healthcare environment. The National Council has provided leadership in delivering the clinical career pathway for the professions. I note with pleasure that, at the end of 2010, there were 2,249 clinical nurse/midwife specialist and 154 advanced nurse/midwife practitioner posts within the Irish health services. A further ninety-five advanced nurse/midwife practitioners were accredited or were deemed to have met the National Council’s standards and criteria for accreditation and re-accreditation. In addition, over 650 education programmes, involving more than 30,000 nurses and midwives, have been funded by the National Council which supported new nursing developments such as the Nursing Leadership Centre, the development of the Cancer Nursing Strategy and the setting up of minor injury clinics in accident and emergency departments and many other nurse-led developments across a wide range of care settings. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263625 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263624 Title: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery: review: Autumn/Winter 2010: issue 34. Authors: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery Description: Welcome to the Autumn/Winter 2010 edition of NCNM Review! In this edition we are availing of our regular slot on the Health Service Reform Programme to highlight the recent publication of the Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy, 2010-2019 (Department of Health and Children, May 2010). The strategy was developed by the Cardiovascular Health Policy Group and arrives at an opportune time ahead of World Heart Day on 26 September and World Stroke Day on 29 October 2010. The Strategy recognises the progress that has been made in Ireland over the last ten years and maps out key priorities for the future. It contains many implications for the continued development of nursing roles within an increasingly integrated health service. The launch of the Cardiovascular Strategy brings into relief the importance of developing clinical outcomes as recommended by the report Building a Culture of Patient Safety (Department of Health and Children, 2008). This is an essential requirement for enhancing the quality of our health services. The National Council has published a new discussion paper on clinical outcomes. The paper provides an update on the topics and issues covered in Measurement of Nursing and Midwifery Interventions: Guidance and Resource Pack, which we published in 2006. It is intended to provoke reflective discussion among nurses and midwives on how they need to adapt their roles and services to the ever evolving context within which they work. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263624 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263653 Title: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery: review: Spring/Summer 2010: issue 33. Authors: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery Description: Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2010 edition of NCNM Review! Our regular Health Service Reform Programme slot focuses on the reform of cancer screening services taking place in the context of the European Partnership for Action against Cancer. Referring to the Health Information and Quality Authority’s evaluation of the use of resources for cancer screening, the article identifies best practice in the area of screening for colorectal cancer and indicates how nurses at all levels can use opportunities to play an important role in this activity. A great deal of progress has been made in recent years in Ireland in the fight against cancer. The National Council is committed to continuing to highlight opportunities for nursing and midwifery to make vital contributions to this work. Regular readers of the NCNM Review will already be aware of the work being done by the National Council in the evaluation of the effectiveness of nursing and midwifery practice. In particular, the National Council is involved in a major study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of advanced nursing/midwifery practice. A recent opportunity arose to look at how our colleagues in Canada approach this work. An expert in this area, Prof Denise Bryant-Lukosius, spoke at our National Conference in 2009, having facilitated a pre-conference workshop on this topic for advanced nurse and midwife practitioners and their supporters. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263653 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263623 Title: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery: review: Spring/Summer 2008: issue 29. Authors: National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery Description: Welcome to the combined Spring/Summer NCNM Review! Regular readers will notice that we have made some changes during 2008. As a result of the communications survey conducted at the end of 2007, we have decided to publish the Review twice a year from now on – June and October during 2008 and March and September from 2009 onwards. A more detailed report on the communications survey is contained in this edition of the Review – thanks to all of you who took part. The survey provided a very solid endorsement of the editorial policy being followed in the Review – the content is directly related to your stated preferences. Since our last Review, 24 additional ANP posts have been approved. One existing ANP, Olivia Smith, ANP (Emergency), St James' Hospital, has been re-accredited after five years service, and six new ANPs have been accredited. Congratulations to all of you. It is clear from our work that there continues to be a great demand within the services for the work of the ANPs and CNSs to work alongside staff nurses and midwives in developing and delivering innovative nursing and midwifery practice to patients and clients. As part of our policy to keep our procedures and practices for the establishment and accreditation of ANP posts at the leading edge of best practice, two key documents on these topics have been updated and are reported on in this edition of the Review. This is enhanced by the work of professional development activity at the front line of service, as evidenced by the report from Ann Kelleher of Kerry General Hospital on the use of an evidence base for the development of ANP services. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/263623 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z