News Round
A round up of the latest news stories including:
- Nurse Bernie is first with vaccine
- Young Cork nurse develops paperless nurse management system
- Academics explore issue of Nurse Loneliness
Nurse Bernie is first with vaccine
A nurse at St James’ Hospital in Dublin has become the first healthcare worker to get both Covid-19 jabs.
Bernie Waterhouse received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week. She had her first does on 29 December.
Bernie says she will continue to wear a mask at work as it is still not clear whether or not the vaccine stops those who have taken it from still spreading the illness.
You can read her story here.
Young Cork nurse develops paperless nurse management system
A 25-year-old nurse from East Cork has developed a paperless nurse management system.
Ali-Rose Sisk in a graduate from UCC and had been working in London until last March when she returned home to help in the battle against the first wave of Covid-19.
Her SafeCare software, involving the digitisation of almost everything which used to be on paper, is already being used.
You can read her full story as told the Irish Examiner here.
Academics explore issue of Nurse Loneliness
The online website Oncology Nursing News has interviewed academics behind a study of the loneliness experienced by some nurses.
For more on the study, its findings and possible solutions, you can read the interview here.
