This month, our Education, Policy and Standards Department has been busy promoting the Code and professional competence across a range of hospitals and conferences.
They emphasised the importance of the Code as the primary authoritative document for nurses and midwives, its role as an essential guide to ethical decision making, patient safety and promotion of professional values.
Lorraine Clarke Bishop, our Interim Director of Education, Policy and Standards gave the opening address at Infection Prevention Control Ireland’s (IPCI) conference.
Pictured above: Lorraine Clarke Bishop, Interim Director of Education, Policy and Standards with conference participants
Mary Devane, our Professional Officer, spoke about the importance of the Code and professional competence at the Irish Nephrology Nurses Association's (INNA) 24th Annual Conference and at St James’s Hospital, Dublin.
To celebrate International Nurses Day, Mary delivered a talk on the future of nursing at an event hosted by the National College of Ireland. She spoke to attendees about the Code, the professional competence scheme and the draft standards and requirements for the undergraduate nursing programmes.
Pictured above: Mary Devane, NMBI Professional Officer (far right) with event organisers
Additionally, our new Professional Officer, Emer McCormack and Mary spoke to nurses of all grades at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin.
Finally, Mary and Dee Mooney, Project Manager in Education spoke to colleagues at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The event was organised by Fiona Moore, Assistant Director of Nursing, Practice Development Co-ordinator and streamed to hospital wards for staff who could not attend in person.
Pictured at the Beacon Hospital: Mary Devane, NMBI Professional Officer (left) and Emer McCormack, NMBI Professional Officer (right) with a member of staff at the Beacon
At Midlands Regional Hospital (Right): Olivia Lafferty, Interim Director of Nursing; Fiona Moore, Assistant Director of Nursing, Practice Development Co-ordinator; Mary Devane, NMBI Professional Officer and Dee Mooney, NMBI Project Manager
We were delighted to provide information on our Code and the professional competence scheme, and we would like to thank everyone for the positive feedback we received.
