The HSE has launched a Storytelling Competition to celebrate the forthcoming International Day of the Nurse (12 May 2019) and International Day of the Midwife (5 May 2019).
Nurses and midwives are invited to submit their story relating to an experience they had in caring for patients. For the purposes of the competition the word ‘Patient/s’ is being used to capture all the terms that are applied to the care of the population we serve, e.g. mothers, children, service users, clients etc.
How to Apply
There are two categories that capture the five nursing and midwifery divisions (similar to the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) programmes.
These include;
- General Nursing
- Children’s’ and General Nursing (integrated)
- Intellectual disability Nursing
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Midwifery
A panel of judges will select the top three stories from nursing and the top three stories from midwifery. All finalists and guests will be invited to attend an awards ceremony where the stories will be read out by the author or nominated person.
The winners will be announced at a special evening award ceremony in Dublin on Saturday 11 May 2019 when prizes will be presented.
Entries should be submitted to NMaward.event@hse.ie before 5pm on Thursday 18 April 2019.
Stories should be no longer than 1,000 words maximum and should be previously unpublished and must not have won a prize in any other writing competition.
