Critical Conversations

Today we are joined by Siobhan Part Falls Management Co-ordinator St James's Hospital. We talk all things falls including prevention and management and the simple things we can all do in our everyday lives to be more aware.

Today we are delighted to be joined by Sharon Slattery Director of Nursing in St James's Hospital. She talks to us today about where we are in terms of nursing, where we are striving to get to and she speaks a little bit about the unique experience & great opportunities of working as a nurse in St James's Hospital. Please leave us any feedback to [email protected]

Today we are joined by Joy Norton Tracheostomy Clinical Nurse Specialist St James's Hospital. Joy talks us through her role, how it has evolved over the years and gives us some background on the Trachy CNS role in St James's Hospital. She also details the plans for the future of the Tracheostomy CNS team. Please like and subscribe our podcast wherever you listen. Any feedback or future podcast suggestions, please email [email protected]

Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Aoife De Brun Assistant Professor, Head of Subject Health Systems, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems about psychological safety and its place in Irish healthcare.  National Quality & Patient Safety Directorate link available here www2.healthservice.hse.ie/organisation/nqpsd/    and  Dr De Brun has recommended some online resources available though the UCD Collective Leadership resource hub on how to initiate and focus on a safety culture in your organisation. Available  at: https://www.ucd.ie/collectiveleadership/resourcehub/toolkit/ 

Derek Cribbin, Director of Nursing Project Lead for the Critical Care Nurse Workforce, joins Cristiano and Shauna today to approach strategic priorities for the future of Critical Care in Ireland. As always, thanks to all our listeners and please send us some feedback to [email protected].

Siobhan Nolan joins Shauna today to discuss the optimum care for our patients with TBI in Irish ICU's. Siobhan is a Clinical Course Co-Ordinator for the Neuroscience Post Grad Diploma Beaumont ICU and clinical lecturer with RCSI.  As always, thanks to all our listeners and please send us some feedback to [email protected] 

Link for Beaumont TBI Guidelines available at: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/ncps/critical-care/resources/beaumont-hospital-tbi-guidelines.pdf 

Nikki Phillips joins me today to update us on whats been happening in Organ Donation over the past year in Ireland.  Nikki is Organ Donation Nurse Manager  for the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Thanks to all our listeners to date. 

Emily and Fiona speak to some of our international nurses about their experiences of living and working in Ireland. International Podcast Day 30th September. Please email [email protected] if you would like to get in touch with us. Thanks to all our listeners to date. ICU Education Team

Ann-Maire Duff joins Ciara today to talk about her PhD journey. Ann-Maire is a CNM2 in General Intensive Care Unit St James's Hospital. She talks us through the start of her journey, the challenges and rewards of the process and her ambitions for the future. We also discuss the topic of getting more nurses involved in research and considering & contemplating their PhD. As always, you can send comments to [email protected]. Please like/share and subscribe to our podcast! Thanks to all our listeners to date.