Specialist Co-ordinator/Midwife Tutor at RCNME-SE. Views are my own.
Waterford, Ireland
Joined March 2019
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Thanks to Eleanor Purcell, SLGH, Prof Eddie O Donnell, Victoria Byrne & Linda Coughlan UHW for a great day of learning and collaboration with Midwives and Doctors from 4 units @ fetal monitoring study day .@rcnme_se @TippUHnursing @UHW_Waterford @lukes_ck @WexGenHosp
Delighted to welcome Molly O Brien from Optimal Birth who facilitated another great day of learning for Midwives in the South East today. Thank you Molly. @rcnme_se @MollytheMidwife
Delighted to collaborate on behalf of @rcnme_se Thank you Alma, Orla and Vickie for facilitating another wonderful day for Midwives @WexGenHosp @Macmongie @VicByrne371295 @UHW_Waterford
Another fantastic day @WexGenHosp sharing and learning with our colleagues from @UHW_Waterford and @UCDMidwifery. Continuing advancing midwifery practice, promoting choices for women using water in labour and birth💦. @EdelRyan12, @rcnme_se.
@NWIHP @midwifepaula @UCDMidwifery
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Delighted to support this excellent initiative by @Lamhsign of Little Lámh for Hospitals. Designed for healthcare workers supporting Lámh users, who have communication needs, when visiting the hospital. Pilot workshops were held in @UHW_Waterford in May
@NurMidONMSD @RebeccaC90
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1 week to go to the South East Palliative Care Centre Webinar as part of Palliative Care Week 2025 - Living for Today, Planning for Tomorrow. Link to register: hse.webex.com/weblink/regist……
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#PallCareWeek
South East Palliative Care Centre are hosting a Webinar as part of Palliative Care Week 2025 - Living for Today, Planning for Tomorrow on 10.09.2025. Link to register: hse.webex.com/weblink/regist…
@AIIHPC @HSEDubSouthEast @rcnme_se
#PallCareWeek
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🚨 New FIGO guidelines: Cancer in pregnancy
As cancer diagnoses during pregnancy increase, FIGO has released essential best practices to guide care teams – addressing delays in diagnosis, treatment timing and maternal-foetal safety.
📄 Published in @IJGOLive, this landmark guidance offers clear, evidence-based recommendations to navigate one of obstetrics' most complex challenges.
📌 A must-read for OB-GYNs, oncologists & maternal health professionals.
Read more: figo.org/news/figo-releases-…
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🔹 New opinion piece by Professor Mary McCarron @MccarrmMary 🔹
In today’s Irish Independent, Prof. Mary McCarron, Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability, shares a powerful reflection on the urgent need for reform in how we care for older people in Ireland.
Her piece highlights key challenges in the current system and calls for change rooted in evidence, dignity, and humanity.
📰 Read it here: independent.ie/opinion/comme…
@tcddublin @TCD_SNM
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Thank you, thank you, thank you Dr @Tanyaalih for your courage, passion and eloquence.
Watch EVERY MINUTE of this extraordinary interview about the grotesque murder of 9 siblings in Gaza.
I just don't know how she holds it together. /1
Huge congratulations to @Macmongie @DOM_WGH and the wonderful team in maternity services @WexGenHosp for winning one of two of their nominations in the IHCA finals at the weekend. Well deserved. I hope you all had a great evening. 👏
The staff of Wexford Maternity Unit are absolutely delighted to have WON the #IHCA Award 2025 for the Midwifery Led Project of the Year for the Birth Reflection Clinic @WexGenHosp. Well done to all nominees, exemplary care showcased across Ireland.
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#HaveYourSay
We're holding a public consultation on the Draft Midwife Registration Programme Standards for undergraduate students.
Read the draft consultation document and submit your feedback through the online survey until 3 June 2025.
👉nmbi.ie/What-We-Do/Consultat…
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Share this far and wide. If you’ve never spoken up before and think it’s too late to start, it’s not. Start screaming about it with us now. The death toll is already horrific, and it’s hurtling towards unimaginable. 💔#LetAidIn
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Job opportunity! @WexGenHosp as part of
@HSEDubSouthEast Region are recruiting for Staff Midwives (Supplementary Campaign).
Deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 30thMay 2025 @ 15:00 p.m.
Further information @ rezoomo.com/job/79872/
More positive evidence @Macmongie
AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Water birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes ow.ly/nr7O50R9Nzi
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🧵Preterm antenatal counselling is important, difficult but can be taught. @HealthInnovOx are offering webinars led by clinical experts to address these challenges. In response to demand Webinar 2 is being repeated🔗 bit.ly/PretermAntenatalCouns…
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Best Practice in Nursing & Midwifery Documentation: Writing Effectively & Legal Aspects Webinar ~ 22 May 2025
Registration now open via Webex - Scan the QR code Below
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Well done Aisling and all at Maternity unit WGH
👏Bualadh bos to our staff who attended our most recent PROMPT to ensure good teamwork and skill keeping all our mothers and babies safe at #WexfordMaternity @rcnme_se @NWIHP @DOM_WGH
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If you are a Registered General Nurse and considering a career as a midwife you can apply for Higher Diploma in Midwifery sponsorship programme.
Applications open on 18th March to Tuesday 8th April.
More info 👇👇
Are you a registered general nurse interested in becoming a midwife? Join our Higher Diploma in Midwifery Sponsorship Programme.
Applications open on Tuesday, 18th March 2025.
Closing date: Tuesday, 8th April 2025.
Learn more: bit.ly/41kkTuC
#Midwifery
ALT A quote from Caroline Earley, a midwife, that says “Being a midwife, we are so privileged to be in a position that is at a point in a woman’s life that is a huge change”. The text in the image says ‘If you are a Registered General Nurse and considering career options then the Higher Diploma in Midwifery may be for you.
What a fabulous initiative. Well done to all involved 👏
Launch of the Book Cart in Neonates the Book Cart is an initiative from @WHATartshealth ,Central Library & Garter Lane where they have collaborated to provide a collection of books for parents to read to their babies while in Neonates. @SouthEastCH @HSEDubSouthEast
Well done Orla and the great team of Midwives in Wexford Maternity Unit
I am delighted to be part of this fabulous team who have been nominated as finalists at the Irish Healthcare Awards for two projects that have improved women's care @WexGenHosp @HSEDubSouthEast #WexfordMaternity