#KeepMoving Make sure to regularly reposition your patients Assist with mobilising where necessary and refer to a #physiotherapist where appropriate Think #SSKIN #ItTakesATeam #ToStopThePressure #PressureUlcerAwareness TVN2gether

Stop Pressure Ulcer Awareness stand moved to main concourse St James's Hospital this afternoon. Thank you to all patients, visitors & staff for stopping to chat on all matters related to #SSKIN & #stoppressureulcers #ittakesateam

In November the hospital launched the #StopthePressure campaign to prevent pressure ulcers in patients For the month of November 5 wards reported no pressure ulcers and for all of 2021 there were no stage 4 pressure ulcer Thank you to all who got involved in the campaign

#IrelandRemembers Tomorrow, Sunday March 20th, at the National Ceremony of Remembrance and Reflection at 2:30pm, we are honoured to be represented by Bettina Korn, End-of-Life Care Co-ordinator at St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8 SJH Foundation St James's Hospital

Well done Karen & Ros Downey for sharing your experiences on Nurse Led Tissue Viability service St James's Hospital Strong evidence in improving patient outcomes whilst supporting & developing #SJHNursing Data is 🔐 in designing an agile service - thank you 🌸 Brid Lynch

Great experience today to showcase the SJH TVN team to our Magnet4Europe twin partners from Northwell Health. It is great to have the opportunity to discuss all things tissue viability. Brid Lynch Karen @DowneyRos St James's Hospital Sharon Slattery DoN Charlotte Stuart Val O'Brien

Carol Day, Dermatology Surgery, Linda Wilson, Irish Cancer Society & Edel McGrath, Dermatology Surgery our amazing team promoting #SkinCancerAwarenessMonth. Up to 90% of UV rays can pass through light clouds.The sun’s UV rays can cause long term damage to your skin.

Many thanks to all the wonderful speakers and participants who took part in our St James's Hospital Tissue Viability Study Day. #ittakesateam #compression #stopthepressure #wounds #skincare Karen Elaine Greene @DowneyRos Val O'Brien Tissue Viability Nurses Association of Ireland O'Flynn Medical Aoife Molamphy

Gillian O'Brien, ANP Tissue Viability & Dermatology delivering excellent presentation on "Red Legs" & flying the flag for Ireland at @wounds_UK

👀 💡Pressure Ulcer Awareness Week 2022🔔 St James's Hospital Well done Brid & Karen for organising this weeks event which always gets the crowd 👩‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ 🏥 ⭐️ Looking forward to tomorrow’s Skin Care Fair #SharedLearning #SJHMDT #PatientFirst Magnet4Europe 🧲 Karen Brid Lynch

Our #SJH pressure ulcer education continues today with Tip 2; early and regular inspection means early detection 💡 Show patients and carers what to look for 👀 More resources are available from the EPUAP website here; epuap.org/resources-2/ #STOPPUDay2022

Great turnout at St James's Hospital SSKIN Care Fair as part of #stopthepressure week. Thanks to everyone who supported and attended today 😊 #SJHMDT Karen Sharon Slattery DoN Tissue Viability Nurses Association of Ireland Louise French Mary Claire Owens Val O'Brien O'Flynn Medical

SSKIN CARE FAIR .. activities continues St James's Hospital #SJHNursing #PatientFirst

Many thanks to our MDT colleagues for their fantastic engagement as part of #StopPressureUlcerday. Great to see so many people willing to care and raise awareness!! Brid Lynch Sharon Slattery DoN O'Flynn Medical Tissue Viability Nurses Association of Ireland St James's Hospital

Brid Lynch Mater Tissue Viability

Happy International Nurses Day from the Tissue Viability Association of Ireland. A productive meeting today with a new committee elected and planning for our first national conference NMPDU Dublin and North East NMPDU West Midwest NMPDU South West NMPDU Kilkenny ONMSD @SWaTRCSI

We must.... we must..... we must increase our compression use! Early, appropriate compression therapy needs to be a realistic first choice option. Putting the pressure on lower legs not staff, patients or resources. Iskus Health HSE Ireland Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

And now down to business ..... Tissue Viability Nurses Association of Ireland AGM members putting their heads together to plan the future of Tissue Viability care for our patients, admission avoidance high on our minds and agendas HSE Ireland HSE Primary Care @DonnellyStephen

Twas the night before the conference and all through the CERC chairs were empty, soon to be filled. Lots of learning and meeting new friends. All with our patients to the front our minds.

Thank you!!!  From the TVNAI conference committee we would like to thank our speakers, the companies and all the attendees who travelled from far and wide.  We hope you had an enjoyable day, learned loads and are ready to put your learning into practice!  Roll on 2027!!