'Not only is the government not prepared for a next pandemic, they're still failing staff now.' ITV's new drama 'Breathtaking' is based on the book by palliative care doctor, Rachel Clarke. It's a harrowing account of the real-life emergencies NHS staff faced in the pandemic.

Up next Howard Catton CEO of ICN to discuss the state of global nursing workforce. Not only have we have a 6 million shortage of nurses but a maldistribution & inequality per head of population. 🚨🚨 Ireland has largest share of foreign trained nurses!! St. John's Hospital, Limerick

Delighted with our new oral care simulators- one for each site. Good oral care so important for our patients. Thank you Quality Assurance Team

Introducing Indirect Calorimetry Q-NRG+ in Beaumont ICU to measure resting energy expenditure (REE) to guide precision nutrition in critically ill patients Beaumont Dietitians Beaumont ICU Nursing Beaumont_ICU Niamh Shields @connolly_sinead

We are delighted to introduce Indirect Calorimetry to Beaumont_ICU . Well done to the ICU Dietitians, and all ICU staff who supported this project Beaumont Hospital INDI

Well done to all staff that took part in our unit based SIMS session!! AF and SEPSIS on the menu today! 👏🏻 👏🏻 Beaumont_ICU Niamh Shields @connolly_sinead Catriona Kelly Michelle Smyth Mary Camera Niamh McDonald Geri

💥💥💥💥💥Really important Survey that I would encourage all Adult Critical Care Nurses in Ireland to complete. Please share widely amongst your colleagues and help shape our future💥💥💥💥💥💥

Laura Curtis, who was admitted to the ICU with COVID, 20 weeks into her pregnancy, shares her personal experience now: "Being in the ICU was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I was 20 weeks pregnant and fighting for every breath due to COVID-19. The care I

🌟 Huge congratulations to our wonderful Post Grad students who presented their amazing work today 🌟 Their innovation, dedication and commitment to provide our ICU patients with quality care is inspiring to us all. Well done! Beaumont ICU Nursing Beaumont_ICU Niamh Shields

Representatives of our unit with their excellent posters displaying the great work being done in the ICU at the IACCN conference today IACCN Geraldine Brady Niamh Shields

Looking forward to another brilliant BACCN conference in Aberdeen. Delighted to be here and in particular to seeing Irish representation from Beaumont and the RCSI. We're also laying the groundwork for our joint IACCN/BACCN conference in Belfast in 2026 #BACCNConf2024

Beaumont Hospital ICU nurses attending BACCN 39th Annual Conference Aberdeen 2024 Beaumont ICU Nursing Niamh Shields @connolly_sinead Derek Cribbin IACCN Beaumont_ICU

Excellent presentation by Sinead Whooley ICU Beaumont Hospital at BACCN Conference Aberdeen 2024 ⁦⁦Beaumont ICU Nursing⁩ ⁦Niamh Shields⁩ ⁦@connolly_sinead⁩ ⁦IACCN⁩ ⁦Derek Cribbin⁩

‘Reducing incidences of pressure injuries in ICU’ by Sinead Whooley ICU Beaumont Hospital at BACCN Conference Aberdeen 2024 Beaumont ICU Nursing Niamh Shields @connolly_sinead IACCN Derek Cribbin

🦋On the other side, the sky is bluer🦋#bluesky#exodus#twitter @bradygeri.bsky.social

An update from the RCN on our use of X. bit.ly/3w0oSAe

Huge congratulations to all the new graduate nurses of our unit. Wishing you all the very best in your nursing journey Niamh Shields sinead Beaumont_ICU Derek Cribbin Beaumont Hospital

Our new packs ready to support our new graduates of 2024 #icueducation #icufoundation #icunurse Geri Beaumont_ICU sinead Niamh Shields Derek Cribbin IACCN

Read all about the exciting work around One Health in an article written by Karin Gerber (BACCN) and Laura Edwards (BVNA / previous VCCN Regional Committee Chair) that was recently published in the Veterinary Nursing Times (January 2025). baccn.org/mediacentre/ne…

'Frailty teams' to redirect elderly away from busy Scottish emergency departments. A great new service in Scotland - we'd encourage others to read our guide on Front Door Frailty - bgs.org.uk/FrontDoorFrail… scotsman.com/news/politics/…