On this International Day of the Midwife ONMSD encourages sixth year secondary school students to consider midwifery as a career option #rewardingcareer #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife @margquig2

Our very own Anne McKinely is the poster woman for midwifery careers and i couldn’t think of a better one. Anne is the midwife i want to be more like- so kind & caring and so thorough in her work. In the photo she is in her new role as a Muma postnatal hub midwife 🩷💚St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny

Ahead of #InternationalMidwivesDay this Sunday, Amy and Laura share why they love being midwives.
A big thanks to Amy and Laura and all our dedicated midwives and student midwives at UMHL for the wonderful care they give to mothers and babies during their first special few days.

Being able to ask the right questions is a key capability for leaders facing situations of increasing urgency & uncertainty. Advances in AI are creating a seismic shift from a world in which answers were crucial to one in which questions are. But most leaders are not formally…

I love seeing things in a new light! Thank you Prof Jane Sandall CBE for sharing findings of the new cochrane review. Exploring the impact of Midwifery continuity of care models. Challenges involved & ideas of where it has most potential! 👏

Great day!! Clare Kennedy National Women & Infants Health Programme

What a great day at the National Women & Infants Health Programme & ONMSD National Midwifery Conference #IDM2024 i presented on how we developed our Muma postnatal hub using human centered design in St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny

Such a great team behind the service & it’s design! Service Design NCAD Spark Innovation Programme

Lucky attendees at today’s Breastfeeding workshop to have such wonderful facilitators Marie, Mary and Claire. So passionate about the care they provide and promote ❤️

I'm at #Quality2024 live, listening to Amy Edmondson talking about principles from her book “The Right Kind of Wrong – The Science of Failing Well”. Amy differentiates three kinds of failures in organisations:
1) Basic failures: caused by carelessness or ignorance
2) Complex…

The PEIRL Study is LIVE!
If you are a midwife or doctor (NCHD or Consultant) in Ireland, come & talk to me about your experiences of individualising care for women classified as high risk in the intrapartum period. QR codes in the poster. Retweet and Share pls
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I love our ideation sessions in maternity St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny Today designing what our ideal maternity ISBAR sticker would look like- great insights into problems/ purpose/ needs & ideas developed by team 👏 draft prototype planned for trialling Cathriona Dooley Aisling McCabe

We’re recruiting for midwives to join our wonderful team here in St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny !

The latest edition of Quality and Patient Safety Matters now available! Read about:
⭐️HSE Sepsis Awareness
⭐️Collaboration sees discovery of a new species of bacteria
⭐️How UL Hospital are working towards a literacy friendly health service
⭐️and more!⬇️
www2.healthservice.hse.ie/organisation/n…

Catching up on K2 whilst on 3hr coach journey… sure what else would you be doing! Ellie Purcell Ann Margaret Hogan Mullane Susan Sherwood

It’s that time of year again to celebrate our profession! So excited to hear Prof Jane Sandall CBE speaking on the day!

I love seeing what the month’s hot topic is! 👏👏 Marie Byrne

Giving a talk or presentation? Here's some excellent advice - four ways to crush it:
1) Understand your audience: 'What do really want to know about my topic & why does it matter to them?”
2) Practice 'structured improvisation': Most speakers are either 'scripters' (stick to a…

Enrolment has opened on HSELanD for the upcoming virtual programme ‘Caring for women with epilepsy within a maternity context’ on April 26th 2024. Great line up of speakers ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Contact details below ⬇️

Thank you Dr Cat Hinds, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist The National Maternity Hospital who visited St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny to meet with our wonderful Mental Health midwife Steph Hayes, Cathriona Dooley & me. Thank you for your insights & guidance as well as the ongoing support to IEHG ‘PMH spokes’

Great learning this morning at our simulation of an infant collapse on the postnatal ward.