July 11, 2022
The President of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), Essene Cassidy has praised all those involved in the organisation’s inaugural Summer Series events in June, declaring them a “huge success” for the professions.
The President of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), Essene Cassidy has praised all those involved in the organisation’s inaugural Summer Series events in June, declaring them a “huge success” for the professions.
NMBI co-hosted four events at college campuses focusing on different nursing divisions of the Register. A fifth event focused entirely on midwifery will be held later in the year.
The Summer Series – Discussions about Nursing and Midwifery by Nurses and Midwives – was designed to bring clinical and academic professionals and service users together to discuss the state of the professions and progress for the future.
Events were held at University College Cork (UCC) on children’s nursing, the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Athlone campus on general nursing, St Angela’s College Sligo on intellectual disability nursing and at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Letterkenny campus on mental health nursing. Each event was co-designed with the input of the college leadership teams.
A separate community event was also held in Dublin at the end of June, bringing together community nursing and midwifery leaders as well as stakeholders to discuss expanding partnerships and cooperation.
NMBI President, Ms Cassidy said: “Each division-specific Summer Series conversation was rewarding, informative and really enjoyable. These sessions gave us all, as professionals, an opportunity to debate and discuss issues relevant to each division, the context of where care is being delivered and look to the future identifying the opportunities that lie ahead.
“I was moved by so many speakers at each of our evening discussions and was struck by the compassion and care shown by our registrants in different healthcare settings including in the community and the passion they have for their profession.
“I want to thank each of the colleges for co-hosting the events with us and for the dedication and time they showed in the planning of the inaugural Summer Series. I also want to thank NMBI staff for their roles in each event. It was a truly remarkable series which made me proud of our professions.”
Summaries of the events are included in the latest edition of the NMBI eZine with links to the full Summer Series reports now on our website.
You can read the eZine here: NMBI monthly eZine, Summer Series Edition, Issue 069
You can access the Summer Series reports here: NMBI - Nurse and midwife education: NMBI