Collaborative Storytelling Event to Mark International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day

_{Pictured (L to R): Rachel Kenna, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health; Carolyn Donohoe, Interim CEO, NMBI; Áine Lynch, NMBI Vice President and Director of Nursing and Integrated Care in Tallaght University Hospital and Dr Geraldine Shaw, Nursing and Midwifery Services Director, ONMSD/Interim Adviser to HSE CEO}

On 24 April 2025, we were delighted to be part of a Collaborative Storytelling Event to get ready for International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day, which are celebrated in May. 

The event was jointly organised by the Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD), the office of the Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health and NMBI.


_{Event speakers pictured, back row (L to R): Vandana Iqbal; Dr Geraldine Shaw; Carolyn Donohoe; Rachel Kenna, Mattie Lambden; Dr Geralyn Hynes and Áine Lynch. Front row (L to R): Jess Sears; Colette O'Neill; Elena Prendergast; Sean Dowling and Emer Shine}

Áine Lynch, NMBI Vice President hosted the event which heard from Mattie Lambden, Intellectual Disability Nurse, Clinical Nurse Manager 2; Emer Shine, Clinical Midwife Specialist; Elena Prendergast, NMBI Student Nurse Ambassador; Colette O'Neill, Midwife; Seán Dowling, Clinical Midwife Manager I; Vandana Iqbal, Care of the Older Persons, Director of Nursing  and Jess Sears, General Nurse, Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner who shared their own unique stories.

A patient’s perspective was shared by Dr Geralyn Hynes and Ashley Murphy. You can read about each of the speakers below.


_{Pictured above: Members from NMBI, the Chief Nurse’s Office, Department of Health and the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD)}

Closing remarks were delivered by Rachel Kenna, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health; Carolyn Donohoe, Interim CEO, NMBI and Dr Geraldine Shaw, Nursing and Midwifery Services Director, ONMSD and Interim Adviser to HSE, CEO.