Your career development is important to the INMO.
The Professional Development Centre is committed to providing high quality, relevant and up-to-date programmes for Irish nurses and midwives.
For further information contact: INMO Professional Development Centre, Whitworth Building,North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7. Tel: 01 664 0641/2; Email: marian@inmo.ie
Information on all courses is also available on our website www.inmo.ie
All courses listed are held in the Professional Development Centre, INMO, North Brunswick Street,Dublin 7. Courses are limited to 15 participants and under (except in exceptional circumstances).
Boosting Your Self Care in
Challenging Nursing Roles
This workshop is a practical, person-centered day
of learning how to optimise your own self-care to
be resilient, stay well, and thrive in your nursing
role. It is suitable for all nurses/midwives and particularly
in acute areas such as palliative care, oncology, ICU etc.
Date: Feb 26, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Assessment and Care Planning for Older
People in Residential Care
This workshop is aimed at providing nurses working in this
sector with the most up-to-date information regarding policy and
standards in older person care and will focus on the need for
comprehensive assessment, including risk assessment and care
planning for older people in residential care settings.
Date: Feb 11, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Assessment and Management of the Patient
with Respiratory Conditions
The study day is designed to provide nurses from the acute
hospital setting with the knowledge to manage patients with
respiratory conditions. Nursing services are now delivered in
an environment involving greater complexity and increasing
levels of technology. Nurses may have to intervene promptly in
response to sudden changes in a patient’s respiratory status. This
study day will provide an opportunity for nurses to update their knowledge, skills and understanding of respiratory assessment,
problems and interventions to provide quality nursing care to
patients.
Date: Apr 2, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Assessment and Management of the Patient
with Sepsis
Sepsis can occur at any age and in any clinical situation. It is
considered a medical emergency and continues to have a high
mortality despite advances in treatment. Nurses may need to take
the lead in its assessment and management. This study day is
designed to broaden the nurse’s knowledge and understanding
of the: Body’s defence systems; Pathophysiology underpinning
sepsis; Classification/stages of sepsis; Signs and symptoms;
Importance of early recognition of sepsis and the initiation of
appropriate interventions; Nurse’s role in caring for patients with
sepsis; Discussion and rationale for Sepsis Six Regimen.
Date: Mar 13, 2014
Fee: €80 member; €140 non-member
Best Practice in Medication Management
This study day provides participants with an overview of the main
issues associated with medication errors and near misses and
explores evidence-based approaches to promote and implement
safe medication practice. It helps participants to understand the
'risk management' approach to safe medication management
practice in an organisation. It is underpinned by legislation and by
An Bord Altranais guidelines.
Date: May 12, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Continuous Quality Tools for Safer Care
This programme shows participants how to monitor quality
improvement over time and how to introduce quality control
in the current and future regulatory environment. It aims to
provide nurses and midwives with greater knowledge and understanding
of how to use and apply quality improvement theory,
quality improvement tools and metrics in order to demonstrate
that improvement has taken place within a framework of continuous
quality improvement.
Date: Mar 12, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non members
Delegation & Clinical Supervision
This workshop explores the issues surrounding delegation
and decision making, including appropriate supervision
and delegated functions It is aimed towards all nurse/
midwife managers working with health care assistants. Topics
and areas that will be covered within this interactive day include
delegation and accountability; autonomy and responsibility;
coaching/mentoring; assessing competency; Guiding Principles of
delegation; Five Rights of Delegation framework; leadership role
in delegation; legal issues; clinical supervision.
Date: Mar 13, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Falls: Prevention, Management and Review
The purpose of this programme is to promote a consistent
approach in falls reduction for older people through assessment,
individualised care planning and post falls review. This education
programme promotes excellence amongst nurses who provide
care to the patients at risk of falls, informed by current best evidence,
lifelong and practice based learning. The main aim is to
assist nurses to identify those patients or residents who are at risk
of falls and to reduce that risk by providing knowledge on falls
reduction techniques and ultimately improving patient safety and
minimising injuries in the older population.
Date: Feb 13, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Healthcare Provider CPR & AED Course –
The New 2010 Guidelines
This one-day course is the newly released 2010 American Heart
Association’s (AHA) guidelines for CPR and ECC for healthcare
providers. The changes from the A-B-C Sequence to the C-A-B
Sequence, and the rationale behind it, are explained in detail
while providing the maximum time for each participant to gain
the skills of resuscitation. The content of this course includes:
adult, child and infant CPR; bag and mask ventilation; foreign
body airway obstruction; use of the AED for adult and child.
Before the course you will receive the new 2010 BLS for
Healthcare Providers textbook. Limited to six participants per
instructor. A fee of €50 will be charged if you wish to cancel your
booking 10 days before the course begins.
Date: Feb 28, 2014.
Registration: 9.00am.
Time: 9.15am-4.00pm.
Fee: €125 members; €195 non-members
(including cost of book and light lunch)
Infection Control
This course gives a basic understanding of microbiology and
shows clearly how infections spread directly and indirectly. Topics
include: UV Light Box to highlight importance of hand hygiene
followed by individual demonstrations; use of personal protective
equipment; health and safety and risk management issues in
infection control; a overview of common infectious diseases
and blood borne viruses; management of difficult situations in
infection control such as MRSA, C Diff, ESBLS, TB, HIV, hepatitis;
and other current challenges.
Date: Feb 20, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Introduction to Clinical Audit
The aim of this one-day workshop is to introduce participants
to the theory and practical application of clinical audit in Irish
healthcare. It is designed to provide participants with the
necessary skills to implement clinical audit in their practice and
be able to deliver evidence of improved performance for safer
and better care for patients. It also gives participants the tools
to demonstrate a baseline of performance and how to monitor
quality improvement over time and introduce quality control in
the current and future regulatory environment.
Date: Mar 26, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Introduction to Dementia Care
This one-day programme is designed to enhance the healthcare
practitioner's knowledge, strategies and skills that will improve
quality of life for clients with dementia in their care. This interactive
day, inclusive of case studies, dvd analysis and group work, aims
to enhance participants’ knowledge while providing practical
strategies in promoting a person-centred approach to caring for a
person with dementia. Topics include: introduction to dementia;
recognising the impact of environment on a person with
dementia; identifying and responding to changes in behaviour
creatively within your setting. The impact and progression of
dementia relating to the person, their families and healthcare
workers will be outlined in tandem with strategies to enhance
quality of life for the team in your setting.
Date: Feb 18, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Introduction to Palliative Care
This course will give an overview of the philosophy of end of life
care, casting a wider net to include palliative care for conditions
other than cancer. It will also cover the management of pain and
of other distressing symptoms, spiritual pain and comfort measures
in the last days of life, grief and loss.
Date: May 13, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Leg Ulcer Study Day
This workshop will enable practitioners to explore and analyse
current theories and practice in relation to patients with leg
ulcers. Aims include to: Distinguish between the different causes
of ulceration and associated pathophysiology and relate to
epidemiology, risk factors and assessment; Review the nurse’s
role in assessment of patients with leg ulcers; Review the role
of Doppler in the assessment of the lower limb; Appraise the
evidence for compression therapy and relate this to current
practice; Explore the impact of psychosocial issues relevant to
managing patients with leg ulcers and suggest strategies to
incorporate these within clinical practice; Explore the importance
of the multidisciplinary team and the role of specialist clinics in
the assessment and management of patients with leg ulcers.
Date: Feb 25, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Management of Patient with Tracheostomy
This one-day workshop will provide the participants with the
necessary knowledge, skills and confidence to evaluate and manage the nursing care of a patient with a tracheostomy.
Date: Feb 25, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
INMO Safe Practice Campaign
The Professional Development Centre is providing a nationwide series of workshops in workplaces and venues across the
country. The aim of these workshops is to advise INMO members on key areas of practice such as clinical risk, report writing
and statement writing, documentation and professional misconduct complaints to An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais
na hÉireann.
Dates: Feb 5 – Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; Feb 17 – University Hospital Limerick; Feb 25 – Clonskeagh Hospital; March 3 – Cregg House Sligo; March 4 – Clonskeagh Hospital; March 10 - Letterkenny General Hospital; March 11 – Clonskeagh Hospital
More dates and venues are available on our website www.inmo.ie To book a place please
Email: helen@inmo.ie or call 01 664 0616
Fee: INMO members Free; €75 non-members.
Management Skills for Clinical Nurses
Managers and Staff Nurses
This course is aimed at equipping clinical nurse managers
and staff nurses with management skills. Key topics include:
management principles; decision making; team building;
motivation of staff; and managing different skill mixes.
Date: Feb 24, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
This one day programme is to assist staff to provide the best
care, welfare, safety and security for staff working in healthcare
environments. The programme identifies behaviour levels that
contribute to the development of a crisis and outlines appropriate
staff intervention for each response. It also identifies verbal and
non-verbal techniques to de-escalate behaviour. In addition the
course outlines break away techniques that can adopted in a
physical crisis situation while maintaining the care, welfare, safety
and security of clients and staff.
Date: Feb 27, 2014.
Registration: 9.15am
Time: 9.30am-5.00pm.
Fee: €100 members; €160 non
Nursing/Midwifery Documentation
This course is designed to help all nurses/midwives in any
healthcare setting, examine the role and the importance of
record-keeping. The particular type of records you keep will vary
widely, but the principles of good record-keeping apply to anyone
caring for patients or clients. The aim of the course is not to
give complex theory about record-keeping, nor overwhelm with
details. Rather, it is designed to help improve your practice by
becoming more aware of the vital importance of good records.
Date: Mar 25, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Pain Management
This programme provides a comprehensive approach to
assessment and management of pain in elderly care settings.
It focuses on pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods and includes an overview of the ASK and LISTEN
Approach. It discusses pain types, effective approaches and pain
assessment tools. It provides an overview of the psychological
consequences of unresolved pain and looks at use of the WHO
three-step pain ladder. The concept of ‘total pain’ is explored.
Spiritual or ‘soul pain’ is part of the discussion around advanced
cancer pain.
Date: Feb 19, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Practical Skills in the Management of People
with Diabetes
This one day course aims to provide nurses with the knowledge
and confidence to deliver care to individuals with diabetes. It
offers nurses a practical approach to diabetes, whether based in a
community or hospital setting. It covers many theoretical aspects
to diabetes, such as an explanation of the different types of diabetes,
national and international guidelines, best practice, how to
offer lifestyle advice to patients, as well as interactive workshops
focused on blood glucose monitoring and injection technique.
Other topics to be covered include treatment options in diabetes,
understanding blood results, and dealing with the complications
of diabetes.
Date: Feb 26, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
The aim of this workshop is to enable the practitioner to analyse
their current practice and identify knowledge, strategies and
skills that will improve outcome and quality of care in relation to
patients with, or at risk of, pressure ulceration.
Date: Mar 11, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Understanding Obesity and Weight
Management
This one-day workshop aims to provide a comprehensive understanding
of the causes of obesity and the physiological principles
involved in the onset of obesity and associated illnesses. Lifestyle
treatment options such as dietary, exercise and behavioural
interventions will be covered in depth, as well as non-pharmacological,
pharmacological and surgical interventions. Participants will be equipped with the skills in the identification and measurement
of obesity and weight issues with practical approaches to
management. They will be able to implement the most effective
ways of working to prevent and manage obesity in their current
practice.
Date: Feb 17, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Wound Care Management
This one-day workshop will cover all aspects of wound
management including the physiology, assessment, cleansing and
management of wounds.
Date: Feb 18, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Nursing the Cardiac Patient
This one-day workshop is aimed at enhancing general nurses'
knowledge of management of the cardiac patient. Topics
covered in this one-day workshop include cardiac anatomy
and physiology, cardiovascular assessment, cardiac tests,
medications, chest pain and heart failure.
Registration: 9.00am.
Time: 9.30am-4.00pm
Date: Mar 6, 2014.
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
ECG Interpretation
This one-day workshop is aimed at enhancing general
nurses' knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology. It will
provide participants with knowledge of cardiac rhythms,
rhythm analysis and ECG interpretation (It is advisable to
do the workshop on March 6, 2014, Nursing The Cardiac
Patient also).
Date: Mar 7, 2014.
Time: 9.30am-4.00pm
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
Venue and times of workshops: Unless otherwise stated, courses listed are held at the Professional Development Centre. In order to better facilitate people attending workshops in the PDC, registration for most full-day workshops will take place at 9.45am and the courses will commence at 10.00am. Cancellation policy: In the event of unforeseen circumstances, a facilitator/trainer may be replaced by another suitably qualified person. Cancellation of any course must be given in writing at least seven days before the course begins. Fee will be refunded minus an administration charge. If a person cancels in less than seven days, no refund will be given. Receipts will be issued a week prior to course start date
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