The President of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Essene Cassidy has praised ATU Donegal’s Nursing Department for its role in an important discussion event at the Letterkenny campus last week.
Ms Cassidy and ATU President Dr Orla Flynn were among attendees at the NMBI Summer Series discussion on intellectual disability nursing.
The lecture theatre event saw nurses in clinical and academic settings in Donegal discuss the future of intellectual disability nursing. ATU Letterkenny offers a bachelor’s degree programme in ID nursing.
Ballyshannon-born John Meehan, who is now Assistant National Director and Head of the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) was the guest speaker at the event. Mr Meehan presented an overview of the mental health strategies from 2005-2022 and focused on Connecting for Life and Sharing the Vision. He praised former Education Minister Joe McHugh for introducing Wellness as a subject in secondary schools.
One of the highlights of the evening was the discussion led by Michelle Murray RPN, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and self-harm nurse at Letterkenny University Hospital emergency department. She assists patients and families and also provides training for all staff in the department on the issue of self-harm.
Ms Cassidy described the event as ‘extremely powerful’ and praised the Head of the nursing department Dr Louise McBride in her role in co-hosting the Summer Series event.
Pictured at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Summer Series event at ATU’s Letterkenny Campus are, left to right, Dr Louise McBride, Head of Nursing Department, ATU, Michelle Murray, Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist at Letterkenny University Hospital, Essene Cassidy, NMBI President, Dr Orla Flynn, President ATU, Sheila McClelland, CEO NMBI, Keane Ryan, Donegal Mental Health Services Clinical Nurse Specialist and Sharon Ferguson, Mental Health and Wellbeing Officer ATU Donegal.
Pictured at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Summer Series event at ATU’s Letterkenny Campus are, left to right, Margaret McClafferty, Researcher Ulster University, Dr Louise McBride, Head of Nursing Department, ATU, Essene Cassidy, NMBI President, Dr Orla Flynn, President ATU, Natasha Brown, Mental Health Research Assistant ATU Donegal and Sheila McClelland, CEO NMBI
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Pictured at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Summer Series event at ATU’s Letterkenny Campus are, left to right, Margaret McClafferty, Researcher Ulster University, Dr Louise McBride, Head of Nursing Department, ATU, Essene Cassidy, NMBI President, Dr Orla Flynn, President ATU, Natasha Brown, Mental Health Research Assistant ATU Donegal and Sheila McClelland, CEO NMBI
Pictured at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Summer Series event at ATU’s Letterkenny Campus are, left to right, Colm O’Leary, Director of Fitness to Practise NMBI, Dr Louise McBride, Head of Nursing Department, ATU, Dr Orla Flynn, President ATU, Dr Raymond Healy, Director of Registration NMBI, Essene Cassidy, NMBI President, Sheila McClelland, CEO NMBI and Carolyn Donohoe, Director of Education NMBI.
Pictured at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Summer Series event at ATU’s Letterkenny Campus are, left to right, Sheila McClelland, CEO NMBI,
Dr Louise McBride, Head of Nursing Department, ATU, Jonathan Durning, Lecturer in Nursing at ATU Letterkenny, Essene Cassidy NMBI President, Dr Orla Flynn, President ATU, Dr Grainne Ketelaar, Lecturer Dept of Nursing ATU Letterkenny
