UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery

03/12/2025

💜💜💜 Lovely work from BNID 3 students, who created a Disability Awareness Wall for International Day of People with Disabilities. A thoughtful reminder of inclusion, respect, and community. 💜💜💜

19/11/2025

Clinical Commencement Ceremony for BSc Nursing and Midwifery Students

Year 1 BSc Nursing and Midwifery students in the School of Nursing and Midwifery in UCC recently attended a Clinical Commencement Ceremony to celebrate a very important milestone in their student journey ahead of their first clinical placement. At the ceremony, students were reminded that being a student nurse or student midwife comes with a responsibility to exemplify professionalism and a commitment to caring.

Keynote address for the Midwifery Ceremony was given by Dr Rhona O' Connell. This November BSc Midwifery Year 1 students are commencing their first clinical placements in the Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate sites including Cork University Maternity Hospital, Tipperary University Hospital, University Hospital Waterford, and Kerry University Hospital.

Ms Anne Crowley Practice Development Co-ordinator from Horizons (formerly Cope foundation) gave the keynote address at the Nursing Ceremony on behalf of Health Care Partners. This November BSc Year 1 Nursing students across the four undergraduate programmes (General Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Intellectual Disability Nursing and Children’s and General Integrated Nursing) are commencing their first clinical placements across the Munster region, including at the Mercy University Hospital, Bons Secours Hospital, Horizons (formerly Cope Foundation), Mental Health Services, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork University Hospital, Mallow General Hospital as well as community and older adult services across Munster.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery and affiliated Health Care Partners wish the BSc Nursing and Midwifery students well as they commence their placements.

08/11/2024

4th Annual Irish Head and Neck Society meeting, April 10-12, 2025

Call for Abstracts

Closing date: 4 February 2025



Abstracts regarding all aspects of H&N cancer or related areas welcome, and from all specialists involved in Head & Neck.

Maximum 200 words, structured into Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion

Abstracts may be accepted for oral podium, e-poster, or ordinary poster presentation.

Instructions and online submission portal at https://theihns.com/call-for-abstracts/

08/11/2024

We would like to invite you to the second lecture in this year’s  UCC Cancer Seminar Series, presented by 
Dr. Hazel O’Sullivan,
Medical Oncologist CUH, 
and Jacqueline Daly,
Director of Services East Galway & Midlands Cancer Support. 

The title of Hazel O’Sullivan’s 
lecture: Cancer Genetics: LynchSyndrome’. 

The title of Jacqueline Daly’s lecture: ‘The importance of community cancer support centres’.

This  will take place on November
11th at 1pm via Zoom.
Professor Mark Corrigan of CUH will chair the event.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcuuhrDkjGtzWJpUYDk39rAgW0r4MnDaU

 

This meeting is approved by RCPI for 1 CPD credit in the External category.
This CPD Recognition is accepted by all Irish Postgraduate Training Bodies. 
Please note: this meeting will be recorded for circulation to staff of UCC and affiliated hospitals.
Names and/or images of attendees may appear
in the recording of the session. 

As attendee numbers are limited, please only register for sessions you plan to attend, and let us know at this email if you can no longer make it so we can free up a space.

09/10/2024

We are delighted to announce that the online survey that is part of our public consultation on Inclusion Health is now live. You can access the survey at this link: https://ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ba1mSWyglECOqou
Please feel free to forward the link to our online survey to people or organisations who are interested or active in this area and within your circles of contacts.

You can see more details here https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/4a87e-public-consultation-for-the-development-of-the-inclusion-health-framework/

In your professional practices you may wish to display the image in this instagram post as a flier with a QR code. We would be very grateful if you would provide assistance to anyone with whom you are working who would like to complete the survey.

The other phases of the public consultation are continuing apace including two World Café events with community & voluntary sector organisations in Cork and Dublin in the next few weeks.
Focus groups have also been added to the consultation process.

04/09/2024

Professional Self-Care and Wellbeing Classes for your students

As we plan for the coming term, perhaps you could consider including some of our free Wellbeing Classes for your students (attached).

These classes will provide students with practical self-care skills meet the challenges of their academic and professional lives. Classes are available both on a one-hour and two-hour format. Please contact me if you would like to arrange to provide these classes for your students.
Email - maura.oneill@ucc.ie

09/05/2024

The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) is offering a unique opportunity for members of the public to help shape the future of palliative care across the island of Ireland.

We are recruiting volunteers for our Voices4Care group; AIIHPC’s volunteer group that informs and influences the work of the Institute and that of the wider palliative care sector.
How do they inform and influence? Volunteers share their lived experience and bring unique insights about care which are invaluable for those providing or making decisions about palliative care. Listen to a current volunteer share his experience of being a Voices4Care member.

The recruitment campaign will be running until Sunday 16 June and Expressions of interest must be submitted by then.

For more information please watch the recruitment campaign video, visit the Voices4Care webpages or contact Paula Pinto (ppinto@aiihpc.org / +353 087 1961430).

09/05/2024

Perspectives on ethical questions in the German health care system

Monday 13th May 2024 1-2pm

Room 1.01 Brookfield Health Sciences Complex

With Professor Alex Schmid, visiting from the University of Esslingen, Germany


All are welcome- Please bring your lunch!

09/05/2024

European Cancer Nursing Day 2024 is Saturday May 18th.The theme this year is From Knowledge to Action: Shaping the future of cancer nursing. This reflects and celebrates the fact that 2024 is the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) 40th anniversary. EONS will mark European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND24) with an online social media celebration by cancer nurses across Europe on the day.

Join Cork IANO Network Members as we celebrate European Cancer Nursing Day on Saturday 18th May. Meeting at Main Reception in Cork University Hospital at 10.45am, join us as we walk to Fitzgeralds Park, Mardyke.

We look forward to meeting colleagues from across the city & county as we shine a light on cancer nurses, recognising & celebrating the positive impact they have on the quality of cancer care.



All interested are welcome to join us!

Please spread the word across the cancer centres in Cork.

09/05/2024

We would like to invite you to the eighth lecture in this year's UCC Cancer Seminar Series, presented by Dr Lucy Norris, Research Scientist, Trinity St. James Cancer Institute, and Dr Maeve Crowley, Consultant Haematologist, CUH & CUMH.



The title of Dr Lucy Noris’s lecture is ‘Prediction and prevention of cancer associated thrombosis'.



The title of Dr Maeve Crowley’s lecture is ‘Management of cancer associated thrombosis'.



This will take place on 13 May at 1pm via Zoom. Dr Eoghan Molloy, Consultant Haematologist, CUH will chair the event.



University College Cork (UCC) and the cancer delivery team within the South/Southwest Hospital Group (SSWHG) in Southern Ireland established the first UCC Cancer Seminar Series in October 2020. This is the fourth series.



The initiative recognises the region’s major expansion in clinical care and cancer research over the last decade. It creates a forum for knowledge exchange and discussion between our clinical oncology teams across the SSWHG, our cancer researchers across UCC and its Institutes, and national and international cancer experts.


Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElfu-tqD0pGdPUxqf6TMY4ZVHCNSlY7lls



This meeting is approved by RCPI for 1 CPD credit in the External category. This CPD Recognition is accepted by all Irish Postgraduate Training Bodies.



Please note: this meeting will be recorded for circulation to staff of UCC and affiliated hospitals. Names and/or images of attendees may appear in the recording of the session. As attendee numbers are limited, please only register for sessions you plan to attend, and let us know at this email if you can no longer make it so we can free up a space.

28/04/2024

Applications are now open for a wide range of CPD modules/Microcredentials offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery at UCC.

The selection of 5,10,15 credit modules is curated to suit individual career requirements for Healthcare Professionals

Follow the link below the find out more about what’s offered in 2024/2025 Academic year.

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

10/04/2024

On behalf of Prof Jarushka Naidoo and the All Ireland Lung Cancer Conference organising committee, we would
like to invite you to save the date to the All Ireland Lung Cancer Conference, which will be held on the
12th and 13th of April 2024 at Johnstown Estate.

The focus of the conference is to stay up-to-date with the staggering advancements in lung cancer diagnosis
and treatment, to encourage the career development of young oncologists, and of course, to bring us together in person – the power of which cannot be underestimated.

This exciting programme brings together international speakers from the US and Europe, many of whom have been
mentors and colleagues. Thanks also to our own homegrown talent for taking part!

Please find the flyer and programme agenda attached, and registration details below:

In-Person:
https://forms.gle/6JkfpPMkCiP3H2Zp8

Virtual:
https://forms.gle/MfmUGyHQH5LrRtzUA

The meeting is officially endorsed by IASLC.

DATE: Friday 12th / Saturday 13th April 2024 VENUE: Johnstown House Hotel, Enfield, Co Meath