St Patricks Mental Services Inaugural Nursing Symposium Day 2022

St Patricks Mental Services held its first Nursing Symposium Day in early December. This was a fantastic day which was open to all nurses in St Patricks both in person and online.

The day highlighted all the good work that is being done in St Patricks Mental Health Services by the nursing department and acted as an educational piece to staff who may have interests in particular areas like quality initiatives, delivery of care and nursing research

The Nursing Symposium Day was delivered Nurse Speakers from within St Patricks Mental Health Services who presented on 3 core themes for the Day.

These were:

1. Delivery of Nursing Services in St Patricks Mental Health Services
2. Nursing Quality Initiatives in St Patricks Mental Health Services
3. Nursing Research in St Patricks Mental Health Services

Nursing Research in St Patricks Mental Health Services

The SPMHS/TCD Nursing Collaborative Research Initiative is into its fourth year. It provides support for nurses working in St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services who are interested in conducting Nurse led practised based research. The initiative facilitates collaborative research between the nurses and academics from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College. Recent publications include

• Corrigan, M., Curran, M., Donohue, G. Kirwan, S, Keogh, B (2022) The transition of a Mental Health Facility to a COVID-19 isolation ward and unit for delivery of remote inpatient mental health care. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• Farrington, A., King, M., Donohue, G & McCann, E (2022) "The experiences of mental health nurses working through COVID-19: An analysis of long-term support needs" British Journal of Mental Health Nursing.
• King, M., Farrington, A., Donohue, G., & McCann, E. (2022). Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Nurses. Issues in mental health nursing, 43(4), 300–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2021.1978598