Bon Secours Hospital Cork Working in Partnership Towards
Bon Secours Hospital Cork Working in Partnership Towards Optimum Patient Care Director of Nursing: Ber Mulcahy Practice Nurse Conference 2015 Saturday 3 rd October, River Lee Hotel, Western Road, Cork.
Present Past Future Advanced Medicine Exceptional Care
PAST • Paris – 1824 foundation of the Sisters of Bon Secour. • Bon Secours Hospital Cork – 1915 • Nurse Training School -1923
PRESENT Our commitment to Nurse Education and Development: • Education of undergraduates though our partnership with UCC. • Support qualified nurses with ongoing education: ICU / Diabetes / Theatre / A&E / Management / Cardiac Nursing / Wound Management. • N. M. B. I. accredited skills education programmes: cannualtion / venapuncture / catheterisation all designed to proactively plan and meet the changing needs in acute healthcare. • N. M. B. I. accreditated site for nursing adaptation course. • Annual performance review with training needs analysis individually meeting the needs of learners.
PRESENT Josephine Potel Nursing Award 2014
PRESENT Bon Secours Postgraduates 2015 2014
PRESENT CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
PRESENT • 240 Inpatient Beds • 84 Day Case Beds • 7 Operating Theatres • Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory • 14 ICU /CCU/Surgical HDU/Medical HCU Beds • Medical Assessment Unit • 3 Endoscopy Suites • Outpatient Department • Comprehensive Diagnostic Imaging & Pathology • Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Pastoral Care
PRESENT • • • • Anaesthetics Angiography Bariatric Surgery Breast Care (Mammography) Cardiology (Chest Pain Clinic) Densitometry Dental / Oral Surgery Dermatology Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) Dietetics E. N. T. Endocrinology Endoscopy Gastroenterology General Medicine General Surgery • • • • Gynaecology Health Screening Haematology Intensive Care MAU Neurology Nuclear Medicine Occupational Therapy Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Outpatient Facilities Paediatrics • Pain Management • Palliative Care • Pathology • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Plastic Surgery • Pulmonary Function Test • Respiratory Medicine • Rheumatology • Sleep Studies • Urology • Vascular Surgery
PRESENT Our Commitment to Quality: • JCI – Joint Commission International • ESMO – Designated Centre for Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care • IFSO – International Federation for Surgical Obesity • INAB – Irish National Accreditation Board Awards: • Occupational Safety Awards 2010 -2013 incl • Irish Healthcare Awards 2012 – best use of Information technology
PRESENT Community Initiatives: • Inclusive Playground at Fitzgerald Park, Cork. • Pieta House. • Cork SIMON Community. • St Vincent de Paul. • Development of an Ap with Shine to assist children with autism in their social skills.
FUTURE Major development project: • Planning permission was received earlier this year for the € 60 M expansion of the Cork Hospital incorporating the development of Radiotherapy, Single Bedroom Accommodation, new Theatres & ICU facilities. • To commence site preparation and enabling works on site by the middle of 2016
Vision Statement Through our mission, Bon Secours Hospital, Cork will: • Be a leader in Catholic healthcare in Ireland • Empower staff to reach their full potential • Reach out compassionately to the community • Be innovative and responsive to new developments in Healthcare While maintaining our patient friendly environment in all our hospitals.
“Make the moment vital and worth living…. do not let it slip away unused. ” Martha Graham
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