We were delighted to welcome Christina Lydon and Mary Devane from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) to Recovery Haven Kerry today as part of a practice placement site inspection. We are a placement partner with MTU School of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences and host Student Nurses undertaking their BSc in General Nursing.
The NMBI are the statutory regulatory authority for nursing and midwifery in Ireland with responsibility to set and monitor standards of education and training of nurses and midwives.
As part of this, they carry out inspections of placement partners. This was an opportunity to highlight the role of Community Cancer Support Centres like Recovery Haven Kerry in the patient pathway for those on a cancer journey.
Pictured: Siobhán MacSweeney, Client Services Co-ordinator, Christina Lydon, NMBI; Mary Devane, NMBI; Íde Moore, Asst. Client Services Co-ordinator;
Dr Trina Lyons, MTU Dept of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences; MTU student nurse, Laura Dineen;
Gemma Fort, Manager Recovery Haven Kerry; Tina Johnson, Asst, Client Services, Co-ordinator; Eva Nandigama, Clinical Placement Co-ordinator, HSE and
Anne Coffey, Volunteer Listener, Recovery Haven Kerry