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Department of Nursing 152 Statistics The Nursing Personnel Department compile and report on nursing employment statistics on a monthly basis,an overview is given on the table below. Nurse Staffing Number (WTE) Complement 757 Leavers 140 Starters 99 Vacancies (as at December 2003) 54 Presentation of Prizes, Hospital Badges and Awards (ENTRUST) 7th Annual Conference Managing Practice Development (Maureen Flynn, May 2003). ‘Towards Workforce Planning – National Action Plan for Staff Retention’ plenary session at the 22nd Annual Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Maureen Flynn, February 2003). ‘Towards Workforce Planning for Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland’ paper at the International Council of Nurses Conference Building Excellence Through Evidence, Geneva,Switzerland (Maureen Flynn,June 2003). 153 Fifty-eight newly qualified nurses were presented with St. Vincent’s University Hospital Badge by the Department of Nursing. Special awards were made to the following members of staff. ‘Towards Workforce Planning for Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland’, at the 1st International Congress on Innovation in Nursing Leadership and Integration of Clinical Practice, Research and Education hosted by the Department of Health and the Nurses Board of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia (Maureen Flynn,November 2003). Gold Badge Mother Mary Aikenhead Medal Mother Mary Bernard Medal Nuala Deeny-Brennan Memorial Prize The Cecil King Memorial Prize RCSI Bursary Ms.Mary Killeen Ms.Jean McCarthy Ms.Rachel Hayden Ms.Elizabeth Tuohy Ms.Jacqueline Brennan St. Peter’s Ward. Future Plans An education programme to develop the Clinical Nurse Specialist role will be developed for all CNS’s in the Healthcare Group. Ms.Aine Geraghty, Staff Nurse in St.Joseph’s Ward was included in the Dean’s list for her achievement in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing at University College Dublin. Presentations ‘Comparing and Contrasting Irish and Swedish Healthcare Systems and Reforms’ to visiting Swedish group of health professionals from Greater Council of Stockholm Region & Umea University in the Education and Research Centre, St.Vincent’s University Hospital (Patrick Gargan, 2003). Development of frontline management should continue through the provision of training and facilitation.To help achieve this, funding was secured to provide the LEO programme. The Hospital Redevelopment Programme requires the development of Standard Operating Procedures for the new building and the Department of Nursing will have an important role to play in this area. The Accreditation Programme yielded Quality Improvement Plans that will be developed and implemented over the coming year. ‘National Action Plan for Staff Retention: Role of the Clinical Nurse Manager’ at the Irish Clinical Nurse Managers Association
St.Vincent’s Healthcare Group Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health R e s e a rc h Departmental Review 154 The Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Research has continued its clinical mission in 2003 with ongoing inpatient,day hospital care and outpatient activity in the existing St.Camillus Ward and outpatient services. In parallel with this service, the Department is in the final stages of preparing its exciting move to the recently completed state of the art inpatient 54-bed unit on St.Vincent’s Hospital campus. This new unit will incorporate the existing psychiatric service at St.Vincent’s as well as those of the acute community inpatient service currently in Vergemount Hospital. Nursing 2003 was another busy year for the nursing staff of St Camillus’ Ward.New staff recruitment facilitated the re-opening of beds during the year. We welcomed new staff members - Sephelan Sithole,Violet Zidducheh,Michael Adeoye, Daniel Omogiate and Victor Adeosun. We said goodbye to Serena Lloyd and Sagari Chittigadu. Congratulations to Sharon Byrne on the birth of baby Lauren. Psycho-Oncology 2003 also saw the commencement of a new SVUH/ECAB clinical psycho-oncology service with the appointment of Ms. Ursula Bates as Senior Clinical Psychologist to the service under the joint auspices of the Department of Psychiatry and the SVUH Cancer Care Committee.This exciting new service will provide professional psychological support required for certain patients during the course of their treatment for cancer. Mental Health Research The Department of Psychiatry has an ongoing and active programme of mental health research and 2003 saw the development of exciting new initiatives in the field of psychoneuroimmunology.The department was successful in obtaining funding for these new research initiatives.The Department also has received national and international recognition for its research on suicide and the department has actively been involved with voluntary agencies in helping to promote the awareness of the problem of suicide in modern Ireland.This has been a successful initiative carried out in conjunction with the 3Ts (Turning the Tide of Suicide), which raised over €100,000 for research educational support in 2003. Social Work The Department of Psychiatry welcomed the appointment of Ms.Victoria Richardson as Psychiatric Social Worker to the department in 2003 and has made a very positive impact on the clinical teams’activities. Day Hospital The Department of Psychiatry welcomed the appointment of Ms.Diane Campbell as Psychiatric Staff Nurse to St Camillus’ Day Hospital in 2004 and has brought a wealth of experience from Australia. Departmental Statistics Total Admissions:191 Patients admitted from A&E accounted for 58% of all admissions, Old Age psychiatry admissions accounted for 24%, Overdose/Self Harm 18%,and Eating Disorders 10%. Publications Huang Y, Oquendo MA, Brodsky B, Malone KM,Khait V and Mann JJ. The human 5-HT1B receptor gene G861C polymorphism and alcoholism. Neuropsychopharmacology 2003 Jan; 28 (1):163-9 Kegeles LS, Malone KM, Slifstein M, Ellis SP, Xanthopoulos E, K e i l p JG,Campbell C, Oquendo M,Van Heertum RL and Mann JJ. Response of cortical metabolic deficits to serotonergic challenge in familial mood disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Jan;160(1):76-82. PMID:12505804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Oquendo MA,Placidi GP, Malone KM, Campbell C, Keilp J, Brodsky B, Kegeles LS,Cooper TB, Parsey RV, van Heertum RL and Mann JJ. Positron emission tomography of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge and lethality of suicide attempts in major depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003 Jan;60(1):14-22. PMID:12511168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Oquendo MA, Echavarria G,Galfalvy HC, Grunebaum MF, Burke A,Barrera A,Cooper TB, Malone K and Mann JJ. Lower cortisol levels in depressed patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2003 Mar;28(3):591-8. Epub 2002 Aug 19. PMID:12629542 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE Oquendo MA, Friend JM,Halberstam B, Brodsky BS,Burke AK, Grunebaum MF, Malone KM and Mann JJ. Association of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression with greater risk for suicidal behavior. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Mar;160(3):580-2. PMID:12611845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Future Plans • Integration of services between St Vincent’s University Hospital and Vergemount through policy & procedure committee. • Review of Eating Disorder Programme. • Maintaining a high standard of nursing documentation,which highlights individual patient centred care and continued audit of same. • Continued ECT programme. • Preceptorship orientation of students and staff nurses. • Recording of statistical information on ECT and legal status of inpatients. • Commencement of clinical placement for general degree students in psychiatry. 155 Eating Disorders The Eating Disorder beds at St.Vincent’s University Hospital are the only public dedicated specialist eating disorder beds in Ireland and the Eating Disorders Programme continues its clinical service receiving referrals from all over Ireland.The Department of Psychiatry has built up significant expertise in the treatment of eating disorders,which receives national recognition. 41% of all new patients referred to OPD were suffering from eating disorders.
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