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University Hospital Kerry is a large acute hospital situated in Tralee, Co. Kerry #UHK #Kerry
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Nominations for the People of UHK Awards are officially open! 🎉
Have you received exceptional care or service from a member of the UHK team? Now's your chance to show your appreciation! 🏥💙
Visit the link to cast your vote
#PeopleOfUHK
#Awards
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UHK’s Emergency Department has recently introduced a venepuncture programme for the Health Care Assistants working in the department - All have successfully completed it 👏
HCAs are now able to take bloods within our department, which is a really positive step
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Kerry Person of the Year, Dr Patricia Sheehan on her receiving her recent award of 2020 Kerry Person of the Year by the Kerry Association in Dublin (ceremony delayed due to the Pandemic)
Listowel native, Dr Sheahan has been recognised for her outstanding dedication
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A great day for UHK and a further step in keeping our Kerry population safe.
255 doses of COVID 19 vaccine administered at UHK today to a broad range of staff who have direct patient contact.
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This Applause is for You!
The response by the people of Kerry has been incredible. We just want you to know, by staying home you are saving lives. We Hear what you are doing to help us face these challenges together. Thank You!
#WeHearYou
Track Credit:
@iamNATHANCARTER
& Guests
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🎉 Big News! University Hospital Kerry has secured €17.27m for a Permanent Oncology Build! 🏥
#UHK
#CancerCare
Further details to follow on
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We are receiving floods of good wishes on the
@Postvox
postcards - we just want you to know we are reading them all, and will place them where our team can see them.
#ThankYou
#WeHearYou
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Liam Chawke Consultant Respiratory Physician and Team proudly commenced the Bronchoscopy service at UHK this week!
Well done all on the magnificent team effort 👏
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We will have a special message on Monday to the people of Kerry.
Until then, stay home, stay safe
💚💛💜
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Pennys and
@vithitdrinks
with massive donations today to staff and patients of UHK - thank you so much 🙏🏼
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@Ultan_Dillane
@GmailMahony
@davidcliff13
and
@_shanefinn
incredible messages of support for our team here in UHK
#Frontline
💚
#Grateful
💛
#StaySafe
#Social_Distancing
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Denis Collins of the Cadbury’s plant in Rathmore sent through a lovely care package earlier 🙏🏼
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🎉 Sending heartfelt wishes to Dr. Paul Hughes, retiring after 33 incredible years in the HSE, including 22 dedicated years at UHK. Your impact as a Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and Clinical Director has been exceptional.
Thank you for inspiring us all.
#UHKRetirement
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HOPE shines through in the face of COVID 19
💜💚💛
Trojan work has taken place at UHK, since Tuesday last, in providing the COVID 19 vaccination to approximately 2800 Health Care Workers!
Staff of University Hospital Kerry, Ambulance, Paramedics, General Practitioners....
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UHK Maternity services are delighted to welcome the
@Labourhopscotch
tool to our service for the women of Kerry.
Please ask the midwives for information on how you can use this to promote a positive labour experience.
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Sadie Evans and Denis Casey UHK, raising awareness on
#WorldSepsisDay
today September 13th
#StopSepsis
#sepsisday
#sepsis
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Some of the team in UHK gearing up for World Stroke Day on the 29th October next
#PreciousTime
#WorldStrokeDay
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We are lighting up a portion of the hospital outside as part of our series of events to recognise Baby Loss Awarness week which is starting Saturday 9th October
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The Emergency Department team in UHK want to wish you and yours a safe and enjoyable Christmas
#HappyChristmas
#Kerry
(Pictured Aisling O’Shea, Laura McCarthy and Martin Boyd)
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On International Women’s Day, we want to send a huge Thank You to all of the incredible women on our team.
Your generosity, care and hard work over the past year particularly, has been inspirational - Thank You 🙏🏼
#PeopleOfUHK
Soundtrack aptly named ‘Story of Heroes’
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Next week,
@kerryman_ie
profiles Carol Mannix our Director of Nursing in UHK (Article online now also)
“We treat every patient in the same way we would want our own relatives to be treated”
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UHK is very proud to confirm that it’s NEW six bedded Critical Care facility opened on Monday 11th April 2022
This fantastic facility will enable staff to deliver the highest quality of Critical Care, to our patients.
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Today marked the completion of the UHK staff vaccination programme. Overall 3055 staff across the acute services received two doses of the Phzier Vaccine.
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UHK are delighted to welcome Dr. Laura Sahm, School of Pharmacy, UCC (centre of picture) for European Antibiotic Awareness Day
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Not being able to visit family and friends in the hospital is difficult at this time, so we have an email address so that patients can receive direct messages.
Email a patient at uhk.keepingcontact
@hse
.ie with their name and ward (if known) and the 1st line of their home address.
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“The most important thing for us is making the woman the centre of all our work”
Sandra O’Connor, Director of Midwifery at UHK
Read all about Sandra & our Maternity Department in next week’s
@kerryman_ie
or online now.
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This is a callout to any Doctors who have already or are planning to return home to the South region in the near future and who would be willing to take on a clinical role in one of our Acute Hospitals across the South / South West Hospital Group.
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Olga Maher with baby Kuba and big brother Alan
Olga availed of the UHK Maternity Services 'Early Transfer Home' Scheme - She was discharged after 24 hrs and had a Community Midwife from UHK visit her and her new baby and carry out postnatal care at home
#kerryborn
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UHK is a designated Hospice Friendly Hospital
Regina Eviston (pictured) was appointed End of Life Care Coordinator for UHK in August 2022 as part of the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme
Regina's appointment centres on the great work already undertaken in this area in UHK
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We were delighted to host a lovely tea party today in the Carrig Ward, coordinated by Amanda Brolly and her colleagues 🫖 🍰
A huge thank you to Vivianne and Minnie the therapy dog for visiting UHK 🐕
More to follow next week which promises some live music 🎶
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STATEMENT: FLOOD DAMAGE
UHK has been impacted by the heavy rain fall in the Tralee area this afternoon Saturday 17th June, 2023.
Management at the hospital have had to close a number of areas in the hospital
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Service Users Mums & Babies joined Maternity Services Staff today in a Celebration of National Breastfeeding week.
UHK Breastfeeding Milestone cards designed by CNM2 Infant Feeding Coordinator Máiréad O'Sullivan were also presented.
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Its
#RANP
Week recognising Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Here's a video from
@roinnslainte
about the role of the ANP - WATCH:
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Liam Chawke, Consultant, and the Kerry chronic disease respiratory team today launched the respiratory service at UHK, as well as recognising World COPD which occured last week.
For more information on
#WorldCOPDDay
visit
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Ciaran Johnston, one of our Nurses here in UHK - What its like to be a Nurse
#InternationalNursesDay2020
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Grainne Coffey CNS, with Liam Chawke, Consultant and Margaret Enright from smoking cessation launching the respiratory service at UHK
#PeopleOfUHK
#WorldCOPDWeek
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An ice cream truck arrived yesterday to the hospital, arranged by Dr Moynihan, to say a massive Thank You on behalf of everyone in UHK to our incredible NCHDs for their work throughout the year
It was really brilliant to see so many happy faces! 😊
#PeopleOfUHK
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The afternoon began with tea, live music and cakes for our patients for positive ageing week 🎶 🎤
And then our wonderful Dieticians visited with some nourishing snack ideas 💡
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🌟 Pathfinder Milestone 🌟
Pathfinder Kerry has hit a remarkable milestone—100 calls and counting! 🚑
Full detail on:
Congratulations to the incredible Pathfinder Kerry team! 🎉🙌
#PathfinderKerry
#CommunityHealthcare
#PeopleofUHK
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Sincere thank you to Bridget & Pat McMahon who donated a Cuddle Cot in memory of their baby Michael to the Maternity Services University Hospital Kerry 💙
Pictured: Bridget & Pat with Mairie Cregan, Co-founder of Feileacain and Carrie Dillon, Bereavement support midwife, UHK
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Advanced Nurse Practitioners Week at UHK! 🌟
This week, we honor the incredible ANPs at UHK for their invaluable contribution to patient care - The right care at the right place and right time. 🏥💙 Thank you for your expertise and compassionate service!
#ANPWeek
#PeopleofUHK
🩺
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Well done to
@brolly_amanda
ANP Frailty; who presented a poster on Mobility, Falls Prevention and Management at the 4th Annual RCSI Patient Safety Conference on Friday 31st March
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Kay Karim, Cardiac Rehab nurse in UHK won an award at the
#INCANursing25
Scientific Conference and Excellence Awards at Trinity College Dublin today for her work in the area of Cardiac prevention
Congratulations Kay from all of your colleagues in UHK0
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Well done
@gardainfo
- Special note of praise to our frontline colleagues in
#Tralee
Gardai - showcasing our wonderful county of
#Kerry
too 👏
We have stepped up to the Swiss police
@fedpolCH
#JerusalemaChallenge
. Gardaí across Ireland answered the call to give the public we serve a lift in these challenging times.
#StayTogether
#homeStaySafe
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UHK Virtual Visiting programme
We are delighted to announce the launch of a 2week pilot service from today that will allow patients to have a video call (via whats app) with their families using a hospital DigiPad.
Available during the trial Monday – Friday from 9am - 5pm
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The Cashel Ward in UHK want to say a sincere Thank You to everyone who generously made donations to the ward during the year.
Amongst those was Denis O’ Keeffe and family who, following a Golf fundraiser, made a very kind donation in honour of their daughter Aela 🙏🏼
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Donal Lynch of Listowel spoke to Ryan on the
@RyanTubridyShow
yesterday about the amazing care given to his wonderful late wife Carmel and how grateful he is to everyone in the Palliative Care Unit
#PallCareWeek
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Thank you so much to Nathan, Bernie and all the team in
@BallyseedyGardn
who delivered some really nice indoor plants to cheer up the team in UHK (on
#BlueMonday
) and to say ‘Thank You’ to the staff of
@hospital_kerry
for the ‘incredible and inspirational work’ they do
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Colours of Hope - Exhibition Launched today!
To help lift the spirits of patients and staff, Tralee Art Group and University Hospital Kerry have come up with an uplifting initiative: To Adorn the walls of UHK with bright, beautiful, colourful creations.
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Last week we had the honour of presenting the People of UHK Awards 2022 to an incredible group of people who represent just some of the dedicated and caring team here in UHK.
Full details in the local press this week.
#PeopleOfUHK
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All this week we are celebrating older people and the contribution they make to families and communities.
These wonderful cards were done by the boys and girls of 6th class in Scoil Eoin Ballonagh, Tralee for positive ageing week
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This week we are celebrating the development of advanced practice in Maternity Services
Joann Malik (Candidate Advance Midwife Practitioner) is leading out in women and infants care in the supported care pathway
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Lovely messages of support coming in from all over Kerry.
Including from 12 year old Faye sending her love from Killarney and the team from Nana Beas in Castleisland, and from
@chtraleechemist
in Tralee
#WeHearYou
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Baby Loss Awareness Week is commemorated from 9th to 15th October. We invite you to send a short message for your baby which will be inscribed on a Remembrance tag on our Memory Tree which will remain within the Maternity Unit until 31st October 2020. EMAIL: uhk.memorytree
@hse
.ie
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The nicest guys from The Lab, Health & Performance Gym in Athea dropped in a boot load (literally) of toys for the kids in the Cashel Children’s Ward in UHK last Friday 🧸
Thank you so much 🙏🏼
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🎄 Wishing You a Merry Christmas from UHK 🎄
As the festive season begins, our GM Mary Fitzgerald wants to extend warm Christmas greetings to our incredible patients, their families, and our dedicated staff at University Hospital Kerry! 🎁
#UHKChristmas
#PeopleOfUHK
#Community
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Our General Manager Mary Fitzgerald, along with teams from throughout UHK, supporting the work of Sepsis Lead
@nmfeely
and CNM for Sepsis
@katiecioconnor
on
#WorldSepsisDay
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We were thrilled to welcome Dr Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer HSE
@CcoHse
on an informal visit yesterday. Dr Henry met with our amazing Maternity Services team and received an update on developments across the hospital by our General Manager, Mary Fitzgerald. 🤝
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Thanks to Vivianne and Millie for visiting patients at UHK during positive ageing week
@PositiveAgeingW
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The very talented Mike O'Donnell from Tralee has been in UHK over the past short while creating some amazing murals on the walls of the Hospital. They have been a great boost and conversation starter for many of our team and patients here in UHK as they watched the work evolve.
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Thank you very much to the Harty Family from
@CHchemists
Tralee, who delivered toiletries for our inpatients in UHK - really appreciated by all 🙏🏼
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Some more really nice words of praise and thanks coming in all the time from people around the county. It is so great to hear from everyone
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Thank you to the wonderful Sports & Social team from
@AspenGrove_Sol
and
@AssessIreland
who had a load of
@skelligschoc
Easter Eggs delivered earlier 👏🙏🏼
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🏆🌟 Huge congratulations to our amazing Hospital Restaurant team at UHK for clinching the Gold Healthy Eating Award at the HSE Catering Excellence Event &
@Irishheart_ie
Happy Heart Eating Awards Ceremony yesterday in Dublin! 🥇👏
#HealthyEatingAward
#PeopleOfUHK
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The team from The Bookshelf restaurant in Manor dropped in some coffees for some of our team who are on duty and some treats for the kids who will be watching tonight’s
#latelatetoyshow
in hospital
Thanks so much & Enjoy the Toy Show 🧸 🤶 🎅🏻 👏
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• The People of UHK Award Winner 2022 •
Patient Care Awards (Nominated by the Public):
Carrie Dillon (Bereavement Midwife)
#peopleofUHK
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NURSES REQUIRED
If you are looking for a rewarding role, in one of the most beautiful parts of Ireland, then please email lisa.kerins
@hse
.ie or call (ROI)066-7184164 for application forms
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Rowell Villones & Brigid Dundon, candidate ANPs from UHK Critical Care Outreach Team, presented the UHK Critical Care Outreach service at the National Critical Care Outreach Conference in Dublin. Discussing benefits to patients from the service's 1st year.
#patientsafety
#DPIP
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Congratulations to the six graduates from nursing, healthcare and education who completed an intensive 12-week CPE programme at UHK! Led by Dr. Margaret Naughton, this is the first CPE unit at UHK since 2009 and is accredited by ACPE (Ireland) and Canada.
#CPE
#UHKgraduates
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A huge Thank You to UHK peer vaccinators like Grace and Ellen who are bringing the Flu Vaccine to their colleagues across clinical areas throughout the hospital
💚💉💜
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The hospital’s Clinical Director, Dr. Niamh Feely was first to receive the vaccine, administered by Sadie Evans and then Vice versa - that’s real peer vaccination in action!!
Clinics will continue 12hours each day aiming to vaccinate all staff within a week.
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📷 Join us tonight at 7pm in lighting a candle to honor the precious lives lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, fetal anomaly, and neonatal death. Let's stand together in remembrance. 📷
#Feileacain
#WaveOfLight
#BLAW2023
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Members of
@hospital_kerry
, pictured recently taking receipt of a
@HyundaiCarsIrl
i30 Tourer Estate, branded with the Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate while also featuring the hospital name and HSE logo.
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We are delighted to announce that for the second year running, the staff of the Inpatient Palliative Unit at University Hospital Kerry were awarded the Gold Medal
#IASI
Awards 2020 in the
@Hodsonbayhotel
. The Unit also went on to win the overall Supreme Award for the category
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Fantastic day with the UHK Class of 2023 nurses, equipping them with vital skills in Deteriorating Patient, Sepsis, and Resus Training.
They're now all set for Sepsis day! 🌟
#coulditbeSepsis
#NursingEducation
#WorldSepsisDay
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Maternity Services in UHK wish to congratulate Mairead O’Sullivan (Infant Feeding Co-ordinator/ Neonatal RGN/IBCLC) for her nomination for the Lactation Consultant of the Year.
Testimony to what an asset Mairead O’Sullivan has been since joining the infant feeding team in UHK
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Letters to Patients and Video Calls
Two great ways to keep in touch with loved ones in UHK
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UHK recruit new respiratory consultant – ‘This is hugely significant for public patients in Kerry’
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Some of our Nursing / Midwifery team in the Maternity Dept in UHK
#InternationalNursesDay2020
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Our Occupational Therapists work with stroke patients on functional tasks as they prepare for a return to home
Stroke patient education includes reducing the risk factor for stroke. Stopping smoking can reduce the risk of stroke by 50%
#WorldStrokeDay2021
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🎉 Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023! 🎉
At UHK's Maternity Department, we're celebrating the incredible work of midwives worldwide on this special day. This year's theme is 'Together Again: From Evidence to Reality'
❤️
#IDM2023
#TogetherAgain
#Midwifery
#UHK
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and are appealing to the public to only present at the Emergency Department, if it is an emergency situation.
UHK staff wish to thank the the public for their cooperation at this time.
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A number of our incredible team here in UHK held study days as part of National Palliative Care Week 2022
Featured are - Karen Lovett, Tara Kavanagh, Priscilla Lyons, Carrie Dillon, Dr. Margaret Clifford, Dr. Sharon Condon, Helen Galvin and Deirdre Dorgan
#NPCW2022
#PeopleofUHK
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Today, we are excited to announce the launch of an internal survey, specifically designed for UHK staff, to gather valuable insights, opinions, and suggestions to help us enhance our staff communications even further!🙌
The Communications Project Team is spearheading this
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UHK is supporting
#WorldSepsisDay
tomorrow
Are you aware of the main sources of sepsis?
#WorldSepsisDay
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Thank you so much for your ongoing support and well wishes.
Thank you to
@dalysseafood
for the selection for the team. The
@GreatSouthernKy
for the delicious homemade granola bars, and to
@comfort4covid
fundraiser for the Digitab donation
🙏🏼
#WeHearYou
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Discover a new way to work - Consultants wanted in the most beautiful part of the world.
Start Here:
#WorkInUHK
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🏥 UHK Interim Oncology Relocation!
We're delighted to share the successful relocation of our Interim Oncology unit to the Ratoo Corridor. Although the official launch is in November, we couldn't wait to express our gratitude for the immense effort behind the scenes.
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Christmas Jumper Day in
@hospital_kerry
with Staff welcoming Santa as he visited 10 children in Cashel Ward & 4 babys in Emly the Neonatal Unit. Selection boxes gifted to children and parents
#ChristmasJumperDay
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To celebrate
#InternationalDayOfTheMidwife
our midwives in UHK created a special video message:
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Protein bars and shakes sent by into us by Kinetica
They’re now making their way to wards and Departments throughout UHK
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Happy International Women's Day 2024
Today, we celebrate the remarkable women who contribute their expertise, and compassion to UHK every single day. From our dedicated healthcare professionals to our hardworking support staff, your contributions inspire us,
#InspireInclusion
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Happy International Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
#ANPWeek
!
ANPs are expert practitioners who operate at a higher level of clinical capability within their specialised fields and who practice independently and autonomously in hospital and community settings.
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@hospital_kerry
and
@BonSecours
Hospital in Tralee collaborated on a
#Jerusalemachallenge
video this week
WATCH HERE:
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