1. Bon Secours Hospital Cork
Working in Partnership Towards Optimum Patient Care
Director of Nursing: Ber Mulcahy
Practice Nurse Conference 2015
Saturday 3rd October,
River Lee Hotel,
Western Road,
Cork.

2. Advanced Medicine Exceptional Care
Present
Past
Future
Advanced Medicine Exceptional Care

3. PAST Paris – 1824 foundation of the Sisters of Bon Secour.
Bon Secours Hospital Cork –1915
Nurse Training School -1923

4. 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.

5. Josephine Potel Nursing Award 2014
PRESENT
Josephine Potel Nursing Award 2014

6. Bon Secours Postgraduates
PRESENT
Bon Secours Postgraduates
2015
2014

7. PRESENT
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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 incl
Irish Healthcare Awards 2012 – best use of Information technology

11. 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.

12. FUTURE Major development project:
Planning permission was received earlier this year for the €60M 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

13. 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.

14. “Make the moment vital and worth living…. do not let it
slip away unused.”
Martha Graham