Fundamentals of Travel Health - Back to Basics NMBI Category One Approved - 6 NMBI CEUs Covid-19 virus continues to impact our lives and country in many ways, and has been felt in a personal, professional and financial capacity. We are mindful that international travel may still be...
Lisa is a Resilience Coach based in Co Monaghan. Originally a nurse and midwife, she has worked in a diverse range of clinical settings including street clinics in Calcutta, private hospitals in London and general practices. The coaching wing of the business (www.aslancoaching.ie) provides coaching and...
We are delighted to announce two upcoming workshops for nurses considering Practice Nursing as a Career. See our booking page for more details...
Are you a Registered General Nurse or Midwife working in public health, secondary care, public or private hospital? Have you ever wondered about becoming a Practice Nurse? We are developing a workshop that's designed to help nurses and midwives who are thinking about moving into Practice Nursing...
Nurses week is coming, take time to thank your favourite nurse. Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th; International Nurses Day (IND) is an international day marks the contributions nurses make to society celebrated around the world on 12 May...
Self-management education teaches problem-solving skills and results in enhanced self-efficacy as well as facilitating optimum quality of life (QOL) for patients with chronic diseases. For the majority, self-management, in which patients make day-to-day decisions about managing their own illnesses, shows significant benefits when there is...
Multimorbidity is the coexistence of multiple chronic diseases and medical conditions in one individual. Multimorbidity occurs disproportionately within socio-economically disadvantaged populations, the elderly, and particularly in populations that are both. The prevalence of multimorbidity in Ireland, whilst not yet clearly established, is expected to rise....
Guest blog by Lisa Nolan of Aslan Virtual Admin. Lisa uses her nursing background to provide Virtual Administration and Medical PA services to health & voluntary sectors. How is your work/life balance these days? If you just snorted in exasperation, don’t click away! Read on for a quick...
Guest blog by Corina Vladut Of all the aspects I associated with old age as a child (and thought of them as the norm) - being retired, having white hair, “owning” a hand full of colored pills that come after each dinner, sitting on the porch...
Guest Blog by Corina Vladut: HealthCare Minds is delighted to introduce Corina Vladut as guest blogger. Corina is a health psychologist with special interests in research, chronic disease management, psychosomatics, mental health, quality of life and health technology: When we think about chronic diseases, conditions like diabetes...
Chronic disease management is usually based on evidence from trials of single conditions. Literature shows little evidence of research specifically addressing multimorbidity in the primary care setting, as most individuals with multimorbidity are excluded from studies to minimise bias, even though these patients are the...
The other day I was reading through my Grandmother’s recipe book which is full of instructions on how to make such delicacies such as green tomato chutney, oxtail gelatine, parsley honey and crab apple jelly …… I came across an old newspaper cutting titled “Strawberry...
The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to chronic disease as an “invisible” global epidemic that must be controlled. Patients with chronic diseases account for: 80% of GP consultations 78% of all healthcare spend 60% of all deaths worldwide, but it's much higher in Ireland 77% of Europe’s disease burden Many people...
International Nurses week is an annual celebration to mark the contribution of nurses everywhere. It runs from May 6 to May 12 each year, International Nurses Day falls on 12th May, a significant date as this is the Birthday of Florence Nightingale who had a...
I was delighted to be invited to do a guest interview recently by Lisa of Aslan Virtual Admin. Lisa is a virtual administrator for healthcare professionals, and is a mine of information. The questions & answers focused on IT and technology and how I’m using...
Publishing Research is important because it provides us with an opportunity to share knowledge, skills and experience, and has the potential to improve user outcomes through changes in clinical practice. It avoids repetition, while at the same time allowing nurses an opportunity to sell their...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) have been developed to improve the quality of health care for many chronic conditions. However most aren’t applicable to patients with multimorbidity because they are based on evidence for single diseases. Furthermore, they don’t refer to short and long-term goals, burden,...
The frost on the ground in the mornings is a timely reminder that for many the cold weather can be a problem for older people, keeping warm is extra important for these people or people with disabilities, long term illnesses or who are not very...
HealthCare Minds was delighted to get the opportunity to exhibit at the “Learning Together to Work Together” Primary Care Conference 2012 in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Dublin, in May...
HealthCare Minds was established in 2012 by Jane Campion.I trained as a General Nurse in the Adelaide Hospital in the days when we had to wear Florence Nightingale style polka dot dresses and starched aprons - needless to say there have been many changes for...
