Publications
This page contains information on any publication (produced by IPNA or by other bodies/agencies) that may be of interest to Practice Nurses in Ireland.
"NURSING IN GENERAL PRACTICE"
The Journal of the Irish Practice Nurses Association
IHF "Primary Palliative Care Report" - November 2011
"This report on Primary Palliative Care in Ireland which was launched in November 2011 which recommends a series of measures to be adopted to enhance the ability of all community based health care professionals in particular GPs and Community Nurses, to deliver quality care to people with life limiting progressive disease. The report is based on the first phase Primary Palliative Care Programme, which is a collaborative initiative between the Irish Hospice Foundation, the Health Service Executive and the Irish College of General Practitioners."
HSE - Contraception & Pregnancy Information Leaflet for Women with Diabetes
"Contraception & Pregnancy with Diabetes is an information leaflet for women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The publication was developed to target women with diabetes in order to promote the concept of either actively planning to conceive or actively avoiding pregnancy.
By providing information on contraception and early pregnancy care to women with diabetes, it is hoped that more women with diabetes will plan their pregnancies and discuss their treatment options with their GP and diabetes team prior to conception.
This publication highlights the various contraception methods available to women with diabetes and provides information on early pregnancy planning. It will be available in diabetes clinics and healthcare settings from July 2011.
The leaflet was developed by experts in the field of diabetes and pregnancy following the development and publication of the HSE (2010) ‘Guidelines for the Management of Pre-gestational and Gestational Diabetes from Pre-conception to the Postnatal period’ and has been endorsed by the National Clinical Programme for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the National Clinical Programme for Diabetes and the Diabetes Federation of Ireland."
To order copies of the leaflet please contact:
Email: Eithne.cusack@hse.ie
Tel: 01 8908765
HSE - National Policy on Vitamin D Supplementation for Infants in Ireland, 2011
For details of the policy and latest list of supplements, see below or go to the HSE website.
HSE - "Guidelines for the Management of Pre-gestational & Gestational Diabetes from Pre-conception to the Postnatal period", August 2010
The national HSE 'Guidelines for the Management of Pre-gestational and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus from Pre-conception to the Postnatal period' were launched by Professor Richard Firth in August this year.
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HSE - PRIMARY CARE NEWS
Available from the HSE website or see below for direct links to individual editions.
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CervicalCheck - 1st Programme Report 2008-2009
This report was published on 29th September 2010 (see press release here) and can be downloaded from the CervicalCheck website.
St James's Hospital - HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE poster August 2010
This poster is available on the HSE website or from the attachment below.
PAMPERS & IPNA - "A Guide to the First 12 Weeks", 2010
Pampers has produced a booklet entitled ‘A Guide to the First 12 Weeks’, with the support of the Irish Practice Nurses Association together with the advice of a practising midwife who is a member of the I.P.N.A. ‘A Guide to the First 12 Weeks’ has been tailored specifically for Irish mums and mums-to-be to provide information that will help them through the early weeks of pregnancy.
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ABA - "Practice Standards for Midwives" July 2010
This document is relevant to any Practice Nurse who is also a Registered Midwife and providing midwifery care in their surgery. The full document can be downloaded from the An Bord Altranais website.
HSE - Code of Practice for Healthcare Records Management - ABBREVIATIONS, June 2010
This publication can be found on the HSE Website.
DoHC: "Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019
This publication is available on the Department of Health & Children website HERE. Recommendations include involvement and education of Practice Nurses (see pages 19, 20, 40, 86, 87, 88, 144).
National Cancer Screening Service - REPORT 2008-2010
Practice Nurses and the Irish Practice Nurses Association are identified on pages 17 & 29 of this report.
National Cancer Control Programme - GP referral guidelines
The National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) has developed national GP referral guidelines for Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer and Prostate Cancer and electronic referral forms for each one. The IPNA was represented at meetings to develop these guidelines and hard copies have been sent to each GP surgery.
The guidelines and links for electronic referrals can be accessed from the HSE website, or click here to go directly to the relevant webpage.
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DoHC - Nurses & Midwives Bill FACTSHEET (March 2010)
The factsheet can be accessed HERE.
HIQA - "General Practice Messaging Standards, (GPMS)" - April 2010
"The General Practice Messaging Standards, published by the Health Information and Quality Authority, are technical standards for information systems that outline the way patient information, ranging from blood test results, diagnosis information, referrals and X rays, can be accurately and safely transferred between healthcare services."
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HSE information leaflets re: International Standardisation of HbA1c (April 2010)
"The implementation date is the 1st of July, 2010 and from that day, HbA1c results will be reported in the new units called mmol/mol and in the traditional way as a percentage. This is called dual reporting and will continue until the end of 2011. After that only the new units will be reported."
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Phlebotomists Association of Ireland - "Phlebotomy Guidelines 2010"
These revised guidelines are available on the Phlebotomists Association of Ireland website.
NCNM - "Profiles of [ANPs/CNSs] in Ireland" February 2010
Published by the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing & Midwifery, this publication includes a profile of Ruth Morrow, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care and past IPNA Chairperson.
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HIQA - "Report of the Evaluation of the Use of Resources in the National Population-Based Cancer Screening Programme and Associated Services", Jan 2010
Practice Nurses were represented at all meetings of the Expert Advisory Group by Netta Williams, (PDC).
Practice Nurses may be interested in the statistic reported on page 67 of the report - i.e. that "47% of smear tests provided under the [CervicalCheck] scheme have been carried out by Practice Nurses".
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NCSS - Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Cervical Screening, 2009
These Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Cervical Screening are the result of "a collaborative process undertaken between representatives of each step of the cervical screening process – Programme Administration, Primary Care, Cytopathology, Histopathology and Colposcopy."
The Irish Practice Nurses Association was represented on the Primary Care Quality Assurance Sub-Group by Ruth Taylor (IPNA National Chairperson 2005-2008) and Orla Loftus-Moran (IPNA National Chairperson 2008-present).
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IMB - Guidelines for Safe and Effective Management and Use of POINT OF CARE TESTING in Primary & Community Care, 2009
"The Irish Medicines Board in association with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Faculty of Pathology (RCPI), the Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland (ACBI), and the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science (AMLS) has produced ‘Guidelines for Safe and Effective Management and Use of Point of Care Testing in Primary and Community Care’. These guidelines extend the principles outlined in the Point of Care testing guidelines published by the IMB in 2007, from hospital to community settings. These guidelines are also supported by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)."
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UK NHS - downloads and links of interest to Practice Nurses
IMB Guidance on Safe Use of Medical Devices 2009
"The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has recently published a series of medical device leaflets. The leaflets will be of interest to a broad range of people and aim to inform the public of key safety issues relating to both the purchase and use of medical devices. The leaflets also provide information on what to do if a medical device does not work or causes harm to the user during use.
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National Group of Professional Development Coordinators for Practice Nurses - Exemplar Document 2009
"This exemplar document gives an insight into some of the projects the Professional
Development Co-ordinators for Practice Nursing have been involved in, over the past six
years. It demonstrates the enthusiasm and progressive thinking within the group and their support and understanding of the Primary Care Strategy (2001) and the implementation of The Transformation Programme (HSE, 2007-2010). These projects demonstrate both practice and professional development initiatives which will assist in improving and developing services and therefore patient outcomes. This will ultimately have impact on the patient journey/care pathway, as outlined in the HSE Transformation Programme."
HSE - National Best Practice & Evidence Based Guidelines for WOUND MANAGEMENT
These guidelines were launched on Tuesday 6th October 2009.
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DVD - "Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Key Infection Prevention & Control Practices for Healthcare Staff"
This DVD was produced by the Health Management Institute of Ireland with the support of the HSE and HPSC.
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HSE - Breastfeeding Factsheets
The HSE Breastfeeding Support Network, which can be accessed here, includes numerious fact sheets which will be useful to Practice Nurses.
I.N.D.I. Factsheets on specific/general nutrition issues
The Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute has produced over 60 Fact Sheets about general nutrition issues, including:
"Advice for People with Poor Appetite / Weight Loss"
"Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool - M.U.S.T."
"A guide to the use of Oral Nutritional Supplements".
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IHF's - "Palliative Care for All - Integrating Pallliative Care into Disease Management Frameworks" May 2009
This report was produced by the Irish Hospice Foundation and the Health Services Executive. The Irish Practice Nurses Association was among the groups that contributed to the compilation of this report.
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AkiDwa's - "FGM - Information for Healthcare Professionals working in Ireland" Dec 2008
"As a result of successful collaboration between the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland’s MSc Women's Health course director and students, and the coordinator of the Migrant Women's Health Services Project in AkiDwA, key information on FGM and related health-care needs was researched and developed. Irish FGM-prevalence statistics were collated during 2008 and are also contained in this resource. It is envisaged that this resource will be useful to a range of health-care professionals in a broad spectrum of possible settings."
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Breastcheck's - 4th edition of "Educational Package for General Practice" August 2009
"The Educational Pack acts as an information resource on the management of breast cancer and the BreastCheck screening programme. Aimed at health professionals working in General Practice and primary care settings, the pack has been developed in conjunction with the Irish College of General Practitioners and the Irish Practice Nurses Association."
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CervicalCheck's "Guide for Smeartakers" 2009
Developed by CervicalCheck's smeartaker training unit as a resource manual for GPs, practice nurses and medical practitioners that take smear tests as part of the CervicalCheck programme, the ‘Guide for smeartakers’ reflects current best practice in the taking and management of quality smear tests.
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ICGP Impact Documents 2009
Produced by the ICGP Quality in Practice Committee.
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A&A Farmar Book Publishers
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M&K Publishing
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Family Links - "The Parenting Puzzle" -
A book that encourages parents & carers to enjoy bringing up children - also a valuable tool for professionals supporting families.
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Oxford University Press
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