Nursing Department

Introduction

Welcome to the Nursing Department website page. The Department of Nursing, led by Ms. Mary Duff, continues to develop and provide quality nursing care to patients and their families in line with the mission, vision and ethos of the hospital and the Religious Sisters of Charity. Ever since the hospital received it’s first patient in 1835, the reputation for excellent nursing care in St. Vincent’s has grown. It has now evolved into a truly modern workforce drawn from over nineteen different nationalities. The department supports nurses to develop their career at all levels through numerous pathways. The organisation is proud to have developed many National and Tertiary specialties with professional opportunities for Staff Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Nurse Managers and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

I hope you will take the time to access information on 18 different areas of Nursing care provided by the department and perhaps you might consider joining our dynamic and highly motivated team of nurses and Healthcare Assistants.

Nursing - The responsibility of the Department of Nursing is to direct and develop

Patient focused nursing services at St. Vincent's University Hospital.
Nursing education to ensure continued improvement of such a service.

To view the Annual Review for Nursing 2005, please click here.

Nursing Practice Development - The function of the Nursing Practice Development Department is to enhance and develop nursing practice with the aim of providing a quality service for patients.

Liaison Nurse - A liaison nurse provides a link between the hospital, community services and general practitioners delivering care to a specific patient group.

Specialist nurse services - Experienced nurses work with multidisciplinary colleagues providing a specialist service within specified areas.

Cancer care co-ordinators - The function of the Cancer Care Co-ordinators is to further develop cancer care services, to co-ordinate services in hospitals and the community and to support patients and their families.

Mary Aikenhead School of Nursing - The provision of pre-registration and post-registration nurse education programmes.

For further information please contact: The Dublin Academic Teaching Hospitals websites at:

For more specific information on nursing in St. Vincents, including the different specialities, please download documents from below: