Mallow General Hospital is a Model 2 Hospital as part of the Cork University Hospital Group within the South / South West Hospital Group.
Mallow General Hospital is a 71 bed Acute General Hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and day patient services.
The hospital has ongoing planned inpatient and outpatient infrastructure development for 2025.
The services provided in the hospital include – general medicine, cardiology, respiratory, gerontology and gastro-enterology, In patient medical activity is supported by a Medical Assessment Unit and a High Dependency Unit.
Mallow General Hospital also provides elective day surgery/procedures to include general, vascular ent , urology, and Endoscopy, There is an Injuries Unit, and an Outpatient department, Physiotherapy, and Radiology including CT scanning services and ultra sound scan.
Specialist Nursing includes Cardiology, Respiratory, Sleep, Haemovigilance, Infection Control ,Older Adult and Tissue Viability
Mallow General Hospital Injury Unit (IU) was established during reconfiguration of hospital services following publication of the Smaller Hospitals Framework (HSE 2013a).
The IU Mallow General Hospital is one of 3 Injury Units within the Emergency Care Network (ECN) of Cork University Hospitals Group.
The IU is open 8am-8pm 7 days a week.
The RANP (Injury Unit) scope of clinical practice involves the management of non-life and non-limb threatening conditions, commonly known as minor injuries or ambulatory care (HSE 2012; 2013b).
The RANP scope of practice directly mirrors that of the Injury Unit scope agreed at national level under the National Emergency Medicine Programme (HSE 2012).
The following is an example not an exhaustive list of clinical presentations included in the scope of practice for this role.
•Suspected broken bones and/or dislocations to legs from knees to toes
•Suspected broken bones and/or dislocations to arms from collar bone (clavicle) to finger tips
•All sprains or strains
•Facial injuries/problems - minor (including oral, dental and nasal injuries)
•Scalds and burns - minor
•Wounds, bites, cuts, grazes and scalp lacerations
•Splinters and fish hooks
•Foreign bodies in eyes/ears/nose
•Head injury – minor (fully conscious children, who did not experience loss of consciousness or vomit after the head injury)
The ANP (Injury Unit) will be trained and guided by the Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner(s) and Emergency Medicine Consultant/desingated senior registrar .
Upon completion of training, the cANP (Local Injury Unit) will be eligible to to register with NMBI as a RANP in Emergency competent and qualified to autonomously deliver a full episode of care to a specific patient caseload of adults and children aged 5 years and over.
Assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating and discharging patients within a collaboratively agreed framework and scope of practice.
As part of the RANP team within the ECN, the RANP may from time to time rotate to work in the Emergency Department and other IUs to meet service need.
Purpose of Post The advanced practice service is provided by nurses who practice at a higher level of capability as independent, autonomous and expert advanced practitioners.
The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level .This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care, which includes comprehensively assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating and discharging patients in accordance with collaboratively agreed local policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines and/or service level agreements/ memoranda of understanding.
The RANP in the Injuries Unit:
•Demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership and complex decision-making abilities.
•Practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI 2014), the Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI 2015), Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017), and the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland (Department of Health 2016).
•Provides clinical leadership and professional scholarship in the delivery of optimal nursing services and informs the development of evidence based health policy at local, regional and national levels.
•Contributes to nursing research that shapes and advances nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national and international levels.
•Compliments and contributes to the overall service provided by the Injuries Unit.
The specific contribution of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Injuries Unit) is to improve patient experience in the Injuries Unit and ensure optimum outcomes for the patients who fall within the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Injuries Unit) scope of practice.
•Cultivates autonomous nursing practice through reflective practice and problem-solving in order to develop a nurse led service to a specific group of patients with non-life threatening injury and illness.
They will also provide professional development and academic support for nurses in the Medical Assessment Unit and hospital.
Informal Enquiries Patricia Moloney
Director of Nursing
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Tel: 087/1301584