Building Success on Strong Foundations - PNA
Building Success on Strong Foundations - PNA
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Psychiatric Nurses Associati<strong>on</strong> <strong>PNA</strong> - <str<strong>on</strong>g>Building</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Success</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Str<strong>on</strong>g Foundati<strong>on</strong>sForewordThe (<strong>PNA</strong>) Psychiatric Nurses Associati<strong>on</strong> is a majorIndependent registered Trade Uni<strong>on</strong> for nurses workingin Mental Health, Intellectual Disability and otherSpecialist Services in Ireland.With in excess of 6,500 members it aims to enhancethe standing of nursing both in the Nati<strong>on</strong>al andInternati<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>text and is recognised and c<strong>on</strong>sultedas an authoritative body <strong>on</strong> all matters germane tomental health and other specialist areas. The <strong>PNA</strong>endeavors to provide a highly professi<strong>on</strong>al andcomprehensive Industrial Relati<strong>on</strong>s package for IrishNurses as well as a myriad of other benefits and arecommitted to progressing the agenda of equality andintegrati<strong>on</strong> for those with mental health problems goingforward.As a professi<strong>on</strong>al representative body, we are pleasedto assert that our members are eager to embrace anenhanced role which will resp<strong>on</strong>d holistically toidentified need for the service user across their lifespanwith locally based flexible and easily accessibleservices.It is within this c<strong>on</strong>text the <strong>PNA</strong> has produced thisbooklet “<str<strong>on</strong>g>Building</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Success</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Str<strong>on</strong>g Foundati<strong>on</strong>s” inan effort to showcase innovative and shifting c<strong>on</strong>textsof psychiatric /ID nursing clinical practice. It providesan overview and identifies some examples ofinnovative best practices in Psychiatric / IntellectualDisability Nursing in the Irish c<strong>on</strong>text.importance of co operative inter organisati<strong>on</strong>alnetworking with our colleagues and sharing newinsights and new informati<strong>on</strong> empowers us to resp<strong>on</strong>dwith initiative, innovati<strong>on</strong> and creativity to the needs ofour clients. Ultimately it is within all our interests asservice deliverer’s to promote the strategic role ofnursing in the future of our mental health / ID servicesand underpin service and organisati<strong>on</strong>al developmentsto raise standards and meet the needs of c<strong>on</strong>sumers.From c<strong>on</strong>cept to publicati<strong>on</strong> this booklet is the result ofa collaborative effort, all c<strong>on</strong>tributors played a part andby doing so have c<strong>on</strong>tributed towards thestrengthening of nurse leadership and dem<strong>on</strong>stratednursing’s capability, agility and flexibility in leadingstrategic change in our health services .In publishing this booklet we hope to stimulate debatesand to encourage Nurses from other countries to sharetheir innovative Nurse led experiences with us.I am also aware that throughout Ireland there are otherexamples of best practice which have not yet beenwritten up. This publicati<strong>on</strong> is a first draft. We expect toadd more examples in our final publicati<strong>on</strong>; all of thesewill be carried <strong>on</strong> our website www.pna.ie.My colleague Aisling Culhane our Research andDevelopment Advisor will lead a str<strong>on</strong>g delegati<strong>on</strong> ofparticipants at the festival. We would be delighted tohear from you, about your experiences____________________Des KavanaghGeneral Secretary Psychiatric Nurse’sAssociati<strong>on</strong> IrelandPresident HoratioEuropean Associati<strong>on</strong> forPsychiatric Nurses.The title “<str<strong>on</strong>g>Building</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Success</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Str<strong>on</strong>g Foundati<strong>on</strong>s” isintended to pay tribute to those champi<strong>on</strong>s and driversof good practice from whom we have previouslylearned and to build <strong>on</strong> what we believe to be a str<strong>on</strong>gnursing foundati<strong>on</strong> going forward. Our aim therefore isto replicate and mainstream those initiativesthroughout Ireland and indeed to share some of ourexperiences with our internati<strong>on</strong>al colleagues throughthe forum of Horatio the European Associati<strong>on</strong> forPsychiatric Nurses.As President of Horatio, it gives me great pleasure andindeed h<strong>on</strong>our to share with you some of our Irishnursing experiences, initiatives and services currentlydeveloped or in progress within the professi<strong>on</strong>. The1