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“Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses. We must be learning all of our lives," Florence Nightingale, the founder of the modern nursing profession, once said, and her words are as relevant today as when she uttered them in the 19th century. A degree in nursing opens up a world of possibilities. While the discipline is naturally focused on caring for others, it also provides almost infinite opportunities for personal and professional growth.

For those choosing their CAO preferences for September 2022,St Angela’s College invites you to explore the range of courses available in Sligo, Ireland’s next university town. Course choices at St. Angela’s College include Home Economics (including teacher education with additional subject options); Nutrition, Food and Business Management; General Nursing; and Intellectual Disability Nursing.

Increasing the number of nurse specialists in neurology will be a “cost-efficient way” of reducing waiting lists, freeing hospital resources, and ensuring patients in Galway have access to specialist support.

INMO members at Mayo University Hospital protested outside the hospital on Monday last to highlight excessive workloads and staffing pressure.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has urged families to immediately appoint a farm successor so that they can avail of the three year cap on farm or business assets which came into force last week under the Fair Deal Nursing Home Support Scheme.

The withdrawal of the preferred bidder assigned to the construction of the proposed 50 bed community nursing unit at Clonbrusk has resulted in a further delay to the long awaited development.

The appointment of 80 new nurses to Galway University Hospitals (UHG and Merlin Park) will mean that beds closed due to staffing shortages can be reopened and access can be restored to five day services at Merlin Park’s Hospital 1 facility.

The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation is urging the people of Mayo to go Up the Hill for Jack & Jill this October and climb a hill in solidarity with the eight families it supports in Mayo who have an uphill challenge in caring for their very sick child every day.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has urged families to ensure they are in a position to designate the farm successor within the next six weeks to avail of the three year cap on farm or business assets due to changes under the Fair Deal Nursing Home Support Scheme.

All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) is calling on people in Westmeath to become more informed about palliative care and its benefits as part of Palliative Care Week.