Our Nursing Department
Our Nursing team provides round-the-clock care and support through every stage of rehabilitation.
Services Provided:
- Our Ward Nursing Teams provide care to patients across all rehabilitation pathways including Older Person Rehabilitation, Orthopaedic, Trauma Rehabilitation and Specialist Neuro and Amputee Rehabilitation.
- Patient Flow Management and Discharge Planning
- Infection Prevention and Control Specialism
- Advanced Wound Care (ANP-led care)
- Continence Promotion (CNS-led service)
- Nursing and Healthcare Assistant Education
- Practice Development and Quality Improvement.
- Nursing Administration
Service Hours:
The nursing department operates 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
Contact:
Nursing Administration can be contacted by contacting the main switchboard 01 8332521 and asking for Nursing Administration.
Our Aims:
- Provide and deliver care through individualised care plans from admission to discharge with a focus on functional recovery.
- Deliver safe, high quality clinical care including advanced wound care, IV therapies and ongoing clinical monitoring.
- Implement risk assessment and prevention strategies (e.g. Falls prevention, pressure ulcer prevention and medication safety).
- Support patient and family engagement in care and decision making.
- Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team.
- Monitor patient progress and track patient outcomes, supporting functional recovery and independence.
- Support quality improvement through audit, incident reporting and performance monitoring aligned with national standards.
- Use data and information to inform decision-making and improve the quality of care.
- Promote professional development, reflective practice, and ongoing education within the nursing team.
Education
Our Nursing Department support clinical placements for nursing undergraduate and postgraduate placements from UCD and RCSI. We also support Pre- Nursing and Health Care Assistant clinical placement in partnership with Cathal Brugha FET College.
Our Departments
Clontarf Hospital is proud of its long-standing tradition of designing and delivering services that respond directly to the evolving healthcare needs of the communities we serve.