UCC Nursing & Midwifery Impact Brochure 2023

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

TRANSLATING EVIDENCE & INNOVATION FOR HEALTH

Successful Implementation of Practice Enhancement for Exclusive Breastfeeding (PEEB) The Health Research Board Applied Partnership Award project, entitled ‘Practice Enhancement for Exclusive Breastfeeding’ PEEB continues to make progress in the UHK maternity services and associated community and primary care settings. The PEEB Work Based Learning Groups established education as one component to facilitate effective exclusive breastfeeding support for women and their infants. The aim of the pilot was to identify all staff who meet women on their perinatal journey to have access to learning about knowledge to support breastfeeding. Four education sessions were offered over a two-day period in July and August. Thirteen staff members representing catering, household, administration, and medical personnel participated. None of the participants had previously undertaken formal education in breastfeeding. Sessions took less than one hour to complete, and participants gave feedback following the trainingandwritten feedbackonemonth later via email. Participants appreciated the training opportunity and provided valuable insight into a previously unknown group’s experiences of attendingsuch trainingandtheirpotential contribution tosupporting women in the future. Lead and Team Members: Helen Mulcahy, Michelle O’Driscoll, Elaine Lehane, Margaret Murphy, Rhona O’Connell, Catherine Buckley, Sandra O’Connor, Mairead O’Sullivan, Mary O’Connor, Liz Cogan, Patricia Leahy-Warren. With the support of Dr Elizabeth Heffernan, Director of the Kerry Centre Nurse and Midwifery Education CNME, Ms Priscilla Lyons, and the IT department, a pre-launch pilot HSELand unit 1 module was made available in the computer room in the CNME. This allowed for easy and rapid access to the eLearning module. The sessions were facilitated by PEEB personnel, Prof Patricia Leahy-Warren and Dr Helen Mulcahy UCC (University College Cork), supported by Liz Cogan (Clinical Research Nurse).

L-R: Liz Cogan, Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren, Mary Stack Courtney, Idman Abdi, Dagmara Wach and Janice McHugh.

Highlights: • Work Based learning groups are a key component of implementation science and PEEB were fortunate to have keen engagement from all participants. • Relevant and appropriate Interventions (environmental and educational) were identified and implemented.