School of Nursing & Midwifery Annual Report 2018

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

School Hosts Prestigious International Nursing Ethics Conference and International Human Rights and Nursing Awards Ceremony

The Team: Dr. Joan McCarthy, UCC (co-chair), Prof. Ann Gallagher, University of Surrey (co-chair)

The Story: The School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC, in collaboration with the International Care Ethics Observatory, University of Surrey, organised and hosted the 19th International Nursing Ethics Conference and 4th International Ethics in Care Conference on September 1-2, 2018. Bioethicists and nursing ethicists of international renown addressed 130+ delegates from 20 countries including Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, United States. Keynote speakers included Prof. Hilde Lindemann, (US), Professor Marsha Fowler (US), Prof. Ann Gallagher (UK) and Prof. Anne Scott (IE). They addressed topics including narrative ethics, nursing values and professional education and the role of nurses in clinical ethics committees and healthcare organisations. Parallel sessions considered a range of issues e.g. Ethics in End- of-Life Care; Feminist Ethics; Ethics and Dementia Care; Older Adult Ethics; Global Justice; Ethics and Children; Matters of Conscience The International Human Rights and Nursing Awards Ceremony held on Saturday, 1 September, also honoured two nurses from Ireland and Switzerland, Alice Leahy and Miriam Kasztura, in recognition of their outstanding commitment to human rights and their contribution to nursing professional practice.

Conference Organising Committee: Mr Tony Archer, Dr. Tom Andrews, Ms Carol Condon, Ms Una Cronin, Dr. Angela Flynn, Dr. Aoife Lane, Dr. Helen Mulcahy, Dr. Margaret Murphy, Ms Siobhan Murphy, Ms Caroline Dalton O’Connor, Ms Caroline O’Shea.

Pictured above (l-r): Ms Una Cronin, Dr. Aoife Lane, Ms Carol Condon, Ms Siobhan Murphy, Dr. Tom Andrews, Dr. Margaret Murphy, Dr. Angela Flynn, Ms Caroline O’Shea, Ms Caroline Dalton O’Connor, Dr. Joan McCarthy (missing from picture, Mr. Tony Archer and Dr. Helen Mulcahy)

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