UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2020

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Annual Awards Ceremony

The School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC always works closely with the HSE and all Health Service Providers to ensure the health service is supported. Never more so than during the COVID-19 pandemic. UCC and the Mercy University Hospital enabled the provision of onsite clinical services at Brookfield, delivering chemotherapy to patients with cancer. Staff from within the School contributed to the national COVID-19 effort by supporting contact tracing, volunteering within the health services and in conducting COVID-19 related research and evidence-based synthesis. Over 200 School of Nursing and Midwifery Year Four BSc intern nursing and midwifery students studied, worked and contributed within the health services at this time. Whilst over 270 undergraduate students took up temporary contracts as Health Care Assistants to augment the staffing complement within the health services during the pandemic.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Achievement Awards took place virtually on Tuesday 12th May 2020 to coincide with International Day of the Nurse and following International Day of the Midwife. This was the first online awards ceremony celebrating student excellence in all aspects of university life. The ceremony was opened by Professor Josephine Hegarty, Head of School. There was a special address by the President of UCC, Professor Patrick O’Shea. Eleven awards were presented for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student of the Year, Student Leader of the Year, Outstanding Contribution to Student Life, Contribution to Sport, Community Engagement Award, Community Activism Award, Patricia J Power Excellence in Clinical Practice, Keady Clifford Excellence in Children’s Nursing. Two new awards were added this year for Preceptor of the Year, and Best Clinical and Quality Learning Environment, which was won by the Emergency Department, Cork University Hospital.

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