Assistant Director of Nursing
Nurse Practice Development Unit, Sligo University Hospital

Has worked as a nurse in SUH for 25 years. Her background is in perioperative nursing, operational nurse management and more recently she leads the Nursing Practice Development Unit, which supports pre and post registration nursing staff in developing nursing practice to facilitate high standards of patient focused nursing care. She is currently completing a PHD and her presentation is based on the research she undertook. She is passionate about education and has been involved in the designing and rolling out of programs covering topics such as leadership, professional issues, stress and resilience.