UNISON Ulearn Northern Ireland

Wilf McSherry, Professor in Dignity of Care for Older People, Staffordshire University, and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will facilitate a half day morning workshop with an evening lecture on Monday 22nd February. Wilf who still works as a nurse will explore the role of spirituality in end of life care.
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Following a very successful session with the Alzheimers Society, we are repeating the workshop in the North West on Thursday 11th February.
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As part of UNISON's CPD programme, we are hosting a half day wound care course for nurses and a preventing pressure ulceration for other health care professionals in Derry. These courses will now run on Tues 2nd and Fri 5th March 2010 and will finish with lunch. They will be delivered by Jennifer Mullan from the Tissue Viability Nurse's Network
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This event has been cancelled due to low numbers applying, however UNISON hopes to run further events with COT/BAOT and UU. This workshop is being organised as part of UNISON’s Continuing Professional Development programme in partnership with University of Ulster and BAOT/COT and aims to support members to write for publication and also to meet the requirement for HPC audits.
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Noreen Ritchie will explore the impact of leadership particularly on social care and social work teams. However, this workshop is relevant to any member working in a team environment who wishes to better understand team dynamics, inter dependence and leadership.
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Recruitment for a February intake of the Open University K101 Health & Social care course starts in the Belfast and the South Eastern Trusts. This level 4 course offers 60 credits towards a degree as well as a stand alone level 4 certificate. It offers participants an opportunity to explore a range of health and social care issues which aims to improve practice and give them a better overview of the service.
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This will continue our guest lecture series which aims to expose members to best practice, current and new thinking on a range of topics. The Baby Peter case has raised a myriad of issues with regard to the role of social workers and multi disciplinary teams in child protection.
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This is a UNISON event as part of Anti Racist Workplace week. It will explore issues faced by European migrant workers from employment rights, workers registration scheme through to racism and the recession.
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Queens University has been commissioned by the DHSPSS to provide both adult and learning disability nurse training places for February 2010. Some Trusts have already set in place a recruitment process.
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Robert McMonagle, Open University, will deliver two lectures targeting student nurses one on the cardiovascular system and the second on nutrition. The lectures will take place in UNISON Belfast but we are going to attempt to video conference them to Altnagelvin and Tyrone County.
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