HANNA
was founded in May 2000 by Deirdre Hyland Clinical Nurse Manager St. John’s
Ward, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Margaret Codd, Head & Neck Nurse
Cancer Co- ordinator, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin and Niamh Sourke, Formally
Clinical Facilitator for E.N.T. Higher Diploma programme Royal Victoria Eye &
Ear Hospital, Dublin. The Inaugural meeting of HANNA took place on the 24th
may 2000. The purpose of the association is: - To support
E.N.T, Head & Neck and maxiofacial nurses
- To provide a forum for
discussion
- To allow standardisation of practice
- To provide education
for nurses
- As a lobby for Head & Neck patients
- To provide
a national database
- To raise the profile of Head & Neck nursing.
Meetings take place four times per year and the first National conference
took place in September 2001 in Tullamore with over 85 delegates attending. The
Second National conference and A.G.M. will take place on 21st September 2002 in
the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick. Since the foundation in May 2000
the association has grown with a membership of over 40 people from throughout
Ireland – Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Galway, Offaly, Sligo and Belfast. |
