Well done team Powerful Paeds. Week 2 of steps challenge complete and we smashed it with over 1 million steps between the 10 of us!! #HSEStepsChallenge Steps to Health Health Promotion OLOL and Louth County Hospital OLOLNursing @OLOLMaternityUnit

Congratulation and so proud of the 5th floors team "Powerful paeds" on winning the prize for best motto in the steps to Health challenge. Well done ladies Steps to Health #HSEStepschallenge Health Promotion OLOL and Louth County Hospital OLOLNursing @OLOLMaternityUnit

Now is your chance to come and join our fantastic team of paediatric nurses in OLOLH Drogheda!! OLOLNursing @OLOLMaternityUnit Magnet4EuropeOLOL Health Promotion OLOL and Louth County Hospital hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs…

📢📢📢 Calling all Paediatric nurses...... Come work with us in Co. Louth 🔴⚪ OLOLNursing OLOLPaediatricNurses Staff Nurse (Paediatrics) (#Drogheda, Louth) #job social.icims.com/viewjob/pt1688…

📢📢Calling all Paediatric ED NURSES📢📢 Fantastic job opportunity in a busy Paediatric ED in Co Louth. OLOLPaediatricNurses OLOLNursing ololed RCSI Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery LizaQuiwa Clinical Skills Facilitator Paediatrics (#Drogheda, Louth) #job social.icims.com/viewjob/pt1689…

Our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion team recently collaborated with HSE Gradlink students to raise awareness about neurodiversity in the workplace. About 15 to 20% of the population is neurodiverse. Watch to learn more about supporting neurodiversity in the workplace:

After 18.5yrs in Paeds we say farewell to Debbie who is moving to dermatology. A huge loss to the 5th floor, we will miss her kind, caring, gentle presence. She was definitely the calm amongst our storm. Thanks for everything Debs xx OLOLNursing @OLOLMaternityUnit Debra Taaffe

Please follow Dr Fitzpatrick’s tips below, (Emergency dept Consultant). Number 4 below is really important, please encourage your friends & family to limit your contacts around small babies as we are seeing an increase in very sick babies with RSV across all children’s services

Children’s hospital ‘swamped’ by record surge in respiratory cases irishtimes.com/health/2023/12…

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the paediatric unit OLOLNursing @OLOLMaternityUnit despite the chaos that RSV, flu and covid has brought us in the past few weeks!! Wishing all out followers a very happy Christmas and a calm New Year!

A fantastic service to facilitate the transferring of patients back to their local hospital.

Can't wait to get started!!

The latest attendees at a PEARS course in OLOL. Well done All. Excellent participation and feedback 👏

A session not to be missed!🌟 Join us next Tuesday when we will shine a spotlight on sepsis in infants and children with experts in the field of Emergency medicine and Paediatric medicine. #recognisesepsis Register at this link www2.healthservice.hse.ie/organisation/n…

Celebrating Hand Hygiene Day on the 5th floor paeds unit and also celebrating 100% compliance of nursing staff completing the AMRIC Hand Hygiene module on Hseland.OLOLNursing Health Promotion OLOL and Louth County Hospital @OLOLMaternityUnit ololed Gráinne Milne Heather Murphy

Paeds nurses showing off some of the lovely scenery while taking part in #stepstohealthchallenge Health Promotion OLOL and Louth County Hospital OLOLNursing @OLOLMaternityUnit Steps to Health

I have just registered for the S2H 2024: Competition for Best Team Motto Why not join me... register.enthuse.com/ps/event/S2H20… via Primo Events

As someone who spends my winters transporting critically ill babies with RSV bronchiolitis to paediatric intensive care units this is unbelievably positive news and a game changer for infants & the ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⭐️Safe, effective,life saving treatment jrnl.ie/6411637

RSV has caused havoc every winter to newborn and young infants. Great news re this vaccine ololed @OLOLMaternityUnit Gráinne Milne Heather Murphy OLOLNursing

10 infant deaths in 2024 for a vaccine preventable illness. Have seen so much of this disease in 2024. Please get the pertussis vaccine in the 2nd trimester of EACH pregnancy. cannot overstate how awful this disease is in newborn babies & we have only supportive therapy to offer