[PDF] Top 20 Tralee Community Nursing Unit, Teile Carraig, Killerisk Road, Tralee, Kerry

... of Kerry General Hospital Occupational Therapy department and worked on individual activities of daily living assessment with residents in conjunction with the occupational therapist and ... See full document

... The inspector met residents and staff and observed practice on inspection. Documents were reviewed such as policies, training records, care plans, medical notes, medication management charts, complaints log and minutes ... See full document

... local community and transition year students from a local school visited the residents in the centre on a regular basis and assisted in ...of Tralee festival and members of the Kerry county football ... See full document

... from Kerry General Hospital attended the centre once a month; a surgeon attended once a month and residents have access to this service for minor surgery; the physiotherapist attended the centre daily for one hour ... See full document

... Community Nursing Unit will expire 07/06/16.) During this inspection the provider nominee requested to change the purpose of the inspection from an application to vary conditions of registration to ... See full document

... dysphagia. Nursing staff confirmed they had also attended clinical training including venepuncture, care planning, palliative care training, ''let me decide'', wound care and recognising and managing the acutely ... See full document

... all nursing staff spoken to confirmed that faxed prescriptions are only used in emergency situations and then will be strictly used for 72 hours only and then GP must write up medications following ...all ... See full document

... They are set forth in the 6th section of the Tralee Savings' Bank Act, 1876, as follows :— "The Tralee arbitrators, if they think fit, and either with or without conditions, may amend a [r] ... See full document

... with nursing staff and the person participating in management and highlighted that centre's practice around the use of faxed prescriptions was not in accordance with An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na ... See full document

... had been in place. On transfer to Kenmare CNU, this system was no longer available and the person in charge had adapted care planning information into paper files to cover the emergency period. There was evidence of the ... See full document

... An actual and planned roster was maintained in the centre. The inspector reviewed staff rosters which showed that the person in charge was on duty Monday to Friday. Nurses were on duty and allocated on all three units ... See full document

... Winds were light to moderate, west to northwesterly Rainfall: Nil at numerous locations to 2.1 mm at Tralee Lisaboula Temperature: Lowest max.. 20.4°C at Glengarriff Ilnacullin.[r] ... See full document

... End of life care needs were addressed to a good standard. There was an up-to-date policy on end of life care and guidelines on resident cardiopulmonary resuscitation. There was evidence of discussion with residents and ... See full document

... The inspector found that the provider had addressed the staffing deficit identified at the time of the last inspection and kept staffing levels and skill-mix and their ability to meet resident’s needs under review. For ... See full document

... Ordinarily there was one staff present in the house and the night-time arrangement was a sleepover staff arrangement; the person in charge confirmed that the house was staffed at all times (it was not at the time of the ... See full document

... There was evidence of a programme of induction for new staff and a staff appraisal system for existing staff. However, the staff appraisal system had lapsed and records indicated that when appraisal was done it was not ... See full document

... of nursing staff to undertake medicine rounds requires review in order to ensure appropriate supervision of residents and care staff, especially in St Martin’s ... See full document

... As mentioned under Outcome 6, one toilet did not have a wash-hand basin within the room which posed a challenge to maintaining good infection prevention and control practice. In addition, in the week before this ... See full document

... comprehensive assessments were carried out with detailed and person-centred plans of care in place for areas of assessed need such as nutrition and communication, for example. Care plans were found to be personalised and ... See full document

... Staff with responsibility for preparing and serving meals and drinks had received appropriate training to ensure that they were competent to observe the particular requirements of individual care plans. Members of care ... See full document