Aug 31, 2026 · 43 min · 10 segments
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda became the second hospital in Ireland to achieve Pathway to Excellence — the international accreditation recognising nursing excellence, workplace culture, and…
Adrian ClearyGuest
Áine DavernGuest
Cathy ClarkeGuest
Nena EvalarozaGuest
Bijily JosephGuest
Marie KilduffHost
Aoife O'NeilGuest
Stories like Nina's and Billie G's are what Áine Duverne, Assistant Director of Nursing, describes as the lights that emerged from the greenhouse.
I think if you look after your nurses and give your nurses that opportunity to have a voice and to feel that they're in control of their own destiny and that they have an opportunity to show what they've got.
I think Adrian has described that we discovered so many potential leaders, so many sparkling lights that may not have been seen otherwise before.
And I think giving our nurses a voice in that opportunity automatically gave them that opportunity at the same time that augmented the opportunity for them to be able to improve the care that they were giving they were able to to to develop themselves both professionally and personally because so many shy girls were in the background girls and boys are in the background and they got this opportunity to have a voice and be heard and i think you know when you're working in busy health care and particularly at the time that we were doing this when people were They were hurt, they were broken.
So many people had so many different experiences through the pandemic, again, both professionally and personally, that I think this gave people that opportunity.
They're not, they don't feel that they're, you know, that they have to speak in a particular way.
And I think ultimately it gives people that opportunity to say, well, I have a good idea.
And as Adrian said, even Pathway started with just three or four of us in a room.
And sometimes the ideas within a council start as tiny little seedling ideas and then they grow.
And simple things, you know, a lot of our ward safety huddles have resulted in so many positive outcomes for our patients.
Some of the pressure ulcer to zero initiatives that have happened have ultimately helped to reduce the amount of pressure sores that we have.
So it's seeing those initiatives literally come from a tiny, tiny little seedling idea to come to fruition to see that...
It gives the opportunity for the nurse to grow and develop, but it also results in better patient outcomes and better patient care for our patients.
Stories like Nina's and Billie G's are what Áine Duverne, Assistant Director of Nursing, describes as the lights that emerged from the greenhouse.
I think if you look after your nurses and give your nurses that opportunity to have a voice and to feel that they're in control of their own destiny and that they have an opportunity to show what they've got.
I think Adrian has described that we discovered so many potential leaders, so many sparkling lights that may not have been seen otherwise before.
And I think giving our nurses a voice in that opportunity automatically gave them that opportunity at the same time that augmented the opportunity for them to be able to improve the care that they were giving they were able to to to develop themselves both professionally and personally because so many shy girls were in the background girls and boys are in the background and they got this opportunity to have a voice and be heard and i think you know when you're working in busy health care and particularly at the time that we were doing this when people were They were hurt, they were broken.
So many people had so many different experiences through the pandemic, again, both professionally and personally, that I think this gave people that opportunity.
They're not, they don't feel that they're, you know, that they have to speak in a particular way.
And I think ultimately it gives people that opportunity to say, well, I have a good idea.
And as Adrian said, even Pathway started with just three or four of us in a room.
And sometimes the ideas within a council start as tiny little seedling ideas and then they grow.
And simple things, you know, a lot of our ward safety huddles have resulted in so many positive outcomes for our patients.
Some of the pressure ulcer to zero initiatives that have happened have ultimately helped to reduce the amount of pressure sores that we have.
So it's seeing those initiatives literally come from a tiny, tiny little seedling idea to come to fruition to see that...
It gives the opportunity for the nurse to grow and develop, but it also results in better patient outcomes and better patient care for our patients.
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