The Community Nursing service provides a wide range of personal health and social care to people throughout their life cycle. Beginning at birth, the service provided to mothers and families of new babies includes information, advice on feeding, child development and immunisation in particular. A school based immunisation rogramme, and a screening programme for vision and hearing is also offered. Community nursing offers a clinical nursing service to those with acute or chronic illness, disability, and those with a terminal illness. A comprehensive health needs assessment is offered to the older person and a service is provided based on need.
The community health nursing mission is ‘to enable people to live healthier and more fulfilled lives’.
Telephone 01 299 6600 to contact a member of our Nursing staff