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Dr Ciara Close

@ciaraclose6

Midwifery Lecturer and Midwifery Academic Lead for Practice at Queens University Belfast
Registered Midwife

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Midwives & Student Midwives, we all have those moments where we feel so proud of the job we do. If you live in NI or Ireland why not share your proud midwifery moments, in this short survey #lovemidwifery

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Good luck conor hamilton and all the QUB Nursing & Midwifery Student Well Being Ambassadors doing the Mourne Wall walk on Sat, walking 22miles to raise money for 3 very important charities Cycle Against Suicide Depaul Shelter NI

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Yoga, mindfulness, mindful movement, free well-being packs and lots more next week in QUB MBC, as part of Mental Health Awareness week, all staff & students welcome book via the link, forms.office.com/e/SMkY1c3P6k

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Celebrating our 23/24 Student WellBeing Ambassadors who promote 5 steps of Wellbeing QUBNursing&Midwifery 💷 £3000 raised for charity 👕Homeless collection 🧠3 mental health courses ☕5 coffee mornings ❤️CPR day 🪙3 grants 🏃marathon ⛰️mountain walk 🧘‍♀️yoga 🫂Nominee Team of the year

Celebrating our 23/24 Student WellBeing Ambassadors who promote 5 steps of Wellbeing <a href="/QUBSONM/">QUBNursing&Midwifery</a>
💷 £3000 raised for charity
👕Homeless collection
🧠3 mental health courses
☕5 coffee mornings
❤️CPR day
🪙3 grants
🏃marathon
⛰️mountain walk
🧘‍♀️yoga
🫂Nominee Team of the year
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Lovely morning at the QUB Nursing & Midwifery graduation, well done everyone 👩‍🎓🥳 Delighted to be part of the team receiving a teaching award for Excellence in Teaching by a Team

Lovely morning at the QUB Nursing &amp; Midwifery graduation, well done everyone 👩‍🎓🥳 Delighted to be part of the team receiving a teaching award for Excellence in Teaching by a Team
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Great speaking with the 16-19year olds on the Pathway Programme sharing midwifery truths: Noone gets into QUB Midwifery ❌ Places available are at an all time high I am too young or old to apply ❌ Sucsessul applicants are 18-50+ Midwifery is a rewarding career for life ✅

Great speaking with the 16-19year olds on the Pathway Programme sharing midwifery truths:

Noone gets into QUB Midwifery ❌
Places available are at an all time high

I am too young or old to apply ❌
Sucsessul applicants are 18-50+

Midwifery is a rewarding career for life ✅
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📢 Maternity health professionals in Ireland 🤰20% of  pregnant women globally are obese 🙆‍♂Physical activity is key in tackling pregnancy obesity 👩‍⚕Little is known about the guidance pregnant women receive ⏱️Got 15 mins share your experience app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/mater…

📢 Maternity health professionals in Ireland 

🤰20% of  pregnant women globally are obese 

🙆‍♂Physical activity is key in tackling pregnancy obesity

👩‍⚕Little is known about the guidance pregnant women receive 

⏱️Got 15 mins share your experience app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/mater…
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🤱World Breastfeeding Week 🍼Not all babies receive breastmilk from the breast e.g. working mums, preterm/sick babies, latch issues 🌎Globally 5-25% of women exclusively pump 👶Annually in Ireland 1000 babies get donor milk 🙌Celebrating pumping mum's and milk bank donors

🤱World Breastfeeding Week 

🍼Not all babies receive breastmilk from the breast e.g. working mums, preterm/sick babies, latch issues

🌎Globally 5-25% of women exclusively pump 

👶Annually in Ireland 1000 babies get donor milk

🙌Celebrating  pumping mum's and milk bank donors
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A joy to talk to the 100 bright, shiny new QUB student midwives 👏Great to see the Department of Health dedication to maternity care in NI with 30 extra midwifery places in 2024. Here's to 3 years of hard work, dedication & some fun along the way #midwivesinthemaking

A joy to talk to the 100 bright, shiny new QUB student midwives 

👏Great to see the Department of Health dedication to maternity care in NI with  30 extra midwifery places in 2024.

Here's to 3 years of hard work, dedication &amp; some fun along the way #midwivesinthemaking
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Great to take some time out today for a coffee morning for our hard working student nurses & midwives, remember taking care of your mental health is not selfish it is an act of self love #WorldMentalHealthDay2024

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Fun times ahead tomorrow, with the team spinathon for the MS Society. Thank you to all the donations so far & willing volunteers. Donations still very welcome via the Just Giving link or cash donations can be given in our collection buckets tomorrow in the MBC Foyer 🚴

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🎉Super achievement 🧠Promoting &supporting student nurses & midwives mental health is key to the sustainability of the Health Service 👩‍⚕34% of the NI Health Service are Nurses/Midwives 💪🏽The future of our Health service relies on students

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Our team had a great day at the RCM / INMO annual midwifery conference 21st Nov in Dundalk . Well done 🎉 to our student midwives who made an excellent contribution to the conference in the workshops & through their wonderful posters

Our team had a great day at the RCM / INMO annual midwifery conference 21st Nov in Dundalk .

 Well done 🎉 to our student midwives who made an excellent contribution to the conference in the workshops &amp; through their wonderful posters
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A wonderful time at Christmas graduation 🎄 Delighted to see the Sept 21 midwives cross the stage & get their hard earned degrees, the first cohort I have followed from the beginning, it has been amazing to be part of your journey. Congratulations 🙌

A wonderful time at Christmas graduation 🎄

Delighted to see the Sept 21 midwives cross the stage &amp; get their hard earned degrees, the first cohort I have followed from the beginning, it has been amazing to be part of your journey. 

Congratulations 🙌
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Jan and Feb have been quieter for teaching, but busy visiting schools, well-being ambassador work, meeting our new MSc midwifery students... Looking forward to a busy teaching phase, welcoming our 3rd years back to their final teaching phase next week before they qualify👩‍🎓👩‍⚕️

Jan and Feb have been quieter for teaching, but busy visiting schools, well-being ambassador work, meeting our new MSc midwifery students...

Looking forward to a busy teaching phase, welcoming our 3rd years back  to their final teaching phase next week  before they qualify👩‍🎓👩‍⚕️
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3 absolute legends, congratulations what an achievement, you all have made such a difference & impact during you studies and no doubt this will continue when you qualify Lara Cowan Lee-Ann E M Graham Gibson

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Incredibly proud to see the amazing things you have done recognised, you are such an inspiration, it was been a joy to know you and have you on the Well-Being Ambassadors team Ciara Devine

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March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. About 7,400 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year in the UK. The School of Nursing and Midwifery would like to increase awareness of the condition and the importance of early recognition of the condition.

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. About 7,400 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year in the UK. 

The School of Nursing and Midwifery  would like to increase awareness of the condition and the importance of early recognition of the condition.