Martina Doherty

Dipping toe in the other place, I hear it's nice, & for the 1st time ever my username hasn't been taken! Common as muck, me. Sticking here too in case it gets nice again. Tryna find my friends over yonder, here's me new handlebars. And don't forget, #donegalnotjustfortourists 😎

A wee gallivant to the Costa del Sol - #Fuengirola, #Ronda, #Setenil & the #CaminitodelRey #SafetyFirst 😉😎

@philipnolan1 Just out of the oven🤗First time ever baking a Christmas cake Philip! My mum asked if had a recipe and I said 'oh yeah'! Here's to your mum🎉

It’s that time of year. Here you go! #NualasChristmasCake

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek (and not to forget Mental Illness😉) come along to a range of classes @HSCCEC @BSO_NI

Short blog idenitifying ethical issues when working with suicide, and promoting the action/consequences model as an aid to ethical thinking: rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

Good for the soul, a gallivant to Gola Island @Gweedore_WAWay with Trek and Paddle & some creamy pints @teacjack #donegalnotjustfortourists #donegal #GolaIsland

"Creating team joy & wellbeing: a guide for leaders". This is a super resource, designed by leaders in health & care, to help teams and leaders assess where they’re at, identify how to grow as a team & make meaningful changes to improve team well-being. It includes practical change ideas, coaching strategies & ways to engage teams in this work: interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/…. Hi res image: interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/…. These resources were created by Jessica Barker & Marianne Morgan from @Interior_Health in Canada.

I have heard of mental health nursing students being told “you should have done psychology” when they show a psychological curiosity about patients. No. Good mental health nurses will always consider histories, contexts, experiences and meanings which lead to distress.

@Shaun_LDNurse We worried about genericism through the back door...looks like @theRCN are more overt😔 @MH_DeservesBett #mentalhealthdeservesbetter

I’m shocked and saddened to read this. You won’t improve the nations mental health, and address the current #MentalHealth crisis, with a workforce of medical-surgical #Nurses who have merely undergone additional mental health awareness training at pre-registration level. #Nursing

Up here, it's different 😎 #TullaghBay #donegalnotjustfortourists @govisitdonegal @visit_donegal

"All one needs to be a mental health nurse is for the NMC to agree you are one". New article, on the familiar theme of existential threats to the profession of mental health nursing in the UK, exploring international nurse recruitment. #MHDeservesBetter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Early wanders before work, good for the soul...sound on 🤗 #donegalnotjustfortourists #greencastle @govisitdonegal

Beautiful Tallinn @VisitTallinn #donegalontour

Frostbitten @tallinnofficial but beautiful @donegalnotjust

Yesterday morning at sunrise ❤️ #inishowenhead #donegalnotjustfortourists @Visit_Inishowen

Happy Christmas Eve, pints with the big bro #donegalnotjustfortourists #greencastle @Visit_Inishowen

My Dad used to put up a real holly tree at Christmas, it really was something else to behold. I'm not that handy, so I do this in his memory instead, holly taken from a tree he planted 20 years ago. Traditions are nice this time of year.

A lovely last gig of the year for me, fitting it's the lads @BellX1 🙌 and the wonderful #TheodoraByrneEnsemble @TheHelixDublin

If you need a way to ease into your weekend, here's a wee taste of @declanorourke @UlsterHall we didn't mean to go to sea. Beautiful.