Welcome to the Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association (INCA) Website.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Providing a forum for education, communication and research development among nurses working in the cardiovascular arena. The aim of the site is to promote and develop communication and knowledge among cardiovascular nurses. Contributions from cardiovascular nurses and those working and interested in the speciality are very welcome and will be accommodated. Special interest groups and educational resources are available on the “members only” pages. Links are provided to a variety of related sites.

Latest News

INCA 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting

Our first virtual meeting was a great success,

Thank you to all who registered and joined us last Thursday

Congratulations to Best Poster Winners:

James Mannion and colleagues, University Hospital, Waterford

Poster Title: Use of the STOP-BANG Screening Tool to determine the prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in an outpatient General Cardiology population

Congratulations to the spot prize winners:

Linda Mullen, St Vincent’s University Hospital

Katie O’Callaghan, Mallow General Hospital

Aisling Aherne, Blackrock Clinic

INCA Educational Bursary 2020: Update

Due to the impact of COVID 19 and the cancellation of many conferences the 2020 Bursary will be carried over to 2021

INCA Annual Scientific Meeting in Association with the Irish Cardiac Society

Novel and Rare Cardiac Conditions’ Galway 17.10.2019

Hope you all enjoyed our recent meeting in Galway: superb speakers, personal stories, excellent stands, networking opportunities and thanks to our ICS colleagues a new app to play with!

Thank you to all 168 attendees, you really made the day!

Check out the Gallery for more photos

Check out the new 2019 ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines here: https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines

• Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Dyslipidaemias
• Acute Pulmonary Embolism
• Chronic Coronary Syndromes
• Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and CVD