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

Happy International Nurses Day 2020 to all!!

INCA support all our colleagues during the COVID 19 crisis

We are now 5 weeks into this new COVID reality

INCA hopes you are all doing okay. Cardiovascular nurses are a valuable resource, many of whom have been redeployed or forced into new ways of service delivery. Let us know how you are doing, where and how you are working. We are all in this together and we look forward to the great day ahead when we can all get together again ♥️

Urgent Update

INCA Meeting 7th March 2020 CANCELLED

Unfortunately due to events outside of our control tomorrow’s meeting will not go ahead. Please spread the word to any colleagues who had registered.

Thank you to all who registered, update soon about when it will be feasible to reschedule the event

Upcoming Events:

Demystifying the ECG

Saturday 22nd February,

Croi Heart and Stroke Centre, Newcastle, Galway

B44306 Demystifying the ECG

Delivering Evidence Based Cardiac Rehab in practice

Saturday 28th March

Sheraton Hotel, Athlone

Cardiac Rehab Course March 2020

INCA Educational Bursary 2020

Open to all INCA members

Closing Date for 2020 applications: 7th February 2020

Click link below for more information

Bursary

Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association

22^nd Annual Scientific Meeting, 7^th March 2020,

“Cardiac Patient Care- Basics to Current Practice”

CALL FOR POSTERS

Deadline for submissions: Friday, February 28^th, 2020

Click link below for instruction:

INCA Call for Abstracts 2020 scientific meeting

INCA 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting

‘Cardiac Patient Care – Basics to Current Practice’

7th March 2020, Robert Smith Lecture Theatre, St James’s Hospital

See link below for full programme:

INCA Scientific meeting 07.03.2020

INCA Scientific meeting 07.03.20

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

INCA Annual Scientific Meeting in Association with the Irish Cardiac Society

Novel and Rare Cardiac Conditions’ Galway 17.10.2019

Congratulations to the team from ED in Beaumont for their winning poster:

‘Cardiology rANP-led pharmacological cardioversion of  patients with recent onset, low risk, non-valvular Atrial fibrillation reduces length of stay in the ED and prevents hospital admission’

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

EuroHeartCare 2020 : check it all out here:

https://www.escardio.org/Sub-specialty-communities/Association-of-Cardiovascular-Nursing-&-Allied-Professions/Congresses-and-Events

INCA recognition letter from ACNAP

The Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions in the European Society of Cardiology have written to the INCA committee to thank them for their hard work and dedication in organizing EuroHeartCare 2018…one of the best attended EuroHeartCare events ever!

We in turn want to thank our members and colleagues who promoted the conference and attended in great numbers, those who participated by presenting their work and our industry associates for helping us to ensure the event was such a huge success!