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The TVNAI

The TVNAI was set up in the early 2000’s to provide a peer support network to, at that time, very few clinical nurse specialists in wound management and tissue viability who were mainly working in silos in hospitals and communities around Ireland.
 
The number of members has grown exponentially in response to the growing prevalence of wounds, which can affect people at any age but are strongly associated with an increase in ageing population.

The TVNAI Committee

Helen Meagher

chairperson, TVNAI

Helen Meagher is a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner Tissue Viability in University Hospital Limerick and the current chairperson of the TVNAI.Helen has a keen interest in evidence based wound care, wound education and managing complex wounds.

Martina Rafter

Treasurer, TVNAI

Martina Rafter was the Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist from 2002-2022 and is currently the Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist in Waterford University Hospital.

She has a particular interest in lower limb wounds, including venous, arterial and hard to heal ulcers.

Martina is the treasurer of the TVNAI and is a key member of the organising committee for the Tissue Viability Nurses Association of Ireland’s wound education conferences.

Tara Holmes

Secretary, TVNAI

Tara is working as a candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner Tissue Viability in University Hospital Limerick. Tara has a keen interest in all complex wounds, but especially in the management of complex surgical wounds. Tara has been working full-time in Tissue Viability since 2021 where she began working as a CNS TVN in ULHG.

Tara is the secretary of the TVNAI and is a key member of the organising committee for the Tissue Viability Nurses Association of Ireland’s wound education conferences.