A5077233931- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Nursing education and management
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Herbal Medicine Research Studies
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Education Systems and Policy
- Global Health and Surgery
Colorado State University
2025
Dublin City University
2018-2025
Roche (Switzerland)
2024
Queen's University Belfast
2024
Australian Government
2023
Government of Western Australia Department of Health
2023
Hunter New England Local Health District
2023
Royal Cornwall Hospital
2017-2020
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
2019
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
2019
Objective: To generate greater awareness of the contextual and relational factors that influence women's capacity to participate in shared decision-making during childbirth. Methods: A three-phase participatory action research approach involving in-depth interviews co-operative inquiry meetings. Setting: Dublin, Ireland a large maternity hospital. Participants: Five postnatal women who gave birth live healthy babies, attended obstetric or midwifery-led care 13 practising midwives. Findings:...
ABSTRACT This paper reports a study of the risk factors for social and emotional loneliness among older people in Ireland. Using ‘Social Emotional Scale Adults’, dimensions were measured. was conceptualised as having elements both family romantic loneliness. The data collected through national telephone survey conducted 2004 that completed interviews with 683 aged 65 or more years. It found levels low, but relatively high. Predictors identified greater age, poorer health, living rural area,...
Background/Objectives: Microgreens are rich in nutrients and phytochemicals that can support healthy aging, including attenuation of cardiovascular disease risk. The nutrient phytochemical contents red beet (i.e., bull’s blood’ beet, Beta vulgaris) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitate) microgreens, as well existing preclinical evidence suggest their cardioprotective effects, but the feasibility, gastrointestinal tolerability, human health effects daily microgreen consumption unknown. This...
Introduction: The Republic of Ireland’s national mental health policy Sharing the Vision – A Mental Health Policy for Everyone has prioritised early interventions and improved access to person-centred services everyone, in particular when experiencing acute crisis. vision is ’to provide integrated Crisis Resolution Services (CRS) people referred with right response at time amount enable empower on their recovery journey’. CRS model devised by HSE includes development two service components,...
Background: The REACH Collaboratory (Research and Engagement Across Community Health) was established in January 2022 as a collaboration between the Health Service Executive Healthcare Organisation 9 (CHO 9) Dublin City University. mission of is to improve health wellbeing community by generating evidence inform effective decision-making policy, partnership with local communities, relation services system development. Objective: To develop survey explore research capacity support needs...
casey m., mcnamara fealy g. & geraghty r. (2011) Nurses’ and midwives’ clinical leadership development needs: a mixed methods study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67 (7), 1502–1513. Abstract Aim. This paper is report descriptive study nurses’ needs. Background. Nurses midwives are expected to fulfil role at all levels, yet efforts strategically support them often unfocused. An analysis needs can provide the foundation for initiatives staff. Method. A design was used. questionnaire sent 911...
Aims and objectives. To describe self‐reported barriers to clinical leadership development among nurses midwives in Ireland. Background. Effective is essential for optimising care improving patient outcomes. Clinical concerned with intrapersonal interpersonal capabilities context bound. Barriers are associated interdisciplinary organisational factors, such as lack of influence planning policy. Design. A national postal survey was administered a simple random sample 3000 Method. The method...
Modes of rationality in nursing documentation: biology, biography, and the ‘voice nursing’ This article is based on a discourse analysis complete records 45 patients, concerns modes that mediated text‐based accounts relating to patient care nurses recorded. The draws work critical theorist, Jürgen Habermas, who conceptualised context modernity according two types: purposive an instrumental logic, value ethical considerations moral reasoning. Our revealed dominated content documentation, as...
Aims and objectives To analyse how a sample of parents reportedly communicated with their adolescent preadolescent children about safer sex (contraceptive condom use). Background Among the plethora existing research available on parent–child communication sexuality (more broadly), very few studies detail substance tenor what actually convey specifically sex. Design The study adopted qualitative methodology involved interviewing 43 (32 mothers 11 fathers). Data were analysed using modified...
Abstract Background A respectful, person‐centered philosophy of maternity care has been emerging over several decades. Research conducted on behalf the International Confederation Midwives (ICM) to identify essential competencies for midwifery practice also identified knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors that should be hallmarks respectful practices among global community midwives. Methods three‐round, online, modified Delphi survey was between April 2016 October 2016. total 895...
Governments and biopharmaceutical organizations aggressively leveraged expeditious communication capabilities, decision models, global strategies to make a COVID-19 vaccine happen within period of 12 months. This was an unusual effort cannot be transferred normal times. However, this focus on single has also led other treatments drug developments being sidelined. Society expects the pharmaceutical industry provide uninterrupted supply medicines. it is often overlooked how complex manufacture...
Aim. This paper reports a study analysing the various functions of nurses’ documentation patient assessments. Background. Modes have received much attention in nursing press since integration process and models. Previous research has shown that current practices do not consistently promote effective communication evaluation care. A recent systematic review found no evidence any particular system improved this situation. However, serves only to communicate information others, but also...
<h3>Introduction</h3> Patients aged 65 years or older account for a growing proportion of emergency department (ED) repeat attendances. This study aimed to identify health and non-health factors associated with ED attendance, defined as one more visits in the previous 6 months patients older, examine interaction between social factors. <h3>Methods</h3> 306 were interviewed. Demographic, socioeconomic, physical, mental post-ED referrals examined. Logistic regression was used independently...
Abstract Aim To evaluate the clinical appropriateness and safety of nurse midwife prescribing practice. Background The number countries introducing is increasing; however, concerns over patient remain. Design A multi‐site documentation evaluation was conducted using purposeful random sampling. sample included 142 patients' records 208 medications prescribed by 25 Registered Nurse Prescribers. Methods Data were extracted from prescription between March–May 2009. Two expert reviewers applied...