A5101449939- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Nursing education and management
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Social Media in Health Education
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
University College Cork
2020-2025
Health Service Executive
2020
St Michael’s Hospital
2009
Abstract Background It's often caregivers or healthcare professionals' experiences that are studied in the field of allergy, but adolescents' perspective is crucial to develop interventions support them areas they find most challenging. This study aims explore experience managing food allergies, particularly how navigate transition from parental management self‐management. Methods an interpretive descriptive qualitative study. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with ten adolescents...
BackgroundClinical supervision helps promote practitioners' personal and professional development through fostering a supportive relationship working alliance. Peer group clinical is form of whereby two or more nurses engage in process to improve their practice provide quality care.AimTo explore the experiences from perspectives nurse supervisees, direct line managers, supervisors.MethodsA qualitative descriptive pragmatic design was used. Individual interviews focus groups were conducted...
The importance of finding alternative protein sources to partially replace dietary meat intake has been emphasised. A comparison different plant-based sources, namely cereals (wheat, barley, oats), brassicas (oilseed rape) and legumes (peas, beans), in terms economic, environmental nutritional metrics, would help identify optimal strategies for production. Due potential complementarity a crop rotation production system, including cereals, should be investigated as action stakeholders. This...
Background: In Ireland, acute hospital emergency departments (ED) become the default service for youth aged 16 to 18 years; and in absence of paediatric EDs, under years. No previous research has explored adolescent presentations non-paediatric hospitals with thoughts self-harm or suicide at a national level.Aim: This study examines child suicidal ideation-related 24 EDs Ireland.Method: National data from dedicated ED crisis were used. Descriptive analyses run four age bands (≤ 15, 16-17,...
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The delivery of mental health recovery orientated acre is a requirement professionals and an acknowledged desired outcome for individuals presenting with issues. Hope has been recognized as one 5 key processes recovery, critically the catalyst recovery. Mental nurses are required to be competent in cultivating service user hope. PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: Novel exploration how people described made sense lived experience hope Participants intrinsic life...
ABSTRACT Aims To explore parents’ experiences of parenting adolescents with food allergies. Design An interpretive descriptive qualitative study. Methods Semi‐structured interviews were conducted between November 2023 and March 2024 11 parents allergies aged 12–16 years, 8 mothers 3 fathers. Reflexive thematic analysis was conducted. Results Three themes generated: (1) Impact on everyday life, which concerns having to ‘always be alert’, restriction as a family mitigating feelings difference...
This study aimed to evaluate differences in supervisees' understanding of clinical supervision and their perceptions organisational functioning before after engaging peer-group supervision.Protected reflective time allows discussion complex issues affecting health care. Peer-group is one model that could facilitate this, but it poorly understood.A pre-post intervention pilot was performed. The delivered over a 12-month period. Data were collected using surveys on demographic work-related...
Abstract Introduction Self‐care is essential for nurses' wellbeing, with stress posing a major barrier. Research into self‐care often absorbed studies of burnout or resilience. Understanding lived experiences influences on practices essential. There currently paucity literature this topic. Aim To explore mental health views about what their ability to in relation workplace and the impact practice work environment. Methods An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach was utilized....
The nursing workforce plays a central role in quality health care delivery. Nursing work is associated with high levels of stress due to often unmanageable workloads. attrition poses serious challenge for recruitment and retention strategies. Self-care recognised as tactic addressing workplace stressors, shaping sense cohesion where the world viewed comprehensible, meaningful, manageable, thereby mitigating risk burnout. Yet research suggests it not widely utilised by nurses. aim this study...
The World Health Organisation states that more than 350 million people experience depression globally. phenomenological changes in individuals experiencing are profound Phenomenological research can further researchers' and clinicians' understanding of this experience. This study aimed to gain a how with understood made sense their experiences. A methodology interpretative analysis was adopted. In-depth semi-structured interviews explored the lived for eight individuals. Data were analysed...
Purpose There are several factors that negatively impact the well-being of those working in screen industry. Consequently, need to introduce Well-being Coordinators has been identified. This study explored experiences participants who undertook a Coordination course tailored for sector. Additionally, it sought delve into perspectives regarding within
Psychiatric nurses have been facilitating therapeutic groups in acute psychiatric inpatient units for many years; however, there is a lack of nursing research related to this important aspect care. This paper reports the findings study which aimed gain an understanding service users' experiences relation group activities unit. A qualitative descriptive was undertaken with eight users one unit Ireland. Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews and analysed Burnard's method...
To examine trends in rates of self-harm among emergency department (ED) presenting older adults Ireland over a 13-year period.
There has been a recent global increase in the number of young people experiencing mental health challenges both child and adolescent settings acute paediatric settings. In many these settings, restrictive practices are used to manage behaviours that challenge, such as aggression violence. However, little is known about staff's experiences with responding challenge A qualitative descriptive design was adopted, participants engaging 1:1 interviews or focus groups Ireland, Finland, Germany,...
To audit compliance of mental health assessment rooms in Irish adult emergency departments (EDs) which are open 24 hours on 7 days a week with standards identified by the Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN).A self-audit tool was sent via email to Clinical Nurse Specialists and Consultant Psychiatrists Ireland's 26 Adult EDs that seven week. Results were collated presented ensuring anonymity.A response rate 100% achieved. Full or substantial PLAN recorded 73% services. In...
Abstract Self-practice/self-reflection (SP/SR) is an experiential training strategy implemented to develop the skills of CBT therapists through self-application techniques and subsequent reflection on experience in relation clinical practice. Outcome studies report significant personal professional benefits from SP/SR but engagement suggest that therapists’ mixed. In order inform design implementation within CBT, this study aims explore feeling safety (FOS) SP/SR. FOS has been identified as...