Doody, Catriona M.; Markey, Kathleen; Doody, Owen(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
People with an intellectual disability are living longer, and the numbers continue to rise. Ireland has and is seeing a dramatic change in the age profile of clients and the support services they require. While Ireland had ...
Ireland has seen much change in nurse education resulting in four year degree programmes since 2002. A unique aspect of these programmes was the incorporation of rostered internship. This study explored role transition for ...
Fletcher, Antoinette; Carey, Eileen(Mark Allen Group, 2011)
The nutritional care of patients is one of the primary responsibilities of all registered nurses (Persenius et al, 2008). A poor nutritional status can lead to malnutrition, which can have serious consequences for an ...
In today’s healthcare environment nurses’ are urged to use up-to-date research evidence to ensure better patient outcomes and inform nursing decisions, actions and interactions with patients. Within the practice setting ...
Doody, Catriona M.; Doody, Owen(Mark Allen Publishing, 2011)
Evidence-based practice has gained increasing popularity in all healthcare settings. Nurses are urged to use up-to-date research evidence to ensure better patient outcomes and inform decisions, actions and interactions ...
Doody, Owen; McInerney, Paula; Linnane, Lynda(Mark Allen Publishing, 2012)
Nursing students, Paula and Lynda, reflect on their first academic assessment of their 4-year intellectual disability nursing course. The reflection is conducted by the second and third authors of this article and is guided ...
Classic grounded theory (CGT) methodology is a general methodology whereby the researcher aims to develop an emergent conceptual theory from empirical data collected by the researcher during the research study. Gaining ...
Bailey, Maria E.; Doody, Owen; Lyons, Rosemary; Walsh, Jackie; Cooney, Mary(University of LimerickIrish Hospice Foundation, 2011)
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On behalf of the research team, I am pleased to introduce this report which presents the
findings of a regional evaluation entitled: The provision of community nursing support for persons with an intellectual ...