• The role and key activities of clinical nurse specialists and advanced nurse practitioners in supporting healthcare provision for people with intellectual disability: An integrative review 

  Doody, Owen; Hennessy, Therese; Bright, Ann-Marie (Elsevier, 2022)

  Background: People with intellectual disability have poorer health than the general population and experience difficulties accessing healthcare. In addition, attitude and stigmatisation by healthcare professionals can ...
• Evaluating the use of participatory action research to implement evidence-based guidance on dementia palliative care in long-term care settings: A creative hermeneutic analysis 

  Buckley, Catherine; Hartigan, Irene; Coffey, Alice; Cornally, Nicola; O'Connell, Selena; O'Loughlin, Christina; Timmons, Suzanne; Lehane, Elaine (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022)

  Background: Dementia affects a large proportion of society and places a significant burden on older people and healthcare systems internationally. Managing symptoms at the end of life for people with dementia is complex. ...
• Exercising autonomy—The effectiveness and meaningfulness of autonomy support interventions engaged by adults with intellectual disability. A mixed‐methods review 

  Carey, Eileen; Ryan, Ruth; Sheikhi, Ali; Dore, Liz (Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2022)

  Background: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) recommend all disabled people receive support to develop their autonomy. Subsequently, evolving models for supported decision‐making ...
• Public opinion of the Irish “COVID Tracker” digital contact tracing App: A national survey 

  O'Callaghan, Michael E; Abbas, Manzar; Buckley, Jim; Fitzgerald, Brian; Johnson, Kevin; Laffey, John; McNicholas, Bairbre; Nuseibeh, Bashar; O'Keeffe, Derek; Beecham, Sarah; Razzaq, Abdul; Rekanar, Kaavya; Richardson, Ita; Simpkin, Andrew; O'Connell, James; Storni, Cristiano; Tsvyatkova, Damyanka; Walsh, Jane; Welsh, Thomas; Glynn, Liam G. (SAGE, 2022)

  Objective: This study aims to gather public opinion on the Irish “COVID Tracker” digital contact tracing (DCT) App, with particular focus on App usage, usability, usefulness, technological issues encountered, and potential ...
• Navigating professional and personal knowing through reflective storytelling amidst Covid-19 

  Graham, Margaret M. (SAGE Publications, 2022)

  The paper offers space for dialogue illustrating reflection as lived, exploring both my personal and profes sional experiences of grief and loss surrounding the death of my Dad from Covid −19. In my role as a nurse educator, ...
• The value and contribution of intellectual disability nurses/ nurses caring for people with intellectual disability in intellectual disability settings: A scoping review 

  Doody, Owen; Hennessy, Therese; Moloney, Mairead; Lyons, Rosemary; Bright, Ann-Marie (John Wiley & Sons, 2022)

  Background: People with intellectual disability experience poorer health and health-care access issues. As a leading role in healthcare provision for people with intellectual disability nurses are key to supporting ...
• Women's experiences of prison-based mental healthcare: w systematic review of qualitative literature 

  Bright, Ann-Marie; Higgins, Agnes; Grealish, Annmarie (Emerald Publishing Ltd, 2022)

  Purpose – The rate of female committals to prison has grown rapidly in recent years. Women in prison are likely to have trauma histories and difficulties with their mental health. This paper aims to synthesise the findings ...
• Fostering collective approaches in supporting perinatal mental healthcare access for migrant women: a participatory health research study 

  Markey, Kathleen; Noonan, Maria; Doody, Owen; Tuohy, Teresa; Daly, Tony; Regan, Ciara; O'Donnell, Claire (MDPI, 2922)

  Perinatal mental health is a growing public health concern. The mounting evidence examining the prevalence of perinatal mental illness identifies specific vulnerabilities and risk factors among migrant women. We know ...
• Time to re-envisage integrity among nurse leaders 

  Markey, Kathleen; Moloney, Mairead; Doody, Owen; Robinson, Simon (Wiley & Sons, 2022)

  Aim: This paper highlights integrity as a central tenet in the journey of ethical leader-ship among nurse leaders and dialogue as a way of working within integrity. Background: Nurse leaders play a critical role in ensuring ...
• Presenting problem/conditions that result in people with an intellectual disability being admitted to acute hospitals in Ireland: An analysis of NQAIS data from 2016-2020 

  Doody, Owen; McMahon, Jennifer; Lyons, Rosemary; Moloney, Mairéad; Hennessy, Therese; Ryan, Ruth (Limerick: University of Limerick and Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Service Director, HSE., 2021)

  The wide range of health conditions and complex needs experienced by people with intellectual disability (ID) means that they are more likely to utilise acute care services in comparison with the general population. ID ...
• Service user and service provider perceptions of enablers and barriers for refugee and asylum-seeking women accessing and engaging with perinatal mental health care services in the WHO European region: A scoping review protocol 

  Markey, Kathleen; MacFarlane, Anne E.; Noonan, Maria; Moloney, Mairéad; Huschke, Susann; O'Donnell, Kate; O'Donnell, Claire; Tuohy, Teresa; Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan; Doody, Owen (MDPI, 2022)

  There is a need to understand the specific perinatal mental health care needs of migrant subgroups who often have differing health care needs and specific barriers to accessing and engaging with health care services. It ...
• A rapid realist review of quality care process metrics implementation in nursing and midwifery practice 

  Teeling, Sean Paul; Davies, Carmel; Barnard, Marlize; O'Connor, Laserina; Coffey, Alice; Lambert, Veronica; McNamara, Martin; Tuohy, Dympna; Frawley, Timothy; Redmond, Catherine; Somanadhan, Suja; Casey, Mary; Corcoran, Yvonne; Doody, Owen; O'Brien, Denise; Noonan, Maria; Smith, Rita; Bradshaw, Carmel; Murphy, Sylvia; Dore, Liz; Lyons, Rosemary; McGeehan, Máire; Gallen, Anne (MDPI, 2021)

  Quality measurement initiatives promote quality improvement in healthcare but can be challenging to implement effectively. This paper presents a Rapid Realist Review (RRR) of published literature on Quality Care-Process ...
• Psychosocial vulnerability among carers of persons living with a chronic illness: a scoping review 

  Cormican, Orlaith; Meskell, Pauline; Dowling, Maura (Wiley, 2021)

  Aims: To outline and examine evidence related to the meaning of ‘psychosocial vulnerability’ among caregivers of persons with chronic illnesses. Background: The number of informal caregivers continues to rise globally. ...
• The impact of frailty screening of older adults with muLtidisciplinary assessment of those at risk during emergency hospital attendance on the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of care (SOLAR): a randomised controlled trial 

  Leahy, Aoife; McNamara, Rachel; Reddin, Catriona; Corey, Gillian; Carroll, Ida; The SOLAR team; O'Neill, Aoife; Flannery, Darragh; Devlin, Collette; Barry, Louise; MacCarthy, Brian; Cummins, Niamh M.; Shanahan, Elaine; Shchetkovsky, Denys; Ryan, Damien; O'Connor, Margaret; Galvin, Rose (BMC, 2021)

  Background: Older people account for 25% of all Emergency Department (ED) admissions. This is expected to rise with an ageing demographic. Older people often present to the ED with complex medical needs in the setting ...
• Nature and extent of intellectual disability nursing research in Ireland: a scoping review to inform health and health service research 

  Doody, Owen; Bailey, Maria E.; Hennessy, Therese (BMJ Publishing, 2021)

  Objectives To capture the extent and nature of intellectual disability nursing publications in Ireland. Design Scoping review using Arksey and O’Malley approach. Data sources Six databases (PsycINFO, CINAHL, Medline, ...
• Interventions to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare staff in nursing homes; An integrative literature review 

  Asuquo, Enobong Gideon; Murphy-Tighe, Sylvia; Bradshaw, Carmel (Elsevier, 2021)

  Background: : The incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders have been consistently high in nursing sectors and are a significant cost to the health service due to absenteeism. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders ...
• Transparency of assessment decision-making when students are not meeting required levels of proficiency in clinical practice 

  Cassidy, Simon; Coffey, Michael; Murphy, Fiona A. (Elsevier, 2020)

  This paper discusses the context of assessing nursing and midwifery students who are not meeting required levels of proficiency in clinical practice. The paper then outlines an action plan protocol designed to assist ...
• Fostering an ethos of cultural humility development in nurturing inclusiveness and effective intercultural team working 

  Markey, Kathleen; Prosen, Mirko; Martin, Emer; Jamal, Hanna Repo (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)

  Aim: To discuss the importance of fostering an ethos of cultural humility development in cultivating inclusiveness and effective intercultural team working. Background: Widening cultural and ethnic diversity of the health ...
• Women’s experience of obstetric anal sphincter injury following childbirth: an integrated review 

  Darmody, Ella; Bradshaw, Carmel; Atkinson, Sandra (Elsevier, 2021)

  ackground: Perineal injury during childbirth is a very common event which affect women during child birth. Significant morbidities are associated with third-and-fourth degree perineal tears in particular, also referred ...
• Quality of life following formation of an ileal conduit due to urinary bladder neoplasm: a systematic review 

  Donegan, Breege; Kingston, Liz M. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)

  Aim: To present the findings of a systematic review on reported quality of life following the formation of a urinary diversion as a result of cystectomy due to urinary bladder neoplasm. Background: Bladder cancer is the ...

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