• Intercultural readiness of nursing students: An integrative review of evidence examining cultural competence educational interventions 

  O'Brien, Elizabeth-Mary; O'Donnell, Claire; Murphy, Jill; O'Brien, Brid; Markey, Kathleen (Elsevier, 2021)

  With the mounting reports of culturally insensitive care and the reported challenges nurses experience when caring for culturally diverse patients, developing the intercultural readiness of nursing students is a necessity. ...
• Cultivating ethical leadership in the recovery of COVID-19. 

  Markey, Kathleen; Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena; Donnell, Claire O'; Doody, Owen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Aim To propose the necessity of fostering ethical leadership in the recovery of COVID‐19. Background Supporting physically and emotionally exhausted nurses, whilst ensuring quality standards of care delivery in the ...
• Exploring family member and nurse experiences of caring for an older person with advanced dementia in the Emergency Department (ED): an appreciative inquiry 

  Watkins, Sarah Anne (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Background: Admission to the Emergency Department (ED) can be stressful for older people with advanced dementia and their family members. Previous research has tended to emphasise the negatives and deficits in care. ...
• Aligning with the flow of control: A grounded theory study of choice and autonomy in decision making practices of people with intellectual disabilities 

  Carey, Eileen (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

  Purpose: Choice and autonomy are recognized as values facilitating genuine self determination. Subsequently greater understanding of these concepts in decision-making practices of adults with intellectual disabilities is ...
• Enhancing undergraduate nursing curricula to cultivate person-centred care for culturally and linguistically diverse older people 

  Markey, Kathleen; O'Brien, Brid; O'Donnell, Claire; Martin, Catherine; Murphy, Jill (Elsevier, 2020)

  With an ageing global community and widening socio-cultural diversity, nurse educators are increasingly challenged to align responsive undergraduate nursing curricula to rapidly changing healthcare environments. In ...
• Patients’, family members’ and healthcare practitioners’experiences of Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: a qualitative descriptive study using emotional touchpoints 

  O'Reilly, Pauline; Whelan, B.; Ramsay, Bart; Kennedy, Catriona; Meskell, Pauline; Coffey, Alice; Wilson, Donna M.; Fortune, Dónal G.; Ryan, S. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are devastating conditions resulting from a severe immune‐mediated mucocutaneous reaction which normally occurs as a result of medication.1 In the acute ...
• A QuESt for speed: rapid qualitative evidence syntheses as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Biesty, Linda M.; Meskell, Pauline; Glenton, Claire; Delaney, Hannah; Smalle, Mike; Booth, Andrew; Chan, Xin Hui S.; Devane, Declan; Houghton, Catherine (BMC, 2020)

  Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a sense of urgency in the research community in their bid to contribute to the evidence required for healthcare policy decisions. With such urgency, researchers experience ...
• Integrated health and social care in the community: A critical integrative review of the experiences and well-being needs of service users and their families 

  Henderson, Louise; Bain, Heather; Allan, Elaine; Kennedy, Catriona (Wiley, 2020)

  A need for people-centred health and social support systems is acknowledged as a global priority. Most nations face challenges in providing safe, effective, timely, affordable, coordinated care around the needs and ...
• Effective workforce planning: understanding final year nurse and midwifery students’ intentions to migrate after graduation 

  Deasy, Christine; O'Loughlin, Christina; Markey, Kathleen; O'Donnell, Claire; Murphy-Tighe, Sylvia; Doody, Owen; Tuohy, Dympna; Hussey, Mairead; O'Brien, Brid; Meskell, Pauline (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Aims To examine the factors influencing final‐year nursing/midwifery students’ intentions to migrate following graduation. Background With expanding global staff shortages, effective recruitment and retention strategies ...
• Clinical placements in intellectual disability nurse education: A scoping review 

  Doody, Owen; Murphy, Louise; Moloney, Mairéad (Elsevier, 2020)

  Intellectual disability undergraduate nurse education is provided in partnership between third level institutes and healthcare providers. The changing healthcare landscape has resulted in a reduction of the number of ...
• BSc nursing & midwifery students experiences of guided group reflection in fostering personal and professional development. Part 2.for discussion and innovation section 

  O'Brien, Brid; Graham, Margaret M. (Elsevier, 2020)

  Reflective practice is a learning strategy supporting preregistration nursing and midwifery students in meeting everyday clinical practice challenges. This paper reports on a development and innovation evaluation using a ...
• Fourth year nursing students' perceptions of their educational preparation in medication management: an interpretative phenomenological study 

  Moloney, Mairéad; Kingston, Liz; Doody, Owen (Elsevier, 2020)

  Background: Medication safety is an integral aspect of patient safety. Nurses, as advocates of patient safety, actively consider medication safety in the course of their daily work. Hence, it is important to consider the ...
• Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of education and training interventions on trial recruitment; a systematic review 

  Delaney, Hannah; Devane, Declan; Hunter, Andrew; Hennessy, Marita; Parker, Adwoa; Murphy, Louise; Cronin, Patricia; Smith, Valerie (Elsevier, 2019)

  Objective The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of education and training interventions on recruitment to randomized and non-randomized trials. Study Design and Setting A systematic review of the ...
• Impact of a compassionate care leadership programme 

  Saab, Mohamad M; Drennan, Jonathan; Cornally, Nicola; Landers, Margaret; Hegarty, Josephine; Savage, Eileen; Lunn, Cora; Coffey, Alice (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2019)

  Compassionate care delivery enhances patient satisfaction and quality of life and reduces nurse burnout. This study measured the perceptions of nursing and midwifery leaders regarding the impact of the ‘Leaders for ...
• Missed nursing care and nurses' intention to leave: an integrative review 

  Alsubhi, Hattan; Meskell, Pauline; O'Shea, Deirdre; Doody, Owen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Aim To identify the factors that are associated with missed nursing care and the nurses’ intention to leave. Background Errors and mistakes are an inevitable part of work, but there is increased evidence that missed ...
• Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis 

  Houghton, Catherine; Meskell, Pauline; Delaney, Hannah; Smalle, Mike; Glenton, Claire; Booth, Andrew; Chan, Xin Hui S.; Devane, Declan; Biesty, Linda M. (Wiley and Sons Ltd.,, 2020)

  BACKGROUND: This review is one of a series of rapid reviews that Cochrane contributors have prepared to inform the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. When new respiratory infectious diseases become widespread, such as during the ...
• Perinatal mental health in Ireland: a scoping review 

  Huschke, Susann; Murphy-Tighe, Sylvia; Barry, Maebh (Elsevier, 2020)

  Background The international literature clearly indicates that perinatal mental health issues affect many women, and can have profound negative consequences for both the mother, infant and family, and that the causes of ...
• Care accommodation in the acute care setting: missed care or not? 

  O'Donnell, Claire; Andrews, Tom (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Abstract Aim To explain how nurses care for patients with stroke in the acute setting, when working within constraints. Background Internationally, health care environments are experiencing constraints such as reduced ...
• An outreach rehabilitation program for nursing home residents after hip fracture may be cost-saving 

  Beaupre, Lauren A.; Lier, Doug; Magaziner, Jay S.; Jones, Allyson C.; Johnston, William C.; Wilson, Donna M.; Majumdar, Sumit R. (Oxford University Press, 2020)

  Background We compared the cost-effectiveness of 10 weeks of outreach rehabilitation (intervention) versus usual care (control) for ambulatory nursing home residents after hip fracture. Methods Enrollment occurred ...
• Woman-centred care during pregnancy and birth in Ireland: thematic analysis of women's and clinicians' experiences 

  Hunter, Andrew; Devane, Declan; Houghton, Catherine; Grealish, Annmarie; Tully, Agnes; Smith, Valerie (BMC, 2017)

  Background: Recent policy and service provision recommends a woman-centred approach to maternity care. Midwifeled models of care are seen as one important strategy for enhancing women’s choice; a core element of woman-centred ...

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