• General practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences of managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: protocol of a mixed methods systematic review and meta-ethnography 

  Jennings, Aisling A.; Foley, Tom; Walsh, Kieran A.; Coffey, Alice; Browne, John P.; Bradley, Colin P. (BioMed Central, 2018)

  Background: In the context of rising dementia prevalence, the workload of general practitioners (GPs) in dementia care is set to increase. However, there are many aspects of dementia care that GPs find challenging. ...
• Coping and help in birth: an investigation into 'normal' childbirth as described by new mothers and their attending midwives 

  Dara, Susanne; Murphy, Fiona A. (Elsevier, 2016)

  Objective: to investigate how 'normal' childbirth is described by new mothers and their attending midwives.Design: a qualitative, reflexive, narrative study was used to explore birth stories using in-depth, unstructured ...
• 'Seeking authorization': a grounded theory exploration of mentors' experiences of assessing nursing students on the borderline of achievement of competence in clinical practice 

  Cassidy, Simon; Coffey, Michael; Murphy, Fiona A. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2017)

  Aim. To develop a substantive theoretical explanation of how mentors make sense of their experiences where nursing students are on the borderline of achievement of competence in clinical practice.Background. The reluctance ...
• Planned birth at or near term for improving health outcomes for pregnant women with gestational diabetes and their infants (Review) 

  Biesty, Linda M.; Egan, Aoife M.; Dunne, Fidelma; Dempsey, Eugene; Meskell, Pauline; Smith, Valerie; Ni Bhuinneain, Meabh G.; Devane, Declan (Wiley and Sons Ltd., Cochrane Collaboration, 2018)

  Background Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. Women with gestational diabetes are more likely to experience adverse health outcomes such as pre-eclampsia or polyhydramnios (excess ...
• Exploring nurses’ experiences of using hand massage to alleviate anxiety for individuals with dementia in residential settings 

  Larkin, Ann (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Patients with dementia living in residential settings may have complex health needs and have reduced capacity to communicate these needs. In such circumstances, attention to presence and touch and more specifically hand ...
• Nursing documentation in palliative care: an integrative review 

  Doody, Owen; Bailey, Maria E.; Moran, Sue; Stewart, Kate (Herbert Publications Ltd, 2018)

  Purpose: Nursing documentation is essential in ensuring communication between team members, continuity of care and evidence based practice. The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesiseresearch pertaining to nursing ...
• Challenges in accessing and interviewing participants with severe mental illness 

  Newman, Daniel; O'Reilly, Pauline; Lee, Siew Hwa; Kennedy, Catriona (RCN Publishing, 2017)

  Background Interviews are widely used in qualitative research to collect data. However, little has been written about interviewing people with severe mental illness (SMI). Aim To report and analyse an experience of ...
• Exploring nursing staff views of responsive behaviours of people with dementia in long-stay facilities 

  Clifford, C.; Doody, Owen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018)

  Introduction: Caring for people with dementia and responsive behaviours can challenge nurses, and little is known of their experiences. Aims: To explore nurses’ views of supporting people with dementia and responsive ...
• Resigned indifference: the importance of cultural competence education 

  Markey, Kathleen; Tilki, Mary; Taylor, Georgina (2017)

  This paper presents the findings of a PhD study, which explored how nurses' deal with their main concern when caring for patients from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Utilising theoretical sampling and the principles ...
• Nurses, midwives and key stakeholders experiences and perceptions on requirements to demonstrate the maintenance of professional competence: an Irish study 

  Casey, Mary; Cooney, Adeline; O'Connell, Rhona P.; Hegarty, Josephine; Brady, Anne-Marie; O'Reilly, Pauline; Kennedy, Catriona; Heffernan, Elizabeth; Fealy, Gerard; McNamara, Martin; O'Connor, Laserina (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016)

  Aim: To present the qualitative findings from a study on the development of scheme(s) to give evidence of maintenance of professional competence for nurses and midwives. Background: Key issues in maintenance of professional ...
• Employing a qualitative description approach in health care research 

  Bradshaw, Carmel; Atkinson, Sandra; Doody, Owen (SAGE Publications, 2017)

  A qualitative description design is particularly relevant where information is required directly from those experiencing the phenomenon under investigation and where time and resources are limited. Nurses and midwives often ...
• Attitudes and practices of Irish hospital-based physicians towards hand hygiene and handrubbing using alcohol-based hand rubs, a comparison between 2007 and 2015. 

  Kingston, Liz M.; Slevin, Barbara L; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Background: Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection prevention and control practices, and reduces healthcare-associated infections significantly. However, international evidence suggests that medical doctors demonstrate ...
• An exploration of health care professionals' experiences of participating in and leading a quality improvement collaborative in the University of Limerick hospitals 

  Murphy, Fiona A; O'Brien, Brid; Barry, Maebh (National Leadership and Innovation Centre for Nursing and Midwifery (NLIC), 2016)

  This report provides the findings of a qualitative descriptive study exploring the experiences of nurses, midwives and other health care professionals involved in three Quality Improvement Collaboratives (QICs). These were ...
• Exploring nurses' use of the WHO safety checklist in the perioperative setting 

  O'Brien, Brid; Graham, Margaret M; Kelly, Mary (Wiley and Sons Ltd.,, 2017)

  Aim To explore nurses' use of the World Health Organization safety checklist in the perioperative setting.BackgroundPromoting quality and safety in health care has received worldwide attention. The World Health Organization ...
• Realising the dream of becoming a nurse: underrepresented BSc nursing students experiences 

  O'Brien, Brid; Graham, Margaret M; O'Sullivan, Deirdre (Elsevier, 2017)

  Background: This paper describes the experiences of underrepresented BSc nursing students in realising the dream of becoming a nurse in one university. In the past ten years, pre-registration nurse education has become ...
• Intensive care unit workforce: occupational health and safety 

  Nihal Esin, Melek; Sezgin, Duygu (Intech, 2017)

  There are many different work tasks and workplace hazards related to the ICU setting. The workplace hazards include the physical environment of the ICU, working conditions, psychosocial factors, ergonomic factors, ...
• Challenges towards a Connected Community Healthcare Ecosystem (CCHE) for managing long-term conditions 

  Carroll, Noel; Kennedy, Catriona; Richardson, Ita (International Society for Gerontechnology, 2016)

  Background Societal, demographic and economic changes have encouraged us to reconsider how we deliver health and social care to older people and their families in our communities. The emergence of ‘Connected Health’ ...
• Surveying community nursing support for persons with an intellectual disability and palliative care needs 

  Bailey, Maria E.; Doody, Owen; Lyons, Rosemary (Wiley and Sons, 2016)

  Palliative care services have developed over the years to support all persons with life-limiting conditions. Moreover, services for people with an intellectual disability have moved from the traditional institutional setting ...
• Helping young people with Asperger syndrome 

  O'Halloran, Maeve; Doody, Owen (RCN Publishing, 2013)

  In Ireland, services for people with intellectual disabilities are increasingly being provided in community-based settings. This article discusses a project in which the social needs of children with Asperger syndrome are ...
• Nurses' perceptions of their role in rehabilitation of the older person 

  Bourke, Kathleen G; Doody, Owen (RCN Publishing, 2012)

  Aim The aim of the study was to explore nurses’ perceptions of their role in rehabilitation of the older person. Method Nine participants were interviewed in two rehabilitation units in Ireland. Data were transcribed and ...

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