.Aims and objectives: To generate insights about what matters and is valued by family members of older people with dementia in the Emergency Department. To explore the experiences of emergency nurses looking after older ...

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’ ...

Background: Chronic ulcers affect roughly 60,000 Irish people, at a total cost of J600,000,000, or J10,000 per patient annually. By virtue of their chronicity, these ulcers also contribute a significant burden to tertiary ...

Introduction: This methods paper examines ways in which ethnography and in particular the ethnographic method of participant observation, informs understanding of the reality of nursing work. Methods: The relevance of ...

This is the data set for the article titled “Psychological distress and coping amongst higher education students: A mixed method enquiry”. Published online in PLOS ONE. The data was collected in the 2010/2011 academic year. ...

While the term specialist in nursing can be traced to the turn of the 20th Century, it is only since 2001 that a framework was developed for a clinical career pathway in Ireland. This framework has promoted the development ...

BACKGROUND: Nursing process quality care metrics and indicators are quantifiable measures of the nursing care delivered to clients. They can be used to identify and support nurses' contribution to high quality, safe, client ...

Aim To examine and describe disciplinary discourses conducted through professional policy and regulatory documents in nursing and midwifery in Ireland. Background A key tenet of discourse theory is that group ...

Stress is an important issue within nursing and it is difficult to find agreement among those who are expert in the area regarding a concise definition of stress. Nevertheless stress is seen as a negative feeling affecting ...

The number of older people in Europe is increasing and the demand for care and support is changing. All over Europe there is a need to educate students and professionals in health and social care with the right competences ...