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 ...

The nature and context of education have changed dramatically in recent decades. The increased prioritisation of standardisation, performance indicators and metrics often means that holistic, affective and wellbeing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In many parts of Europe as in Ireland, maternity services do not provide infant CPR training routinely to expectant or new parents. Little is known of the views of expectant women and their partners about learning the ...

Aim and objectives: To audit the introduction of a new nursing document within a specialist palliative care inpatient unit in Ireland. Background: Nursing documentation contributes to effective patient care and communication ...

Aim and objectives. To explore the experiences of registered intellectual disability nurses caring for the older person with intellectual disability. Background. Increased longevity for the older person with intellectual ...