Dr Maria Brenner PhD MSc BSc RCN RGN RNT
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Biography:
| Maria Brenner is currently Head of Subject for Children's Nursing and Programme Coordinator for the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Paediatric Critical Care) and MSc Child Health in the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems. She obtained her PhD, MSc and BSc from UCD and is a Registered Children's Nurse, a Registered General Nurse and a Registered Nurse Tutor. Her clinical background is in intensive care nursing and she currently holds an honorary clincial position with Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. Her current research interests include research utilisation, evaluating wound dressings for children with thermal injuries, feasibility analysis of KPIs, the practice of restricting children for clinical procedures and the transitional care of children with complex technological needs. |
Research Interests
| The restriction of children for clinical procedures, evaluation of wound dressings for donor site healing in children (collaborative research with Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, feasibility analysis of KPIs for A&E (collaborative research with Dr Abel Wakai), research priorities for children's nursing, research utilisation in children's and general nursing and clinical leadership. |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : National Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin (CRC) Title : Evaluating Dressings for Split Skin Graft Donor Sites Start Date / End Date : 01-JUN-10 / 30-NOV-12 |
Book Chapters
| Brenner M; (2011) 'Clinical Holding' In: Emergencies in Children's and Young Peoples Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
| Brenner M. & Noctor C.; (2010) 'Clinical holding of children and young people' In: Developing Practical Skills for Nursing Children and Young People. London: Hodder Arnold. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Howlin F., Brenner M.; (2010) 'Cardiovascular assessment in children: Assessing pulse and blood pressure'. Paediatric Nursing, 22 (1):25-35.  [Details] |
| Cox R., & Brenner M. ; (2009) 'Commentary on Hughes M (2007) Parents' and nurses' attitudes to family centered care: an Irish perspective'. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18 (2):2341-2348. [Details] |
| Brenner M., Parahoo K., Taggart L.; (2007) 'Child restraint: addressing the distress'. Journal of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 1 (4):159-162. [Details] |
| Brenner M.; (2007) 'Child Restraint in the Acute Setting of Paediatric Nursing: An Extraordinarily Stressful Event'. Comprehensive Issues in Pediatric Nursing, 30 (1-2):29-38. [Details] |
| Brenner, M.; (2005) 'Children's nursing in Ireland: barriers to, and facilitators of research utilisation'. Paediatric Nursing, 17 (4):40-45. [Details] |
| Brenner M. ; (2004) 'Barriers to and facilitators of, research utilization among Registered General Nurses and Registered Sick Children's Nurses in the Republic of Ireland'. An Bord Altranais News, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Brenner, M; (2002) 'Dawning of a new Ireland'. The World of Irish Nursing, 4 (11):22-23. [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Publications
| Brenner M., Treacy P. & Drennan J. (2012) Parent's Experiences of a Child Being Restricted for a Clinical Procedure: a Challenge for Health Care Professionals Paediatric Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting [Details] |
| Brenner M., McManus B. & Cullinane AM (2012) 'Valuable for my Future': a Review of the Quality of a Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Critical Care Nursing Paediatric Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting [Details] |
| Hilliard C., Brenner M., Wall T., Bennett T., Coughlan B. Regan G. Hayden S. & Drennan J. (2012) Supporting Care Delivery to Children and Families in PICU and TCU: a Delphi Study of Children's Nurses' Research Priorities Paediatric Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting [Details] |
| Somandhan S., Larkin P. & Brenner M. (2011) Clinical Genetics in Paediatric Nursing Practice 30th Annual International Nursing and Midwifery Research Education Conference, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland [Details] |
| Hilliard C., Brenner M., Regan G.,Coughlan B., Hayden S. & Drennan J. (2011) The Contribution of Nursing to the Care of Sick Children: Research Priorities for Children's Nursing Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin Audit and Research Conference [Details] |
| Kenney Power T. & Brenner M (2009) Mental Health Nurses Attitudes Towards Deliberate Self Harm 10th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference, University of Dublin, Trinity College [Details] | |||||||||
| Brenner M. (2005) The Challenges of Research Utilisation for Registered Sick Children¿s Nurses 24th Annual International Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland [Details] | |||||||||
| Brenner M (2004) Barriers to and facilitators of, research utilisation among Registered General Nurses and Registered Sick Children¿s Nurses in the Republic of Ireland 5th Annual Research Conference, University of Dublin, Trinity College [Details] | |||||||||
| Brenner M.; (2000) Latex reactions ' minimizing risks in the operating department Irish Nurses' Organisation National Theatre Conference [Details] | |||||||||
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Honours and Awards
| Year: 2002. Title: An Bord Altranais, Research Bursary recipient |
Associations
| Association: Paediatric Intensive Care Society, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Irish Association of Children's Nurses, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Sigma Theta Tau International, Function/Role: Member |
Outreach Activities
| 2009 - 2011: Developed and delivered an education programme, together with Prof P. Larkin, Dr M O'Reilly & Dr. M Devins, for Chernobyl Children's Project International in Belarus. Ongoing work includes providing strategic leadership on service delivery for children on long term ventilation, guidance to the Irish Association for Palliative Care and hosting educational training for Belarussian clinical staff. |
Reviews
| Comprehensive Issues In Pediatric Nursing: Editorial Board member. |
Other Activities
| Invited talks: September 2012: UK Association of Chief Children's Nurses May 2010: European Association of Children in Hospital Ireland |