UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems

UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems - Research Publications 2020/2021

Below is the list of research publications for the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems in the academic year 2020/2021.



Chapter

Assoc Professor Mary Casey
Casey, M., & Coghlan, D. (2021). “Action Research – For Practitioners and Researchers”. In J. Crossman, & S. Bordia (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research Methodologies in Workplace Contexts. Northampton: Edward Elgar.  
Dr Phil Halligan
Halligan, P., & Clune Mulvaney, C. (2021). General nursing practice through the lens of distributed leadership: A case study. In E. Curtis, M. Beirne, J. G. Cullen, R. Northway, & S. Corrigan (Eds.), Distributed Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare (pp. 94-109). UK: Open University Press.  
Mr Philip Hardie
Hardie, P. (2021). Unity and disunity in Paulinus of Nola Poem 24. In The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (pp. 413-424). Available Online  
Professor Abbey Hyde
Hyde, A., & Orla McDonnell. (2021). Nursing and midwifery as occupations. In J. Gabe, & L. Monaghan (Eds.), Key Concepts in Medical Sociology (third edition). London: Sage.  
Assoc Professor Hasheem Mannan
Wescott, H., MacLachlan, M., & Mannan, H. (2021). The Macropsychology of Disability Rights and Structural Change: Using Bourdieusian Analysis to Understand Stakeholder Power Relations. In Macropsychology (pp. 175-187). Springer International Publishing. Available Online  
Laserina O'Connor
Issues and Development in Health Research Vol. 1 (2021). Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International). Available Online  
Dr Sean Paul Teeling
Cook, N., McConnell, D., & Teeling, S. (2021). Multiple and Mixed Methods Research. In J. Dewing, B. McCormack, & T. McCance (Eds.), Person-centred Nursing Research: Methodology, Methods and Outcomes (pp. 125-137). Switzerland: Springer.  

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Conference Paper

Dr Freda Browne
Browne, F. (2021). Considerations for the design of clinical observation in the testing of conjectured context, mechanism outcome configurations. In Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis. Fostering Innovation in Practice. Online.  
Ms Lorraine Carroll
Parlon, B., & Carroll, L. (2020). Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Adolescents and Young Adults in an Adult Hospital Setting with a History of Heart Transplant. In https://healthservice.hse.ie/about-us/onmsd/onmsd-blog/celebrating-2020-the-year-of-the-nurse-the-midwife-in-ireland-virtual-event.html. Virtual Event.  
Carroll, L., O'Brien, D., Greene, E., & Curtin, M. (2021). Opportunities and innovations in midwifery education in Irealnd arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021 (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working'. Dublin, Ireland.  
Greene, E., & Carroll, L. (2021). Innovations in midwifery education and assessment: a Video Objective Structured Clinical Examination (VOSCE). In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working', Dublin, Ireland.  
Assoc Professor Barbara Coughlan
O'Reilly, S. L., O'Brien, E. C., McGuinness, D., Mehegan, J., Coughlan, B., O'Brien, D., et al. (2021). Latch On: A protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of perinatal support to improve breastfeeding outcomes in women with a raised BMI. In Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Vol. 22. Available Online  
Darley, A., Coughlan, B., & Furlong, E. (2021). Exploring the Personal Meaning and Value of ehealth Technology in the Lives of People Living with Colorectal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. In Thinking Qualitatively Conference.  
Ms Mary Curtin
Carroll, L., O'Brien, D., Greene, E., & Curtin, M. (2021). Opportunities and innovations in midwifery education in Irealnd arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021 (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working'. Dublin, Ireland.  
Dr Carmel Davies
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation: A qualitative study exposing an unexplored path within implementation science.. In 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Seattle, Washington, USA.  
Dr Aoife De Brún
Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2019: where the rubber meets the road: the intersection of research, policy, and practice - part 2 : Seattle, WA, USA. 12-14 September 2019. (2020). In Implementation science : IS Vol. 15 (pp. 80). Available Online  
O'Shea, M., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Clinical Team Communication: Understanding Communication Processes of Effective Healthcare Teams in Delivering Safe, Effective Care. In National Patient Safety Conference.  
Kearns, E. C., Anjara, S., Khurshid, Z., De Brún, A., Rowan, B., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Power dynamics in healthcare teams – a barrier to team effectiveness and patient safety: A systematic review. In UK National Research Collaborative Meeting 2020.  
Rowan, B., Anjara, S., De Brún, A., Macdonald, S., Kearns, E. C., Marnane, M., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The Impact of Huddles on a Multidisciplinary Healthcare Teams’ Work Engagement, Teamwork and Job Satisfaction: A Systematic Review. In UK National Research Collaborative Meeting 2020.  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation: A qualitative study exposing an unexplored path within implementation science.. In 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Seattle, Washington, USA.  
Dr Amanda Drury
Drury, A., & Diez de Los Rios, C. (2021). The EONS Young Cancer Nurses Study: Young Cancer Nurses’ Education, Training & Support Needs. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference.  
Drury, A., Payne, S., & Brady, A. -M. (2021). The Cost of Survival Study: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Body Image Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors. In The International Conference on Cancer Nursing.  
Goss, J., Drury, A., Afolabi, J., Mc Hugh, G., O'Leary, N., & Brady, A. -M. (2021). Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Breathlessness Support Service for individuals with chronic refractory breathlessness.. In IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE Vol. 190 (pp. S36). SPRINGER LONDON LTD.  
Goss, J., Drury, A., Afolabi, J., McHugh, G., O'Leary, N., & Brady, A. -M. (2021). Evaluation of A Multidisciplinary Breathlessness Support Service For Individuals With Chronic Refractory Breathlessness. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference.  
Drury, A., & Diez de los Rios, C. (2021). EONS & Young Cancer Nurses: Study Results & Next Steps. In European Society of Medical Oncology.  
Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2020. (2021). In Irish journal of medical science Vol. 190 (pp. 1-60). Available Online  
Hanhauser, Y., McGarrigle, S., Spillane, C., Byrne, N., Prizeman, G., Drury, A., et al. (2021). Risk management options for BRCA mutation carriers: A Decision-making needs assessment. In Association of Breast Surgery Conference. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. Available Online  
Boland, V., Brady, A. -M., & Drury, A. (2021). The experiences of alopecia among women receiving chemotherapy: the physical and psychological effect. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference.  
Drury, A., & De Los Rios, C. D. (2021). THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT NEEDS OF YOUNG CANCER NURSES. In ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM Vol. 48 (pp. 2 pages). ONCOLOGY NURSING SOC.  
Hanhauser, Y., McGarrigle, S., Spillane, C., Byrne, N., Prizeman, G., Drury, A., et al. (2021). P104. Risk management options for BRCA mutation carriers: A Decision-making needs assessment. In European Journal of Surgical Oncology Vol. 47 (pp. e323). Elsevier BV. Available Online  
Dr Patricia Fox
Bhardwaj, N., Fox, P., Frazer, K., McCann, A., Lyons, A., Doherty, K., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2021). Five-year trend of smoking prevalence among cancer patients in Ireland.. In Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI Scientific Meeting.  
Bhardwaj, N., Lyons, A., Frazer, K., Fox, P., McCann, A., Doherty, K., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2021). Prevalence of smoking among discharged cancer patients in Ireland: 5-year trend analysis.. In Smoking Cessation and Health Conference, UK June 2021.  
Dr Kate Frazer
Deehan, J., & Frazer, K. (2021). Role of Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Developing Care Guidelines for Cryotherapy Practice ( no 43). In https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/about/faculty-of-nursing-and-midwifery/conference. Royal College of Surgeons,Dublin: Royal College of Surgeons,Dublin.  
Bhardwaj, N., Fox, P., Frazer, K., McCann, A., Lyons, A., Doherty, K., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2021). Five-year trend of smoking prevalence among cancer patients in Ireland.. In Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI Scientific Meeting.  
Bhardwaj, N., Lyons, A., Frazer, K., Fox, P., McCann, A., Doherty, K., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2021). Prevalence of smoking among discharged cancer patients in Ireland: 5-year trend analysis.. In Smoking Cessation and Health Conference, UK June 2021.  
Orla, B., Majella, P., & Frazer, K. (2021). Implementing the ‘Smoke Free Start’ Project: Midwifery-led Smoking Cessation Services in Two Maternity Hospitals. In Health Promotion through E health: Challenges and Opportuities. 25th Healh Promotion Confernce NUI Galway.. NUI Galway, Ireland.  
Lacey, E., Kroll, T., Adarkwa, C., Chaturvedi, A., & Frazer, K. (2021). A SYSTEMATIC SCOPING REVIEW MAPPING THE CURRENT EVIDENCE OF DESIGN THINKING INTERVENTIONS FOR HOMELESS POPULATIONS.. In IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE Vol. 190 (pp. S155). SPRINGER LONDON LTD.  
Dr Eileen Furlong
Darley, A., Coughlan, B., & Furlong, E. (2021). Exploring the Personal Meaning and Value of ehealth Technology in the Lives of People Living with Colorectal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. In Thinking Qualitatively Conference.  
Dr John Gilmore
Gilmore, J. (2021). Creating more inclusive approaches to sexual health. In INMO LGBTI Ireland Webinar.  
Ms Elizabeth Greene
Greene, E., & Carroll, L. (2021). Innovations in midwifery education and assessment: a Video Objective Structured Clinical Examination (VOSCE). In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working', Dublin, Ireland.  
Carroll, L., O'Brien, D., Greene, E., & Curtin, M. (2021). Opportunities and innovations in midwifery education in Irealnd arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021 (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working'. Dublin, Ireland.  
Ms Katie Hill
Hill, K., Brenner, M., Murphy, M., Doyle, C., Begley, T., & Amanda, D. (2021). Accessing Respite for Children with Complex Care Needs.. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021.  
Hollywood, E., Hill, K., Murphy, M., & O'Neill, T. (2021). A dash to ‘get online’! How Covid-19 arrived in Ireland and children’s nurse education swiftly went virtual.. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021.  
Begley, T., Brenner, M., Murphy, M., Doyle, C., Hill, K., & Doyle, A. (2021). Experiences of nurses and parents of care for children with complex care needs at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021.  
Mrs Rachel Howe
Howe, R. (2020). Covid-19 & my PhD Journey!. In Children’s Research Network - Online PhD Symposium, ‘Restrictions, Resilience and Research: overcoming uncertainty and adapting to life as a PhD student during the Covid-19 pandemic.  
Howe, R. (2021). Pet Therapy for children, their families and healthcare workers at the Children’s Hospital: Results of a Scoping Review. In International Family Nursing Association.  
Professor Thilo Kroll
Bradley, V., Beadle Brown, J., Birkbeck, G., Bredewold, F., Chirwa, M., Kanova, S., et al. (2021). The global experiences of family members supporting a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic. In IASSIDD European Congress Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability Vol. 34 (pp. 1250).  
Assoc Professor Hasheem Mannan
Kodate, N., Maeda, Y., Hauray, B., Chan, C. W., Mannan, H., Dalgalarrondo, S., et al. (2021). A vision for the future? Shifting portrayals of care robots
in newspaper articles in Asia and Europe. In 50th Anniversary Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology.
 
Professor Eilish McAuliffe
O'Shea, M., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Clinical Team Communication: Understanding Communication Processes of Effective Healthcare Teams in Delivering Safe, Effective Care. In National Patient Safety Conference.  
Kearns, E. C., Anjara, S., Khurshid, Z., De Brún, A., Rowan, B., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Power dynamics in healthcare teams – a barrier to team effectiveness and patient safety: A systematic review. In UK National Research Collaborative Meeting 2020.  
Rowan, B., Anjara, S., De Brún, A., Macdonald, S., Kearns, E. C., Marnane, M., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The Impact of Huddles on a Multidisciplinary Healthcare Teams’ Work Engagement, Teamwork and Job Satisfaction: A Systematic Review. In UK National Research Collaborative Meeting 2020.  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation: A qualitative study exposing an unexplored path within implementation science.. In 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Seattle, Washington, USA.  
Dr Denise O'Brien
Carroll, L., O'Brien, D., Greene, E., & Curtin, M. (2021). Opportunities and innovations in midwifery education in Irealnd arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. In Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2021 (THEconf2021): 'Transforming healthcare in a changing world: new ways of thinking and working'. Dublin, Ireland.  
O'Reilly, S. L., O'Brien, E. C., McGuinness, D., Mehegan, J., Coughlan, B., O'Brien, D., et al. (2021). Latch On: A protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of perinatal support to improve breastfeeding outcomes in women with a raised BMI. In Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Vol. 22. Available Online  
Dr Lisa Rogers
Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2019: where the rubber meets the road: the intersection of research, policy, and practice - part 2 : Seattle, WA, USA. 12-14 September 2019. (2020). In Implementation science : IS Vol. 15 (pp. 80). Available Online  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation: A qualitative study exposing an unexplored path within implementation science.. In 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Seattle, Washington, USA.  
Dr Suja Somanadhan
Ismael, L., McCombe, G., Ennis, S., Somanadhan, S., & Cullen, W. (2021). INTEGRATING GENOMICS INTO PRIMARY CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW ON THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS. In IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE Vol. 190 (pp. S128). SPRINGER LONDON LTD.  
Ms Marcelina Szafranska
O'Reilly, S. L., O'Brien, E. C., McGuinness, D., Mehegan, J., Coughlan, B., O'Brien, D., et al. (2021). Latch On: A protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of perinatal support to improve breastfeeding outcomes in women with a raised BMI. In Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Vol. 22. Available Online  
Dr Sean Paul Teeling
Teeling, S., Dewing, J., & Baldie, D. (2021). Using Realist Evaluation to realise methodological coherence between Lean Six Sigma and person-centred approaches to improvement. In 2021 International Conference for Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis. Virtual.  
Teeling, S., Dewing, J., & Baldie, D. (2021). Developing new methods for person-centred approaches to adjudicating Context Mechanism Outcome Configurations. In 2021 International Conference for Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis. Virtual.  

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Edited Book

Dr Phil Halligan
Curtis, E. A., Beirne, M., Cullen, J. G., Northway, R., & Corrigan, S. M. (Eds.) (2021). Distributed Leadership In Nursing and Healthcare, Theory, Evidence and Development. UK: Open University Press.  

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Journal article

Dr Freda Browne
Connolly, M., Browne, F., Regan, G., & Ryder, M. (2020). Stakeholder perceptions of curriculum design, development and delivery for continuing e-learning for nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 29(17), 1016-1022. Available Online  
Browne, F., Hannigan, B., & Harden, J. (2021). A realist evaluation of a safe medication administration education programme. Nurse Education Today, 97. Available Online  
Ms Lorraine Carroll
Carroll, L., Sheehy, L., Doherty, J., O'Brien, D., Brosnan, M., Cronin, M., et al. (2020). Perineal management: Midwives’ confidence and educational needs. Midwifery, 90. Available Online  
Parlon, B. E., & Carroll, L. (2021). Caring for Adolescents and Young Adults in an Adult Hospital Setting with a History of Heart Transplant: Nurses' Experience. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 40(4), S288-S289. Available Online  
Carroll, L., Curtin, M., Greene, E., & O’Brien, D. (2021). Midwifery lecturers’ reflections of midwifery education during covid-19 in ireland. Practising Midwife, 24(7), 8-9.  
Assoc Professor Mary Casey
Casey, M., Coghlan, D., Carroll, Á., Stokes, D., Roberts, K., & Hynes, G. (2021). Application of action research in the field of healthcare: a scoping review protocol. . HRB open research, 4, 46. Available Online  
Phelan, A., Rohde, D., Casey, M., Fealy, G., Felle, P., O’kelly, G., et al. (2021). Co-creating descriptors and a definition for person-centred coordinated health care: An action research study. International Journal of Integrated Care, 21(1), 1-13. Available Online  
Casey, M., & O’ Connor, L. (2021). Advanced practice nursing: Should research be the icing on the cake?. Nursing Open. Available Online  
Murtagh, S., McCombe, G., Broughan, J., Carroll, Á., Casey, M., Harrold, Á., et al. (2021). Integrating primary and secondary care to enhance chronic disease management: A scoping review. International Journal of Integrated Care, 21(1), 1-15. Available Online  
O'Farrell, A., McCombe, G., Broughan, J., Carroll, Á., Casey, M., Fawsitt, R., & Cullen, W. (2021). Measuring integrated care at the interface between primary care and secondary care: a scoping review. Journal of Integrated Care. Available Online  
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
OConnor, L., McAuliffe, E., Casey, M., Rodgers, L., Gallen, A., Finnegan, L., et al. (2021). Operationalising a Modified Delphi Study on Progressing Quality Care Nursing Metrics for Acute Care.. Journal of Research in Nursing.  
O'Brien, D., Butler, M. M., & Casey, M. (2021). The importance of nurturing trusting relationships to embed shared decision-making during pregnancy and childbirth. Midwifery, 98. Available Online  
Roberts, K., Casey, M., Coghlan, D., Cornall, C., Hudson, C., Stokes, D., & Carroll, A. (2021). A scoping review protocol to map the evidence on the use of action research methodology by healthcare professionals and in healthcare team settings. Available Online  
Ms Ciara Conlon
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Assessing the impact of COVID-19 public health stages on paediatric emergency attendance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-25. Available Online  
Conlon, C., Nicholson, E., Rodríguez-Martin, B., O’Donovan, R., De Brún, A., McDonnell, T., et al. (2020). Factors influencing general practitioners decisions to refer Paediatric patients to the emergency department: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). Available Online  
Nicholson, E., McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Parental hesitancy and concerns around accessing paediatric unscheduled healthcare during covid-19: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 1-19. Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Barrett, M., McNicholas, F., Barrett, E., Conlon, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Increased mental health presentations by children aged 5-15 at emergency departments during the first 12 months of covid-19. Irish Medical Journal, 114(5).  
Dr Michael Connolly
Connolly, M., Browne, F., Regan, G., & Ryder, M. (2020). Stakeholder perceptions of curriculum design, development and delivery for continuing e-learning for nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 29(17), 1016-1022. Available Online  
Ryder, M., Gallagher, P., Coughlan, B., Halligan, P., Guerin, S., & Connolly, M. (2021). Nursing and midwifery workforce readiness during a global pandemic: A survey of the experience of one hospital group in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Nursing Management. Available Online  
Clarke, T., & Connolly, M. (2021). Parent’s Lived Experience of Memory Making With Their Child at or Near End of Life. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Available Online  
White, L., Agbana, S., Connolly, M., Guerin, S., & Larkin, P. (2021). Palliative care competencies and education needs of nurses and healthcare assistants involved in the provision of supportive palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 27(4), 195-204. Available Online  
Malibari, N. M., Connolly, M., & Aljohani, A. S. (2021). Self-Assessment of Competence in Palliative Care of Medical Doctors Working in Saudi Arabia. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 38(8), 899-906. Available Online  
Assoc Professor Barbara Coughlan
Carroll, L., Sheehy, L., Doherty, J., O'Brien, D., Brosnan, M., Cronin, M., et al. (2020). Perineal management: Midwives’ confidence and educational needs. Midwifery, 90. Available Online  
Callaghan, S., O’Brien, E., Coughlan, B., & McAuliffe, F. M. (2020). Midwives’ and obstetricians’ level of knowledge of appropriate gestational weight gain recommendations for pregnancy: A systematic review. Birth, 47(4), 322-331. Available Online  
Ryder, M., Gallagher, P., Coughlan, B., Halligan, P., Guerin, S., & Connolly, M. (2021). Nursing and midwifery workforce readiness during a global pandemic: A survey of the experience of one hospital group in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Nursing Management. Available Online  
O'Reilly, S. L., O'Brien, E. C., McGuinness, D., Mehegan, J., Coughlan, B., O'Brien, D., et al. (2021). Latch On: A protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of perinatal support to improve breastfeeding outcomes in women with a raised BMI. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 22, 100767. Available Online  
Ms Mary Curtin
Curtin, M., Savage, E., Murphy, M., & Leahy-Warren, P. (2021). A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach. Women and Birth. Available Online  
Carroll, L., Curtin, M., Greene, E., & O’Brien, D. (2021). Midwifery lecturers’ reflections of midwifery education during covid-19 in ireland. Practising Midwife, 24(7), 8-9.  
Dr Carmel Davies
Howe, R., Nicholson, S., Lafferty, A., Davies, C., Stokes, D., & Kroll, T. (2020). Animal assisted activities in the children's hospital: protocol for a scoping review. Available Online  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation; a qualitative study exploring the impact of power, authority, and influence when implementing change in healthcare teams. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Ó Coimín, D., O’Donnell, D., Ní Shé, É., Davies, C., Christophers, L., et al. (2021). Assisted decision-making and interprofessional collaboration in the care of older people: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the acute hospital setting. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Available Online  
Dr Aoife De Brún
De Brún, A., Anjara, S., Cunningham, U., Khurshid, Z., Macdonald, S., O’donovan, R., et al. (2020). The collective leadership for safety culture (Co-lead) team intervention to promote teamwork and patient safety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 1-16. Available Online  
Khurshid, Z., De Brún, A., Moore, G., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Virtual adaptation of traditional healthcare quality improvement training in response to COVID-19: a rapid narrative review. Human Resources for Health, 18(1). Available Online  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation; a qualitative study exploring the impact of power, authority, and influence when implementing change in healthcare teams. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). Available Online  
Conlon, C., Nicholson, E., Rodríguez-Martin, B., O’Donovan, R., De Brún, A., McDonnell, T., et al. (2020). Factors influencing general practitioners decisions to refer Paediatric patients to the emergency department: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). Available Online  
Connolly, F., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). A narrative synthesis of learners’ experiences of barriers and facilitators related to effective interprofessional simulation. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. . HRB open research, 4, 16. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Mutunga, E., Kroll, T., & De Brún, A. (2021). ‘It is stressful, almost every hour…’: Experiences of caring for people living with dementia in Kenya—An interpretive phenomenological approach. Dementia. Available Online  
Ryan, P., Mcgrath, C., Lawrie, I., Fitzsimons, C., O'Shea, J., & De Brún, A. (2021). Erratum: Enhancing efficiency in a cardiac investigations department by increasing remote patient monitoring (International Journal for Quality in Health Care DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzz065). International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(1). Available Online  
De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). The RELATE model: strategies to effectively engage healthcare organisations to create amenable contexts for implementation. Journal of Health Organization and Management. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. . HRB open research, 4, 33. Available Online  
Flood, M., Ennis, M., Ludlow, A., Sweeney, F. F., Holton, A., Morgan, S., et al. (2021). Research methods from human-centered design: Potential applications in pharmacy and health services research. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. Available Online  
Corey, J., Vallières, F., Frawley, T., Brún, A. D., Davidson, S., & Gilmore, B. (2021). A rapid realist review of group psychological first aid for humanitarian workers and volunteers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1-16. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Karani, C., Kamolo, E., Kroll, T., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). What contextual factors and mechanisms facilitate male involvement in women's sexual and reproductive health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A rapid realist review protocol. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). Healthcare Professionals Experience of Psychological Safety, Voice, and Silence. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. Available Online  
Flood, M., Ennis, M., Ludlow, A., Sweeney, F., Mellon, L., Boland, F., et al. (2021). Using Human-Centred Design to Develop Innovative Approaches to Improve Delivery of Brief Interventions in Primary Care: The HealthEir Project. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 29(Supplement_1), i16-i17. Available Online  
Cunningham, U., De Brún, A., Willgerodt, M., Blakeney, E., & McAuliffe, E. (2021) Team interventions in acute hospital contexts: protocol for the evaluation of an initial programme theory using realist methods. HRB Open Research, 4, 32. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. Available Online  
Kearns, E., Khurshid, Z., Anjara, S., De Brún, A., Rowan, B., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). P92 Power dynamics in healthcare teams – a barrier to team effectiveness and patient safety: A systematic review. BJS Open, 5(Supplement_1). Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Barrett, M., Bury, G., Collins, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years: The impact on emergency department attendance. Social Science and Medicine, 279. Available Online  
Khurshid, Z., De Brún, A., Martin, J., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis: Determinants of the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Measurement-Focused Quality Improvement Trainings. The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, 41(3), 210-220. Available Online  
Cunningham, U., De Brún, A., Willgerodt, M., Blakeney, E. A. R., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). A realist evaluation of team interventions in acute hospital contexts—use of two case studies to test initial programme theories. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16). Available Online  
Dr Emma Dorris
McGauran, G., Dorris, E., Borza, R., Morgan, N., Shields, D. C., Matallanas, D., et al. (2020). Resolving the Interactome of the Human Macrophage Immunometabolism Regulator (MACIR) with Enhanced Membrane Protein Preparation and Affinity Proteomics. Proteomics, 20(19-20). Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Nicholson, E., Dorris, E., Brinkley, A., Kennan, A., Treacy, E., et al. (2020). Rare Disease Research Partnership (RAinDRoP): a collaborative approach to identify research priorities for rare diseases in Ireland. Available Online  
Dorris, E. R., Russell, J., & Murphy, M. (2021). Post-intubation subglottic stenosis: Aetiology at the cellular and molecular level. European Respiratory Review, 30(159), 1-15. Available Online  
Adeeb, F., Dorris, E. R., Morgan, N. E., Lawless, D., Maqsood, A., Ng, W. L., et al. (2021). A Novel RELA Truncating Mutation in a Familial Behçet’s Disease–like Mucocutaneous Ulcerative Condition. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 73(3), 490-497. Available Online  
Burns, J. A., Holden, S., Korzec, K., & Dorris, E. R. (2021). From intent to implementation: Factors affecting public involvement in life science research. PLoS ONE, 16(4 April 2021). Available Online  
Dr Amanda Drury
Keogh, B., Ting To, W., Daly, L., Hynes, G., Kennelly, S., Lawlor, B., et al. (2020). Acute hospital staff's attitudes towards dementia and perceived dementia knowledge: A cross-sectional survey in Ireland. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1). Available Online  
Boland, V., Brady, A. M., & Drury, A. (2020). The physical, psychological and social experiences of alopecia among women receiving chemotherapy: An integrative literature review. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 49. Available Online  
Drury, A., Payne, S., & Brady, A. M. (2021). Prevalence vs impact: a mixed methods study of survivorship issues in colorectal cancer. Quality of Life Research. Available Online  
Biagioli, V., Drury, A., Wells, M., Eicher, M., & Kelly, D. (2021). Self-care and cancer: Comment on Riegel et al. (2020) ‘Characteristics of self-care interventions for patients with a chronic condition: A scoping review’. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 115. Available Online  
McGarrigle, S. A., Prizeman, G., Spillane, C., Byrne, N., Drury, A., Mockler, D., et al. (2021). Decision aids for female BRCA mutation carriers: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(7). Available Online  
Dr Ikenna Ebuenyi
Ebuenyi, I. D., Smith, E. M., Kafumba, J., Jamali, M. Z., Munthali, A., & MacLachlan, M. (2020). Implementation of the Assistive Product List (APL) in Malawi through development of appropriate policy and systems: an action research protocol.. BMJ open, 10(11), e040281. Available Online  
Smith, E. M., Toro Hernandez, M. L., Ebuenyi, I. D., Syurina, E. V., Barbareschi, G., Best, K. L., et al. (2020). Assistive Technology Use and Provision During COVID-19: Results From a Rapid Global Survey.. International journal of health policy and management. Available Online  
Ebuenyi, I. (2020). A Case for an Assistive Technology Policy in Nigeria; leaving no one behind.. Nig Del Med J, 4(4), 24-26.  
Ebuenyi, I. D., Kafumba, J., Smith, E. M., Jamali-Phiri, M. Z., Munthali, A., & MacLachlan, M. (2021). Empirical research and available data on assistive technology for persons with disabilities in Malawi: A review. Assistive Technology. Available Online  
Smith, E. M., MacLachlan, M., Ebuenyi, I. D., Holloway, C., & Austin, V. (2021). Developing inclusive and resilient systems: COVID-19 and assistive technology. Disability and Society, 36(1), 151-154. Available Online  
Dumbili, E. W., Ebuenyi, I. D., & Ugoeze, K. C. (2021). New psychoactive substances in Nigeria: A call for more research in Africa. Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 1, 100008. Available Online  
Gitonga, I., Syurina, E. V., Tele, A., & Ebuenyi, I. D. (2021). Improving work and employment opportunities for women with psychosocial disabilities: an action research protocol.. The Pan African medical journal, 38, 323. Available Online  
Tamin, J., Samuel, O., Suraya, A., Ebuenyi, I. D., Naicker, N., & Rajput-Ray, M. (2021). Vulnerable Workers and COVID-19: Insights from a Survey of Members of the International Commission for Occupational Health.. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(1). Available Online  
Jamali-Phiri, M., Ebuenyi, I. D., Smith, E. M., Kafumba, J. A., MacLachlan, M., & Munthali, A. (2021). Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing the Use of Assistive Technology among Children with Disabilities in Malawi.. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(6). Available Online  
Chikezie, E. U., Ebuenyi, I. D., Allagoa, E. L. P., & Onyeka, I. N. (2021). Perception of Substance Use Disorder Training: a Survey of General Psychiatry Residents in Nigeria. Academic Psychiatry, 45(3), 360-365. Available Online  

Professor Gerard Fealy
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., McAuliffe, E., Phelan, A., O’Sullivan, L., O’Shea, D., et al. (2020). Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(9), 1198-1213. Available Online  
Sheehan, R., & Fealy, G. (2020). Trust in the nurse: Findings from a survey of hospitalised children. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(21-22), 4289-4299. Available Online  
Phelan, A., Rohde, D., Casey, M., Fealy, G., Felle, P., O’kelly, G., et al. (2021). Co-creating descriptors and a definition for person-centred coordinated health care: An action research study. International Journal of Integrated Care, 21(1), 1-13. Available Online  
Lafferty, A., Phillips, D., Dowling-Hetherington, L., Fahy, M., Moloney, B., Duffy, C., et al. (2021). Colliding worlds: Family carers’ experiences of balancing work and care in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Social Care in the Community. Available Online  
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., Cullinan, J., Fealy, G., & O'Shea, E. (2021). An analysis of carer burden among family carers of people with and without dementia in Ireland. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(4), 347-358. Available Online  
Dr Patricia Fox
Frazer, K., Fox, P., Stokes, D., Bhardwaj, N., Kelleher, C., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2021). PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews A rapid systematic review of interventions for smoking cessation for people who smoke diagnosed with lung, cervical, breast or head and neck cancer.. Prospero National Institute Health Research, CRD42020214204.  
Maguire, R., McCann, L., Kotronoulas, G., Kearney, N., Ream, E., Armes, J., et al. (2021). Real time remote symptom monitoring during chemotherapy for cancer: European multicentre randomised controlled trial (eSMART). The BMJ, 374. Available Online  
Mr Robert Fox
Fox, R., Hyland, P., Power, J. M. H., & Coogan, A. N. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder among older adults: A differential item functioning analysis of PTSD in ICD-11 and DSM-5. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(7), 799-806. Available Online  
Drogomyretska, K., Fox, R., & Colbert, D. (2020). Brief Report: Stress and Perceived Social Support in Parents of Children with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(11), 4176-4182. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. . HRB open research, 4, 16. Available Online  
Hyland, P., Rochford, S., Munnelly, A., Dodd, P., Fox, R., Vallières, F., et al. (2021). Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. Available Online  
Fox, R., McHugh Power, J., Coogan, A. N., Beekman, A. T. F., van Tilburg, T. G., & Hyland, P. (2021). Posttraumatic stress disorder and loneliness are associated over time: A longitudinal study on PTSD symptoms and loneliness, among older adults. Psychiatry Research, 299. Available Online  
Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Fox, R., Bondjers, K., et al. (2021). A longitudinal assessment of depression and anxiety in the Republic of Ireland before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 300. Available Online  
Fox, R., Hyland, P., Coogan, A. N., Cloitre, M., & McHugh Power, J. (2021). Posttraumatic stress disorder, complex PTSD and subtypes of loneliness among older adults.. Journal of clinical psychology. Available Online  
Dr Timothy Frawley
Safieh, J., Broughan, J., McCombe, G., McCarthy, N., Frawley, T., Guerandel, A., et al. (2021). Interventions to Optimise Mental Health Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Available Online  
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
Corey, J., Vallières, F., Frawley, T., Brún, A. D., Davidson, S., & Gilmore, B. (2021). A rapid realist review of group psychological first aid for humanitarian workers and volunteers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1-16. Available Online  
Dr Kate Frazer
Clynes, M., Sheridan, A., & Frazer, K. (2020). Ref: NET_2019_1563: Working while studying: The impact of term-time employment on undergraduate nursing students' engagement in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 92. Available Online  
Frazer, K., & Kroll, T. (2020). Skills building seminar: Using design thinking to mitigate the impact of homelessness on individuals and families. European Journal of Public Health, 3(5). Available Online  
Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2020). Designing for Growth and Development – A co-designed course for homeless people. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5). Available Online  
Clynes, M., Sheridan, A., & Frazer, K. (2020). Student engagement in higher education: A cross-sectional study of nursing students' particpation in college-based education in the republic of Ireland. Nurse Education Today, 93. Available Online  
Darbyshire, P., Hayter, M., Frazer, K., Ion, R., & Jackson, D. (2020). Hitting rock bottom: The descent from predatory journals and conferences to the predatory PhD. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(23-24), 4425-4428. Available Online  
Vijayaraghavan, M., Elser, H., Frazer, K., Lindson, N., & Apollonio, D. (2020). Interventions to reduce tobacco use in people experiencing homelessness. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, No.: CD013413.(12). Available Online  
Giltenane, M., Sheridan, A., Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2021). Identification of quality indicators of public health nursing practice: “modified Delphi” approach. Public Health Nursing. Available Online  
Frazer, K. (2021). Adhering to tobacco dependency medications requires collaborative and personalised interventions for long-term smoking cessation outcomes in adults. Evidence-Based Nursing, 24(1), 27. Available Online  
Douma, M. J., Graham, T. A. D., Bone, A., Ali, S., Dennett, L., Brindley, P. G., et al. (2021). What are the Care Needs of Families Experiencing Cardiac Arrest Care? A Survivor and Family-Performed Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis Protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20. Available Online  
Giltenane, M., Sheridan, A., Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2021). Work environment challenging Irish public health nurses’ care quality: First postnatal visit. Public Health Nursing. Available Online  
Frazer, K., Fox, P., Stokes, D., Bhardwaj, N., Kelleher, C., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2021). PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews A rapid systematic review of interventions for smoking cessation for people who smoke diagnosed with lung, cervical, breast or head and neck cancer.. Prospero National Institute Health Research, CRD42020214204.  
Donohoe, C., Frazer, K., Stokes, D., & Kroll, T. (2021) 'Strategy-as-practice' by hospital personnel in hospitals: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 26. Available Online  
Frazer, K. (2021). Nurses' intuitive worrying predicts physiological changes in patients' vital signs. Evidence-Based Nursing, 24(2), 64. Available Online  
Dableh, S., Frazer, K., & Kroll, T. (2021) Access of older people to primary healthcare services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 57. Available Online  
Murray, R. M., Conroy, E., Connolly, M., Stokes, D., Frazer, K., & Kroll, T. (2021). Scoping review: Suicide specific intervention programmes for people experiencing homelessness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13). Available Online  
Frazer, K. (2021). Commentary on Wu et al.: Sustaining and advancing the global war on tobacco. Addiction, 116(8), 2185-2186. Available Online  
O'Donnell, R., Semple, S., Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2021). Smoke-free homes Innovation Network (SHINE) Charter: Priorities for future collaboration. Tobacco Control. Retrieved from https://blogs.bmj.com/  
Dr Hugh Fulham-McQuillan
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. Available Online  
Dr Eileen Furlong
Maguire, R., McCann, L., Kotronoulas, G., Kearney, N., Ream, E., Armes, J., et al. (2021). Real time remote symptom monitoring during chemotherapy for cancer: European multicentre randomised controlled trial (eSMART). The BMJ, 374. Available Online  
Dr Brynne Gilmore
Gilmore, B., Ndejjo, R., Tchetchia, A., De Claro, V., Mago, E., Diallo, A. A., et al. (2020). Community engagement for COVID-19 prevention and control: A rapid evidence synthesis. BMJ Global Health, 5(10). Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. . HRB open research, 4, 33. Available Online  
Spencer, J., Gilmore, B., Lodenstein, E., & Portela, A. (2021). A mapping and synthesis of tools for stakeholder and community engagement in quality improvement initiatives for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. Health Expectations. Available Online  
Corey, J., Vallières, F., Frawley, T., Brún, A. D., Davidson, S., & Gilmore, B. (2021). A rapid realist review of group psychological first aid for humanitarian workers and volunteers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1-16. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. Available Online  
Dr John Gilmore
Warren, D., Gilmore, J. P., & Wright, C. (2021). Developing an embedded nursing service within a homeless shelter: Client’s perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9). Available Online  
Ms Elizabeth Greene
Carroll, L., Curtin, M., Greene, E., & O’Brien, D. (2021). Midwifery lecturers’ reflections of midwifery education during covid-19 in ireland. Practising Midwife, 24(7), 8-9.  
Dr Phil Halligan
Ryder, M., Gallagher, P., Coughlan, B., Halligan, P., Guerin, S., & Connolly, M. (2021). Nursing and midwifery workforce readiness during a global pandemic: A survey of the experience of one hospital group in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Nursing Management. Available Online  
Mr Philip Hardie
Hardie, P., Darley, A., Redmond, C., Lafferty, A., & Jarvis, S. (2021). Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol.. HRB open research, 4, 9. Available Online  
Hardie, P., Darley, A., Redmond, C., Lafferty, A., & Jarvis, S. (2021) Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 9. Available Online  
Ms Katie Hill
Hill, K., Murphy, M., Hollywood, E., & O'Neill, T. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching an Undergraduate Children’s Nursing Module. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 12(3).  
Brenner, M., Doyle, A., Begley, T., Doyle, C., Hill, K., & Murphy, M. (2021). Enhancing care of children with complex healthcare needs: an improvement project in a community health organisation in Ireland.. BMJ open quality, 10(1). Available Online  
Murphy, M., Hill, K., Begley, T., Brenner, M., & Doyle, C. (2021). Respite Care for Children with Complex Care Needs: A Literature Review.. Comprehensive child and adolescent nursing, 1-10. Available Online  
Mrs Rachel Howe
Howe, R., Nicholson, S., Lafferty, A., Davies, C., Stokes, D., & Kroll, T. (2020). Animal assisted activities in the children's hospital: protocol for a scoping review. Available Online  
Ms Frances Howlin
Kennedy, M., & Howlin, F. (2021). Preparation of children for elective surgery and hospitalisation: A parental perspective.. Journal of Child Healthcare. Available Online  
Ms Ciara Kirwan
Carroll, L., Sheehy, L., Doherty, J., O'Brien, D., Brosnan, M., Cronin, M., et al. (2020). Perineal management: Midwives’ confidence and educational needs. Midwifery, 90. Available Online  
Professor Thilo Kroll
Frazer, K., & Kroll, T. (2020). Skills building seminar: Using design thinking to mitigate the impact of homelessness on individuals and families. European Journal of Public Health, 3(5). Available Online  
Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2020). Designing for Growth and Development – A co-designed course for homeless people. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5). Available Online  
29.D. Skills building seminar: Using design thinking to mitigate the impact of homelessness on individuals and families (2020). European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5). Available Online  
Howe, R., Nicholson, S., Lafferty, A., Davies, C., Stokes, D., & Kroll, T. (2020). Animal assisted activities in the children's hospital: protocol for a scoping review. Available Online  
Todd, S., Bernal, J., Shearn, J., Worth, R., Jones, E., Lowe, K., et al. (2020). Last months of life of people with intellectual disabilities: A UK population-based study of death and dying in intellectual disability community services. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(6), 1245-1258. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Nicholson, E., Dorris, E., Brinkley, A., Kennan, A., Treacy, E., et al. (2020). Rare Disease Research Partnership (RAinDRoP): a collaborative approach to identify research priorities for rare diseases in Ireland. Available Online  
Moloney, B., Kroll, T., & Lafferty, A. (2020) An exploration of young carers’ experiences of school and their perceptions regarding their future career - a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 41. Available Online  
Fattori, F., O'Donnell, D., Rodríguez-Martín, B., & Kroll, T. (2020). Which instruments are used to measure shared, supported and assisted healthcare decision-making between patients who have limited, impaired or fluctuating capacity, their family carers and healthcare professionals? A systematic review protocol. Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Manning, M., Mannan, H., Wilson, A. G., & Kroll, T. (2020). Renegotiating dimensions of the self: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the lived experience of self-managing rheumatoid arthritis. Health Expectations, 23(6), 1388-1411. Available Online  
Higgins, A., Murphy, R., Downes, C., Barry, J., Monahan, M., Hevey, D., et al. (2020). Factors impacting the implementation of a psychoeducation intervention within the mental health system: a multisite study using the consolidation framework for implementation research. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). Available Online  
Hunt, K., Bernal, J., Worth, R., Shearn, J., Jarvis, P., Jones, E., et al. (2020). End-of-life care in intellectual disability: A retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 10(4), 469-477. Available Online  
Moloney, B., Kroll, T., & Lafferty, A. (2020). An exploration of young carers’ experiences of school and their perceptions regarding their future career - a scoping review protocol. Available Online  
Ryan, J. M., Fortune, J., Walsh, A., Norris, M., Kerr, C., Hensey, O., et al. (2020). Transition from child to adult health services for young people with cerebral palsy in Ireland: A mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(12). Available Online  
Giltenane, M., Sheridan, A., Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2021). Work environment challenging Irish public health nurses’ care quality: First postnatal visit. Public Health Nursing. Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Ó Coimín, D., O’Donnell, D., Ní Shé, É., Davies, C., Christophers, L., et al. (2021). Assisted decision-making and interprofessional collaboration in the care of older people: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the acute hospital setting. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Available Online  
Lafferty, A., Phillips, D., Dowling-Hetherington, L., Fahy, M., Moloney, B., Duffy, C., et al. (2021). Colliding worlds: Family carers’ experiences of balancing work and care in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Social Care in the Community. Available Online  
Giltenane, M., Sheridan, A., Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2021). Identification of quality indicators of public health nursing practice: “modified Delphi” approach. Public Health Nursing. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Mutunga, E., Kroll, T., & De Brún, A. (2021). ‘It is stressful, almost every hour…’: Experiences of caring for people living with dementia in Kenya—An interpretive phenomenological approach. Dementia. Available Online  
Douma, M. J., Graham, T. A. D., Bone, A., Ali, S., Dennett, L., Brindley, P. G., et al. (2021). What are the Care Needs of Families Experiencing Cardiac Arrest Care? A Survivor and Family-Performed Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis Protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20. Available Online  
Maxwell, R., O’Brien, M., O’Donnell, D., Christophers, L., & Kroll, T. (2021). Using a multidisciplinary approach to reveal decision-making capacity within acute care for an individual with aphasia. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 9. Available Online  
Gorchs-Font, N., Ramon-Aribau, A., Yildirim, M., Kroll, T., Larkin, P. J., & Subirana-Casacuberta, M. (2021). Nursing students' first experience of death: Identifying mechanisms for practice learning. A realist review. Nurse Education Today, 96. Available Online  
Azar, M., Azar, N., Kroll, T., & Bradbury-Jones, C. (2021). Should I Seek Help for Sexual Difficulties? Middle-Aged Lebanese Women's Views. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 47(7), 635-655. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Karani, C., Kamolo, E., Kroll, T., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). What contextual factors and mechanisms facilitate male involvement in women's sexual and reproductive health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A rapid realist review protocol. Available Online  
Donohoe, C., Frazer, K., Stokes, D., & Kroll, T. (2021) 'Strategy-as-practice' by hospital personnel in hospitals: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 26. Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Wilson, A. G., Mannan, H., Dix, C., Whitehill, L., & Kroll, T. (2021). (In)Visible illness: A photovoice study of the lived experience of self-managing rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS ONE, 16(3 March). Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Wilson, A. G., Mannan, H., Dix, C., Whitehill, L., & Kroll, T. (2021). Erratum: (In)Visible illness: A photovoice study of the lived experience of self-managing rheumatoid arthritis (PLoS ONE (2021) 16:3 (e0248151) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248151). PLoS ONE, 16(4 April). Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Githui, S., Marete, E., & Kroll, T. (2021) COVID-19 and vaccines in Africa: a descriptive and thematic analysis of Twitter content. HRB Open Research, 4, 43. Available Online  
Karpaviciute, S., Sweeney, A., O‘Neill, A., McNulty, S., Kroll, T., & Somanadhan, S. (2021) The use of music for children and adolescents living with rare diseases in the healthcare setting: a scoping review study protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 52. Available Online  
Dableh, S., Frazer, K., & Kroll, T. (2021) Access of older people to primary healthcare services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 57. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Bristow, H., Crushell, E., Pastores, G., Nicholson, E., Kroll, T., et al. (2021). IMPCAT study: measuring the impact of caregiving on families and healthcare professionals of children and adults living with mucopolysaccharidoses in Ireland. Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease, 2, 263300402110207. Available Online  
Cunningham, K. B., Kroll, T., & Wells, M. (2021). First steps in identifying and addressing loneliness in the context of COVID-19. Perspectives in Public Health, 141(4), 200-201. Available Online  
Murray, R. M., Conroy, E., Connolly, M., Stokes, D., Frazer, K., & Kroll, T. (2021). Scoping review: Suicide specific intervention programmes for people experiencing homelessness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13). Available Online  
O'Donnell, R., Semple, S., Kroll, T., & Frazer, K. (2021). Smoke-free homes Innovation Network (SHINE) Charter: Priorities for future collaboration. Tobacco Control. Retrieved from https://blogs.bmj.com/  
Dr Attracta Lafferty
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., McAuliffe, E., Phelan, A., O’Sullivan, L., O’Shea, D., et al. (2020). Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(9), 1198-1213. Available Online  
Howe, R., Nicholson, S., Lafferty, A., Davies, C., Stokes, D., & Kroll, T. (2020). Animal assisted activities in the children's hospital: protocol for a scoping review. Available Online  
Moloney, B., Kroll, T., & Lafferty, A. (2020) An exploration of young carers’ experiences of school and their perceptions regarding their future career - a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 41. Available Online  
Moloney, B., Kroll, T., & Lafferty, A. (2020). An exploration of young carers’ experiences of school and their perceptions regarding their future career - a scoping review protocol. Available Online  
Lafferty, A., Phillips, D., Dowling-Hetherington, L., Fahy, M., Moloney, B., Duffy, C., et al. (2021). Colliding worlds: Family carers’ experiences of balancing work and care in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Social Care in the Community. Available Online  
Hardie, P., Darley, A., Redmond, C., Lafferty, A., & Jarvis, S. (2021). Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol.. HRB open research, 4, 9. Available Online  
Hardie, P., Darley, A., Redmond, C., Lafferty, A., & Jarvis, S. (2021) Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 9. Available Online  
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., Cullinan, J., Fealy, G., & O'Shea, E. (2021). An analysis of carer burden among family carers of people with and without dementia in Ireland. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(4), 347-358. Available Online  
Professor Philip Larkin
Hasson, F., Muldrew, D., Carduff, E., Finucane, A., Graham-Wisener, L., Larkin, P., et al. (2020). ‘Take more laxatives was their answer to everything’: A qualitative exploration of the patient, carer and healthcare professional experience of constipation in specialist palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 34(8), 1057-1066. Available Online  
Radbruch, L., De Lima, L., Knaul, F., Wenk, R., Ali, Z., Bhatnaghar, S., et al. (2020). Redefining Palliative Care—A New Consensus-Based Definition. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 60(4), 754-764. Available Online  
Bobbink, P., Pugliese, M. T., Larkin, P., & Probst, S. (2020). Nurse-led patient education for persons suffering from a venous leg ulcer in outpatient's clinics and homecare settings: A scoping review. Journal of Tissue Viability, 29(4), 297-309. Available Online  
Bobbink, P., Larkin, P. J., & Probst, S. (2020). Experiences of Venous Leg Ulcer persons following an individualised nurse-led education: Protocol for a qualitative study using a constructivist grounded theory approach. BMJ Open, 10(11). Available Online  
Galiana, L., Sansó, N., Muñoz-Martínez, I., Vidal-Blanco, G., Oliver, A., & Larkin, P. J. (2021). Palliative Care Professionals’ Inner Life: Exploring the Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Prediction of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Wellbeing. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Available Online  
Dzierzanowski, T., & Larkin, P. (2021). Proposed criteria for constipation in palliative care patients. A multicenter cohort study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(1), 1-11. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Brinkley, A., & Larkin, P. J. (2021). Living through liminality? Situating the transitional experience of parents of children with mucopolysaccharidoses. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. Available Online  
Gorchs-Font, N., Ramon-Aribau, A., Yildirim, M., Kroll, T., Larkin, P. J., & Subirana-Casacuberta, M. (2021). Nursing students' first experience of death: Identifying mechanisms for practice learning. A realist review. Nurse Education Today, 96. Available Online  
Martins Pereira, S., Hernández-Marrero, P., Pasman, H. R., Capelas, M. L., Larkin, P., & Francke, A. L. (2021). Nursing education on palliative care across Europe: Results and recommendations from the EAPC Taskforce on preparation for practice in palliative care nursing across the EU based on an online-survey and country reports. Palliative Medicine, 35(1), 130-141. Available Online  
Clancy, A., Olaso, E. M., Larkin, P., & Brenner, M. (2021). Education on childrens complex care needs in general nursing curricula in Europe: An inductive content analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 52. Available Online  
White, L., Agbana, S., Connolly, M., Guerin, S., & Larkin, P. (2021). Palliative care competencies and education needs of nurses and healthcare assistants involved in the provision of supportive palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 27(4), 195-204. Available Online  
Crawford, G. B., Dzierzanowski, T., Hauser, K., Larkin, P., Luque-Blanco, A. I., Murphy, I., et al. (2021). Care of the adult cancer patient at the end of life: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines. ESMO open, 6(4), 100225. Available Online  
Dr Claire Magner
Magner, C., Valkenburg, A. J., Doherty, D., van Dijk, M., O'Hare, B., Segurado, R., & Cowman, S. (2020). The impact of introducing nurse-led analgesia and sedation guidelines in ventilated infants following cardiac surgery. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 60. Available Online  
ffrench-O'Carroll, R., Feeley, T., Tan, M. H., Magner, C., L'Estrange, K., Efrimescu, C. I., et al. (2021). Psychological impact of COVID-19 on staff working in paediatric and adult critical care. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 126(1), e39-e41. Available Online  
Magner, C., Greenberg, N., Timmins, F., O'Doherty, V., & Lyons, B. (2021). The psychological impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers ‘From Heartbreak to Hope’. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(13-14), e53-e55. Available Online  

Assoc Professor Hasheem Mannan
Donnelly, S., Manning, M., Mannan, H., Wilson, A. G., & Kroll, T. (2020). Renegotiating dimensions of the self: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the lived experience of self-managing rheumatoid arthritis. Health Expectations, 23(6), 1388-1411. Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Wilson, A. G., Mannan, H., Dix, C., Whitehill, L., & Kroll, T. (2021). (In)Visible illness: A photovoice study of the lived experience of self-managing rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS ONE, 16(3 March). Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Wilson, A. G., Mannan, H., Dix, C., Whitehill, L., & Kroll, T. (2021). Erratum: (In)Visible illness: A photovoice study of the lived experience of self-managing rheumatoid arthritis (PLoS ONE (2021) 16:3 (e0248151) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248151). PLoS ONE, 16(4 April). Available Online  
McVeigh, J., MacLachlan, M., Ferri, D., & Mannan, H. (2021) Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations: Further Analyses of the International Disability Alliance Global Survey. Disabilities, 1(3), 202-217. Available Online  
Mrs Denise Mc Guinness
McGuinness, D., Paul, G., Murtagh, R., & O'Hagan, L. (2020). A service evaluation of a hospital-based specialist postnatal breastfeeding clinic. British Journal of Midwifery, 28(11), 762-767. Available Online  
McGuinness, D., & Szafranska, M. (2021). Candida and Breastfeeding: A Critical Commentary on the Dilemmas Around Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management. Clinical Lactation, 12(1), 42-48. Available Online  
O'Reilly, S. L., O'Brien, E. C., McGuinness, D., Mehegan, J., Coughlan, B., O'Brien, D., et al. (2021). Latch On: A protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of perinatal support to improve breastfeeding outcomes in women with a raised BMI. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 22, 100767. Available Online  
Dr Helen McAneney
Carswell, C., Reid, J., Walsh, I., Johnston, W., McAneney, H., Mullan, R., et al. (2020). A mixed-methods feasibility study of an arts-based intervention for patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis. Available Online  
McMullan, J., Crowe, A. L., Bailie, C., Moore, K., McMullan, L. S., Shamandi, N., et al. (2020). Improvements needed to support people living and working with a rare disease in Northern Ireland: current rare disease support perceived as inadequate. Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 15(1), 315. Available Online  
Carswell, C., Reid, J., Walsh, I., Johnston, W., McAneney, H., Mullan, R., et al. (2020). A mixed-methods feasibility study of an arts-based intervention for patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis. BMC Nephrology, 21(1). Available Online  
McMullan, J., Crowe, A. L., Downes, K., McAneney, H., & McKnight, A. J. (2021). Carer reported experiences: Supporting someone with a rare disease. Health and Social Care in the Community. Available Online  
Carswell, C., Reid, J., Walsh, I., McAneney, H., Lee, J. B., & Noble, H. (2021). Complex arts-based interventions for patients receiving haemodialysis: A realist review. Arts and Health, 13(2), 107-133. Available Online  
Professor Eilish McAuliffe
O'Sullivan, L., Crowley, R., McAuliffe, É., & Doran, P. (2020). Contributory factors to the evolution of the concept and practice of informed consent in clinical research: A narrative review. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 19. Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Assessing the impact of COVID-19 public health stages on paediatric emergency attendance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-25. Available Online  
O'Sullivan, L., Sukumar, P., Crowley, R., McAuliffe, E., & Doran, P. (2020). Readability and understandability of clinical research patient information leaflets and consent forms in Ireland and the UK: A retrospective quantitative analysis. BMJ Open, 10(9). Available Online  
Zaki, M., Galligan, M., O'Sullivan, L., Devane, D., & McAuliffe, E. (2020) A protocol for a systematic review investigating the factors influencing the statistical planning, design, conduct, analysis and reporting of trials. HRB Open Research, 3, 36. Available Online  
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., McAuliffe, E., Phelan, A., O’Sullivan, L., O’Shea, D., et al. (2020). Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(9), 1198-1213. Available Online  
De Brún, A., Anjara, S., Cunningham, U., Khurshid, Z., Macdonald, S., O’donovan, R., et al. (2020). The collective leadership for safety culture (Co-lead) team intervention to promote teamwork and patient safety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 1-16. Available Online  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation; a qualitative study exploring the impact of power, authority, and influence when implementing change in healthcare teams. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). Available Online  
Khurshid, Z., De Brún, A., Moore, G., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Virtual adaptation of traditional healthcare quality improvement training in response to COVID-19: a rapid narrative review. Human Resources for Health, 18(1). Available Online  
Conlon, C., Nicholson, E., Rodríguez-Martin, B., O’Donovan, R., De Brún, A., McDonnell, T., et al. (2020). Factors influencing general practitioners decisions to refer Paediatric patients to the emergency department: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). Available Online  
Nicholson, E., McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Parental hesitancy and concerns around accessing paediatric unscheduled healthcare during covid-19: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 1-19. Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Barrett, M., McNicholas, F., Barrett, E., Conlon, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Increased mental health presentations by children aged 5-15 at emergency departments during the first 12 months of covid-19. Irish Medical Journal, 114(5).  
Connolly, F., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). A narrative synthesis of learners’ experiences of barriers and facilitators related to effective interprofessional simulation. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. . HRB open research, 4, 16. Available Online  
De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). The RELATE model: strategies to effectively engage healthcare organisations to create amenable contexts for implementation. Journal of Health Organization and Management. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Karani, C., Kamolo, E., Kroll, T., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). What contextual factors and mechanisms facilitate male involvement in women's sexual and reproductive health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A rapid realist review protocol. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). Healthcare Professionals Experience of Psychological Safety, Voice, and Silence. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. Available Online  
OConnor, L., McAuliffe, E., Casey, M., Rodgers, L., Gallen, A., Finnegan, L., et al. (2021). Operationalising a Modified Delphi Study on Progressing Quality Care Nursing Metrics for Acute Care.. Journal of Research in Nursing.  
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Barrett, M., Bury, G., Collins, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years: The impact on emergency department attendance. Social Science and Medicine, 279. Available Online  
Khurshid, Z., De Brún, A., Martin, J., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis: Determinants of the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Measurement-Focused Quality Improvement Trainings. The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, 41(3), 210-220. Available Online  
Cunningham, U., De Brún, A., Willgerodt, M., Blakeney, E. A. R., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). A realist evaluation of team interventions in acute hospital contexts—use of two case studies to test initial programme theories. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16). Available Online  
Dr Therese McDonnell
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Assessing the impact of COVID-19 public health stages on paediatric emergency attendance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-25. Available Online  
Conlon, C., Nicholson, E., Rodríguez-Martin, B., O’Donovan, R., De Brún, A., McDonnell, T., et al. (2020). Factors influencing general practitioners decisions to refer Paediatric patients to the emergency department: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). Available Online  
Nicholson, E., McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Parental hesitancy and concerns around accessing paediatric unscheduled healthcare during covid-19: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 1-19. Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Barrett, M., McNicholas, F., Barrett, E., Conlon, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Increased mental health presentations by children aged 5-15 at emergency departments during the first 12 months of covid-19. Irish Medical Journal, 114(5).  
Conlon, C., McDonnell, T., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Deasy, C., Hensey, C., et al. (2021). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Health and Well-Being: Are Children “Slipping through the Net”? A Qualitative Study of Frontline Emergency Care Staff. Available Online  
Yoong, S. L., Lum, M., Jackson, J., Wolfenden, L., Barnes, C., Jones, J., et al. (2021). Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six years and below. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(1). Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Barrett, M., Bury, G., Collins, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years: The impact on emergency department attendance. Social Science and Medicine, 279. Available Online  
Professor Martin McNamara
Connolly, K., Teeling, S. P., & McNamara, M. (2020) Live well after stroke. International Practice Development Journal, 10(2), 1-16. Available Online  
Hartnett, L., & McNamara, M. (2020). Using the semantic wave to support intellectual disability nursing students to apply theory and evidence in practice. Learning Disability Practice, 23(6), 40-44. Available Online  
Thompson, W., & McNamara, M. (2021). Revealing how language builds the identity of the advanced nurse practitioner. Journal of Clinical Nursing. Available Online  
Thompson, W., & McNamara, M. (2021). Constructing the advanced nurse practitioner identity in the healthcare system: A discourse analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Available Online  
Donegan, D., Teeling, S. P., McNamara, M., McAweeney, E., McGrory, L., & Mooney, R. (2021) Calling time on the ‘dance of the blind reflex’: how collaborative working reduced older persons ’length of stay in acute care and increased home discharge. International Practice Development Journal, 11(1), 1-14. Available Online  
Dr Doreen Mucheru
Mucheru, D., Hanlon, M. C., McEvoy, M., & MacDonald-Wicks, L. (2020). An appraisal of methodology reporting in lifestyle interventions among people with psychosis: A systematic review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31(3), 540-552. Available Online  
Ms Sophie Mulcahy Symmons
Vindrola-Padros, C., Andrews, L., Dowrick, A., Djellouli, N., Fillmore, H., Bautista Gonzalez, E., et al. (2020). Perceptions and experiences of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.. BMJ open, 10(11), e040503. Available Online  
Vindrola-Padros, C., Chisnall, G., Cooper, S., Dowrick, A., Djellouli, N., Symmons, S. M., et al. (2020). Carrying Out Rapid Qualitative Research During a Pandemic: Emerging Lessons From COVID-19.. Qualitative health research, 30(14), 2192-2204. Available Online  
Vera San Juan, N., Aceituno, D., Djellouli, N., Sumray, K., Regenold, N., Syversen, A., et al. (2020). Mental health and well-being of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: contrasting guidelines with experiences in practice.. BJPsych open, 7(1), e15. Available Online  
Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., et al. (2021). A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs. Available Online  
Dr Purity Mwendwa
Mwendwa, P. (2020). Doing qualitative research on dementia with family caregivers in Kenya: A reflection on fieldwork experiences. International Journal on Ageing in Developing Countries,, 5(1), 36-45.  
Mwendwa, P., Mutunga, E., Kroll, T., & De Brún, A. (2021). ‘It is stressful, almost every hour…’: Experiences of caring for people living with dementia in Kenya—An interpretive phenomenological approach. Dementia. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Karani, C., Kamolo, E., Kroll, T., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). What contextual factors and mechanisms facilitate male involvement in women's sexual and reproductive health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A rapid realist review protocol. Available Online  
Mwendwa, P., Githui, S., Marete, E., & Kroll, T. (2021) COVID-19 and vaccines in Africa: a descriptive and thematic analysis of Twitter content. HRB Open Research, 4, 43. Available Online  
Dr Éidín Ní Shé
Shé, É. N., O’donnell, D., O’shea, M., & Stokes, D. (2020). New ways of working? A rapid exploration of emerging evidence regarding the care of older people during covid19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-15. Available Online  
Dr Emma Nicholson
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Assessing the impact of COVID-19 public health stages on paediatric emergency attendance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-25. Available Online  
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., McAuliffe, E., Phelan, A., O’Sullivan, L., O’Shea, D., et al. (2020). Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(9), 1198-1213. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Nicholson, E., Dorris, E., Brinkley, A., Kennan, A., Treacy, E., et al. (2020). Rare Disease Research Partnership (RAinDRoP): a collaborative approach to identify research priorities for rare diseases in Ireland. Available Online  
Conlon, C., Nicholson, E., Rodríguez-Martin, B., O’Donovan, R., De Brún, A., McDonnell, T., et al. (2020). Factors influencing general practitioners decisions to refer Paediatric patients to the emergency department: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). Available Online  
Nicholson, E., McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). Parental hesitancy and concerns around accessing paediatric unscheduled healthcare during covid-19: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 1-19. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. . HRB open research, 4, 33. Available Online  
Guerin, S., Nicholson, E., Keogh, F., & Dodd, P. (2021). Staff and family views of alternative respite services for adults with intellectual disabilities–aims, outcomes and experiences. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 67(4), 296-306. Available Online  
O'Donovan, R., Buckley, C., Crowley, P., Fulham-McQuillan, H., Gilmore, B., Martin, J., et al. (2021). Contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak: a protocol for enabling rapid learning from experiences and exploring the psychological impact on contact tracers. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Bristow, H., Crushell, E., Pastores, G., Nicholson, E., Kroll, T., et al. (2021). IMPCAT study: measuring the impact of caregiving on families and healthcare professionals of children and adults living with mucopolysaccharidoses in Ireland. Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease, 2, 263300402110207. Available Online  
McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Barrett, M., Bury, G., Collins, C., Cummins, F., et al. (2021). Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years: The impact on emergency department attendance. Social Science and Medicine, 279. Available Online  
Dr Denise O'Brien
Carroll, L., Sheehy, L., Doherty, J., O'Brien, D., Brosnan, M., Cronin, M., et al. (2020). Perineal management: Midwives’ confidence and educational needs. Midwifery, 90. Available Online  
Doherty, J., & O'Brien, D. (2021). A participatory action research study exploring midwives’ understandings of the concept of burnout in Ireland. Women and Birth. Available Online  
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
O'Reilly, S. L., O'Brien, E. C., McGuinness, D., Mehegan, J., Coughlan, B., O'Brien, D., et al. (2021). Latch On: A protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of perinatal support to improve breastfeeding outcomes in women with a raised BMI. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 22, 100767. Available Online  
O'Brien, D., Butler, M. M., & Casey, M. (2021). The importance of nurturing trusting relationships to embed shared decision-making during pregnancy and childbirth. Midwifery, 98. Available Online  
Carroll, L., Curtin, M., Greene, E., & O’Brien, D. (2021). Midwifery lecturers’ reflections of midwifery education during covid-19 in ireland. Practising Midwife, 24(7), 8-9.  
Laserina O'Connor
O'Connor, L., Hassett, A., & Sheridan, N. (2021). Pain assessment and registration in medical oncology clinics: operationalised through the lens of health care professionals and patients.. HRB open research, 4, 86. Available Online  
Casey, M., & O’ Connor, L. (2021). Advanced practice nursing: Should research be the icing on the cake?. Nursing Open. Available Online  
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
OConnor, L., McAuliffe, E., Casey, M., Rodgers, L., Gallen, A., Finnegan, L., et al. (2021). Operationalising a Modified Delphi Study on Progressing Quality Care Nursing Metrics for Acute Care.. Journal of Research in Nursing.  
O'Connor, L., Hassett, A., & Sheridan, N. (2021). Pain Assessment and Registration in Medical Oncology Clinics: Operationalised Through the Lens of Health Care Professionals and Patients.. HRB Open Research.  
O'Connor, L. (2021). Effective Chronic Pain Control in General Practice Part 1. Forum: Irish General Practitioners.  
Dr Deirdre O'Donnell
Shé, É. N., O’donnell, D., O’shea, M., & Stokes, D. (2020). New ways of working? A rapid exploration of emerging evidence regarding the care of older people during covid19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-15. Available Online  
Fattori, F., O'Donnell, D., Rodríguez-Martín, B., & Kroll, T. (2020). Which instruments are used to measure shared, supported and assisted healthcare decision-making between patients who have limited, impaired or fluctuating capacity, their family carers and healthcare professionals? A systematic review protocol. Available Online  
Donnelly, S., Ó Coimín, D., O’Donnell, D., Ní Shé, É., Davies, C., Christophers, L., et al. (2021). Assisted decision-making and interprofessional collaboration in the care of older people: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the acute hospital setting. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Available Online  
Maxwell, R., O’Brien, M., O’Donnell, D., Christophers, L., & Kroll, T. (2021). Using a multidisciplinary approach to reveal decision-making capacity within acute care for an individual with aphasia. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 9. Available Online  
Dr Carla O'Neill
O'Neill, C., & O'Neill, C. S. (2020). Nurses' Duty to Care: The Ethical Challenges of Covid-19. Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland, 26(2), 96-98.  
Dr Gillian Paul
McGuinness, D., Paul, G., Murtagh, R., & O'Hagan, L. (2020). A service evaluation of a hospital-based specialist postnatal breastfeeding clinic. British Journal of Midwifery, 28(11), 762-767. Available Online  
Assoc Professor Amanda Phelan
Teahan, Á., Lafferty, A., McAuliffe, E., Phelan, A., O’Sullivan, L., O’Shea, D., et al. (2020). Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(9), 1198-1213. Available Online  
Miss Stacey Power Walsh
Power, S., Meaney, S., & O'Donoghue, K. (2020). Fetal medicine specialist experiences of providing a new service of termination of pregnancy for fatal fetal anomaly: a qualitative study. BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.  
Power, S., O’Donoghue, K., & Meaney, S. (2021). Experiences of Volunteers Supporting Parents Following a Fatal Fetal Anomaly Diagnosis. Qualitative Health Research, 31(5), 835-846. Available Online  
Dr Catherine Redmond
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
Hardie, P., Darley, A., Redmond, C., Lafferty, A., & Jarvis, S. (2021). Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol.. HRB open research, 4, 9. Available Online  
Hardie, P., Darley, A., Redmond, C., Lafferty, A., & Jarvis, S. (2021) Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 9. Available Online  
Dr Lisa Rogers
De Brún, A., Anjara, S., Cunningham, U., Khurshid, Z., Macdonald, S., O’donovan, R., et al. (2020). The collective leadership for safety culture (Co-lead) team intervention to promote teamwork and patient safety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 1-16. Available Online  
Rogers, L., De Brún, A., Birken, S. A., Davies, C., & McAuliffe, E. (2020). The micropolitics of implementation; a qualitative study exploring the impact of power, authority, and influence when implementing change in healthcare teams. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). Available Online  
Dr Mary Ryder
Connolly, M., Browne, F., Regan, G., & Ryder, M. (2020). Stakeholder perceptions of curriculum design, development and delivery for continuing e-learning for nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 29(17), 1016-1022. Available Online  
Ryder, M., Jacob, E., & Hendricks, J. (2020). An integrative review to identify evidence of nurse practitioner-led changes to health-care delivery and the outcomes of such changes. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 26(6). Available Online  
Ryder, M., Gallagher, P., Coughlan, B., Halligan, P., Guerin, S., & Connolly, M. (2021). Nursing and midwifery workforce readiness during a global pandemic: A survey of the experience of one hospital group in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Nursing Management. Available Online  
Ryder, M., Kitson, A. L., O'Brien, T. S., & Timmins, F. (2021). Advancing Nursing Practice Through Fundamental Care Delivery.. Journal of nursing management. Available Online  
Assoc Professor Ann Sheridan
Clynes, M., Sheridan, A., & Frazer, K. (2020). Ref: NET_2019_1563: Working while studying: The impact of term-time employment on undergraduate nursing students' engagement in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 92. Available Online  
Clynes, M., Sheridan, A., & Frazer, K. (2020). Student engagement in higher education: A cross-sectional study of nursing students' particpation in college-based education in the republic of Ireland. Nurse Education Today, 93. Available Online  
Dr Rita Smith
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
Dr Suja Somanadhan
Somanadhan, S., Nicholson, E., Dorris, E., Brinkley, A., Kennan, A., Treacy, E., et al. (2020). Rare Disease Research Partnership (RAinDRoP): a collaborative approach to identify research priorities for rare diseases in Ireland. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Brinkley, A., & Larkin, P. J. (2021). Living through liminality? Situating the transitional experience of parents of children with mucopolysaccharidoses. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. Available Online  
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
Karpaviciute, S., Sweeney, A., O‘Neill, A., McNulty, S., Kroll, T., & Somanadhan, S. (2021) The use of music for children and adolescents living with rare diseases in the healthcare setting: a scoping review study protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 52. Available Online  
Somanadhan, S., Bristow, H., Crushell, E., Pastores, G., Nicholson, E., Kroll, T., et al. (2021). IMPCAT study: measuring the impact of caregiving on families and healthcare professionals of children and adults living with mucopolysaccharidoses in Ireland. Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease, 2, 263300402110207. Available Online  
Ms Marcelina Szafranska
McGuinness, D., & Szafranska, M. (2021). Candida and Breastfeeding: A Critical Commentary on the Dilemmas Around Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management. Clinical Lactation, 12(1), 42-48. Available Online  
Dr Sean Paul Teeling
Connolly, K., Teeling, S. P., & McNamara, M. (2020) Live well after stroke. International Practice Development Journal, 10(2), 1-16. Available Online  
Brown, R., Grehan, P., Brennan, M., Carter, D., Brady, A., Moore, E., et al. (2021). Erratum: Using Lean Six Sigma to improve rates of day of surgery admission in a national thoracic surgery department (International Journal for Quality in Health Care DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzz083). International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(1). Available Online  
O'Connor, L., Coffey, A., Lambert, V., Casey, M., McNamara, M., Teeling, S. P., et al. (2021). Quality care process metrics (QCP-Ms) in nursing and midwifery care processes: a rapid realist review (RRR) protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 85. Available Online  
Donegan, D., Teeling, S. P., McNamara, M., McAweeney, E., McGrory, L., & Mooney, R. (2021) Calling time on the ‘dance of the blind reflex’: how collaborative working reduced older persons ’length of stay in acute care and increased home discharge. International Practice Development Journal, 11(1), 1-14. Available Online  
Professor Fiona Timmins
Timmins, F. (2020). Polish nursing into the future - Challenges and opportunities. Pielegniarstwo XXI Wieku, 18(3), 200-205. Available Online  
Bagnasco, A., Catania, G., Zanini, M., Dasso, N., Rossi, S., Aleo, G., et al. (2020). Are data on missed nursing care useful for nursing leaders? The RN4CAST@IT cross-sectional study. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(8), 2136-2145. Available Online  
Bagnasco, A., Dasso, N., Rossi, S., Timmins, F., Aleo, G., Catania, G., et al. (2020). A qualitative descriptive inquiry of the influences on nurses’ missed care decision-making processes in acute hospital paediatric care. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(8), 1929-1939. Available Online  
Yuan, C., Timmins, F., & Thompson, D. R. (2021). Post-intensive care syndrome: A concept analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 114. Available Online  
Hou, Y., Timmins, F., Zhou, Q., & Wang, J. (2021). A cross-sectional exploration of emergency department nurses’ moral distress, ethical climate and nursing practice environment. International Emergency Nursing, 55. Available Online  
Al-Yateem, N., Almarzouqi, A., Dias, J. M., Saifan, A., & Timmins, F. (2021). Nursing in the United Arab Emirates: Current challenges and opportunities. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(2), 109-112. Available Online  
McCarthy, B., Connaire, K., & Timmins, F. (2021). Transitions during end-of-life care from the perspective of informal caregivers – A concept analysis using Rodgers’ (2000) evolutionary approach. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 51. Available Online  
Catania, G., Zanini, M., Hayter, M., Timmins, F., Dasso, N., Ottonello, G., et al. (2021). Lessons from Italian front-line nurses' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(3), 404-411. Available Online  
Timmins, F., & Timmins, B. (2021). An integrative review of waiting time, queuing, and design as contributory factors to emergency department violence. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 14(2), 139-151. Available Online  
Lonergan, A., Timmins, F., & Donohue, G. (2021). Mental Health Nurse experiences of delivering care to severely depressed adults receiving electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 28(3), 309-316. Available Online  
Hou, Y. C., Timmins, F., Zhou, Q., & Wang, J. Z. (2021). A conceptual analysis of the meaning of comfort at the end-of-life using the Walker and Avant (2014) Framework. Frontiers of Nursing, 8(2), 91-97. Available Online  
Ryder, M., Kitson, A. L., O'Brien, T. S., & Timmins, F. (2021). Advancing Nursing Practice Through Fundamental Care Delivery.. Journal of nursing management. Available Online  
Magner, C., Greenberg, N., Timmins, F., O'Doherty, V., & Lyons, B. (2021). The psychological impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers ‘From Heartbreak to Hope’. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(13-14), e53-e55. Available Online  
Al-Yateem, N., Al-Marzouqi, A., Dias, J., Saifan, A., & Timmins, F. (2021). Leadership for professional advancement and evidence-based practice in UAE: Now more than ever. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(5), 865-868. Available Online  

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Poster

Ms Frances Howlin
Kennedy, M., & Howlin, F. (2021). Preparation of children for elective surgery and hospitalisation: A parental perspective. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.Available Online  
Mrs Martina Kennedy
Kennedy, M., & Howlin, F. (2021). Preparation of children for elective surgery and hospitalisation: A parental perspective. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.Available Online  

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Presentation

Dr Sean Paul Teeling
Teeling, S. (2020). Lean Healthcare and Covid-19 Treatment in Ireland. Zoom. Retrieved from https://www.leanblog.org/  

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Report

Dr Michael Connolly
Connolly, M., Frazer, K., Furlong, E., Ryder, M., Plaza Escribano, T., & Larkin, P. (2020). Evaluation of the clinical nurse specialist in palliative care role in Cavan General Hospital. HSE North East: HSE.  
Dr Timothy Frawley
Gilmore, B., Carey, J., Valliéres, F., Aldamman, K., Frawley, T., & Davidson, S. (2021). Group Psychological First Aid for Humanitarian Workers and Volunteers. London: Wellcome.  
Dr Kate Frazer
Connolly, M., Frazer, K., Furlong, E., Ryder, M., Plaza Escribano, T., & Larkin, P. (2020). Evaluation of the clinical nurse specialist in palliative care role in Cavan General Hospital. HSE North East: HSE.  
Dr Eileen Furlong
Connolly, M., Frazer, K., Furlong, E., Ryder, M., Plaza Escribano, T., & Larkin, P. (2020). Evaluation of the clinical nurse specialist in palliative care role in Cavan General Hospital. HSE North East: HSE.  
Dr Brynne Gilmore
Gilmore, B., Carey, J., Valliéres, F., Aldamman, K., Frawley, T., & Davidson, S. (2021). Group Psychological First Aid for Humanitarian Workers and Volunteers. London: Wellcome.  
Dr Mary Ryder
Connolly, M., Frazer, K., Furlong, E., Ryder, M., Plaza Escribano, T., & Larkin, P. (2020). Evaluation of the clinical nurse specialist in palliative care role in Cavan General Hospital. HSE North East: HSE.  

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