Nursing and Midwifery (Scholarly Publications): Recent submissions
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Perspectives of nurses and patient representatives on the morally competent nurse: An international focus group study
(2025)Background: Across the world, healthcare systems have become increasingly complex, making it more difficult for nurses to act ethically when faced with moral dilemmas. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular revealed ethical ... -
A User Typology for Digital Health Self-Management Technologies: A Qualitative Study of the Long-term User Experiences of Older Adults with a Digital Self-Management Platform for Multimorbidity (ProACT).
(2025)Self-management technology to track symptoms, medication, activity and other health goals is being proposed as a solution to the increasing prevalence of multi- morbidity in our ageing populations. Yet, no one-size-fits-all ... -
The application of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in Nursing Education: A Scoping Review Protocol.
(2025)Introduction: This article outlines the protocol for a scoping review that aims to systematically and comprehensively map the available published and unpublished literature on the application of Generative AI as a teaching, ... -
The Impact of Menopause on the Mental Health of Women With an Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review
(2025)Background: Negative mental health implications of menopause found in the general population, combined with high rates of mental health conditions found in women with intellectual disabilities, provide rationale to examine ... -
You’ve got a lot of big hurdles to jump”: A qualitative investigation into parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of the factors influencing children’s physical activity
(European Journal of Public Health, 2024-09-26)Purpose Levels of physical inactivity in children remains a serious public health concern. The school and home setting provide a promising environment to support children’s physical activity (PA). Understanding the factors ... -
Vitamin D supplementation and bone health in menopausal women: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
(2024-07)Serum 25(OH)D (vitamin D) plays an important role in skeletal and muscle function(1). Menopausal women are at an increased risk of reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture due to a decline in oestrogen levels(2). A ... -
When You Move You Have Fun: Perceived Barriers, and Facilitators of Physical Activity From a Child's Perspective
(2022)In Northern Ireland (NI), many children do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity (PA). To reduce the prevalence of physical inactivity and associated health conditions, it is important to understand the ... -
Insights into transitioning to life with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: facing the future.
(2024)Background/Aims: An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) can deliver a shock that converts a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm into a safe rhythm, preventing a sudden cardiac death. However, the transition from ... -
Good quality end-of life care for people with an intellectual disability: A critical interpretive synthesis protocol
(2024)People with an intellectual disability face inequality accessing healthcare that extends to end-of-life care. Furthermore, end-of-life care for people with an intellectual disability is more complex than that for the ... -
Adolescent Substance Use 1: overview of substances used
(2024)This is the first of three articles that will look at the issue of adolescent substance use. This article introduces different substances and how they are used. The second article will focus on adolescent substance use, ... -
International Nursing Actions to Reduce Health Inequities Faced by People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
(2024)The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health inequities for people with intellectual and developmental disability (PWIDD). It was also the stimulus for an international group of nurse researchers with shared ... -
Keep My Teeth: An evaluation of multi-disciplinary training in mouth care for people with intellectual developmental disorders.
(2024)Aim: To evaluate a modular didactic training intervention called Keep My Teeth designed by special care dentists, for a range of healthcare students to provide oral homecare for people with intellectual developmental ... -
"Addressing health inequality and inequity for people with intellectual disabilities: a collective responsibility for all nurses"
(2024)Purpose – People with intellectual disabilities are high users of acute hospital care. Given their varied and often complex health-care needs, they often experience health inequalities and inequities, contributing to ... -
"Won't somebody please think of the children": Are we ignoring 15 to 17 year olds in health research and health care?
(2024)Aim and background: The authors completed a systematic literature review on barriers and enablers to under 18s accessing substance use treatment. Reviewing research against the inclusion/exclusion criteria presented ... -
The experiences and wellbeing of adults who use cannabis
(2024)Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Ireland with 13.8% of those aged 15-64 consuming it in the past year. Males and younger adults tend to use cannabis more frequently. While not all require treatment, ... -
Informing the cannabis policy debate: a cross-sectional study of current and former cannabis users in Ireland
(2024)Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug with considerable international discourse regarding its legal status. This study sought to examine the wellbeing, experiences, and attitudes of adults who have ... -
Disseminating a health information website to teens using a three-pronged approach with social media outreach
(2024)Objective: To disseminate iuveo.org, a new health information website, primarily to teens in the United States using a three-pronged approach of social media, in-person, and emails. Methods: Dissemination methods included ... -
Newly qualified general nurses' experiences of pre-registration internship: A Republic of Ireland cross sectional study
(2024)Aim: The aim of this study was to examine Newly Qualified General Nurses’ (NQGNs’) experiences of and the value of the internship period. Background: Internship was introduced as the final part of the undergraduate nursing ... -
Effects of entresto on ejection fraction, and the effects of selected demographic and clinical variables, and the effects of titrated entresto dose on ejection fraction
(2024)Administration of Entresto made a positive difference to the EF. Age, myocardial infarction history, pre Entresto EF, and maximum dosage of (97/103) were significantly associated with the output variables. Where possible, ... -
Dysphagia Screening in Residential Long Term Care Settings in the Republic of Ireland: A Cross Sectional Survey
(2024)Dysphagia is a common health concern reported to affect between 15% [1] and 70% [2] of older adults living in residential long-term care settings (RLTCS), who constitute a heterogeneous group with different dysphagia-associated ...
