School of Nursing & Midwifery: Recent submissions
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Aligning with the flow of control : a classic grounded theory of choice in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2016)Aligning with the flow of control: A classic grounded theory study. Background: Since the relatively recent acknowledgement that people with intellectual disabilities are restricted in making life decisions, ensuring choice ... -
The Impact of Child Protection Training on Nurses' Self-Efficacy in Detection and Reporting of Child Abuse in Saudi Arabia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2024)The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that child abuse and neglect constitute major international health problems that cause unacceptable morbidity and mortality. These forms of maltreatment can have severe ... -
Bone health in older adults with an intellectual disability
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2016)Intellectual disability (ID) is characterised by significant limitations of both adaptive behaviour and intellectual functioning. It is a prescribed term to describe a common understanding of what is being discussed or ... -
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 ... -
Recognising and responding to care erosion: part 1
(2017)This article is the first in a two-part series discussing declining standards of care. Many healthcare organisations, particularly hospitals, are under increased pressure to maintain standards of care while experiencing ... -
Recognising and responding to care erosion: part 2
(2017)This article is the second in a two-part series discussing a gradual decline in standards of care, termed 'care erosion'. The first part of this article used cognitive dissonance theory to discuss the psychosocial mechanisms ... -
Living with or beyond lymphoma: A mixed methods investigation of the unmet needs of cancer survivors.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, Trinity College Dublin, 2024)Background: The burden of cancer is set to increase thanks to success in treatment modalities and increasingly ageing populations. This is especially true for lymphoma survivors, the largest cohort of haematological ... -
The Psychology of Spirituality and Religion in Health Care
(Springer, 2019)This chapter explores psychological aspects of spirituality. After an introduction to the psychology of spirituality and religion, the evolutionary psychological basis of transcendent belief is explored. A novel model is ... -
Women's perspectives on the role and impact of Breastfeeding Support Groups in Ireland
(2024)Background: Breastfeeding Support Groups are deemed effective in promoting breastfeeding initiation and duration, but few studies have addressed the mothers’ perspectives. Research aim: To investigate the role and impact ... -
Content comparison of unmet needs self-report measures for lymphoma cancer survivors: A systematic review
(2023)Purpose: The increasing recognition of the complex impacts of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment has led to efforts to develop instruments to reflect survivors' needs accurately. However, evidence regarding the content ... -
Critical Reflection in Health Care.
(2018)
