Nursing and Midwifery: Recent submissions
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Developing Sustainable, Country-Specific Business Models for a Digital Healthy Aging Self-Management Innovation
(2018)Many promising Digital Health Innovations do not make it to the market, as sustainable Business Models are difficult to find. This paper aims to show how sustainable and country-specific business models can be ... -
Breastfeeding support groups in Ireland: a mixed methods investigation from a cultural historical activity theory perspective
Background: Irish breastfeeding initiation rates remain the lowest in the OECD and few women are breastfeeding exclusively to six months. Breastfeeding support groups are deemed effective in promoting breastfeeding initiation ... -
Stop, think, reflect, realise first-time mothers' experiences of taking part in longitudinal maternal health research
(2019)Background: Longitudinal cohort studies gather large amounts of data over time, often without direct benefit to participants. A positive experience may encourage retention in the study, and participants may benefit in ... -
The culture of birth in Ireland at the interface between home and hospital : an ethnographic study of in-labour transfer to hospital during planned home birth
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2015)Birth is not just a physiological process but also a significant life event embedded in historical, political and socio-cultural constructions. These constructions of birth have a profound influence on the provision ... -
Perceptions and use of technology to support self-management for older adults living with multiple health conditions within an ecosystem of care
(2017)In this study we have explored what technologies older people with multimorbidity (PwMs) are currently using and how they and their networks of care perceive technology to support their health conditions. This research ... -
Care Models/Pathways for Managing Multimorbidity
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Ecosystem Trial Strategic Plan Friendly Trial -ProACT
(European Commission, 2016)The purpose of this deliverable is to provide implementation plans for testing and evaluating the ProACT system. To reflect the iterative project implementation cycle, this document will be reviewed and updated twice during ... -
Stop, think, reflect, realise ? first-time mothers? views on taking part in longitudinal maternal health research
(2019)BACKGROUND: Longitudinal cohort studies gather large amounts of data over time, often without direct benefit to participants. A positive experience may encourage retention in the study, and participants may benefit in ... -
Key Stakeholders Perceptions of Assistive Technology to Support People with Dementia living at home.
(2018)Background: The use of assistive technology (AT) to support people with dementia to live well at home has gained increasing attention. During two pilot projects, AT packages were provided as part of ... -
Far from Home: Life as an LGBT migrant in Ireland
(National LGBT Federation, 2018)Data from Burning Issues 2, Ireland’s largest national consultation of the LGBT community to date, suggested that more needs to be done to make Ireland a welcoming place for LGBT migrants.To explore this issue further, the ... -
Pressure and protective factors influencing nursing students self-esteem: A content analysis study
(2016)Background: A review of the literature shows that the range of self-esteem in nursing students ranges from normal to low. It is hypothesized that different contextual factors could affect levels of self-esteem. Objective: ... -
Best practice principles on developing LGBT cultural competence in health and social care education
(Being Me Project Team, 2019)The BEING ME project aims to support the social inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) older people who use care and wellbeing services. As the population of Europe is ageing, more and ... -
A Proposed study: Development of a core set of spiritual care competencies and associated key performance indicators for healthcare professions at end-of-life-care specific to intensive care
(2018)Background: In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) dignity is often sacrificed in pursuit of curative, aggressive (often fruitless) interventions. While these aggressive interventions are generally successful, there’s often a ... -
The impact of spiritual care for families at end-of-life in Intensive Care: An integrative review
(2019)Background: In intensive care end-of-life frequently includes or is closely witnessed by family members. Internationally while spiritual care of patients forms part of comprehensive patient-centred care, and is incorporated ... -
An Evaluation of the Role of the Traveller Mental Health Liaison Nurse in Carlow and Kilkenny
(Trinity College Dublin, 2018)When developing the South East Traveller Health Unit (SE THU) Strategic Plan 2015 -2020, it became very evident that there was a need for a targeted approach to support Travellers to look after their mental health ... -
Are there differences in factors influencing access and continued use of assistive products for people with intellectual disabilities living in group homes?
(2019)Background: The World Health Organization has launched a program to promote Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) to implement those parts of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... -
The administration of pro re nata medication by mental health nurses: a thematic analysis.
(2019)Pro re nata (PRN) medication is medication administered by nurses as required commonly in response to a patient’s symptoms or behaviour including insomnia, agitation or anxiety. There is a paucity of research around the ... -
Identifying and prioritising midwifery care process metrics and indicators: a Delphi survey and stakeholder consensus process
(2019)Background: Measuring care processes is an important component of any effort to improve care quality, however knowing the appropriate metrics to measure is a challenge both in Ireland and other countries. Quality of midwifery ...
