FINAL BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 2019

School of Nursing and Midwifery Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais

First Session

Professor Geraldine Mc Carthy

Geraldine McCarthy is Emeritus Professor

at University College Cork and is Chair of

the South/South West Hospital Group

which has responsibility for 9 Acute

Hospitals in Munster. She holds degrees

from University College Dublin, Trinity

College Dublin and a PhD from Case

Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Ohio USA. She has held nursing and

managerial roles in Canada (Ontario), UK

(London), and USA (NY) and in Ireland (St Vincent’s, Beaumont and CUH). In

1994 she established the first educational programme for nurses at UCC – the

Diploma in Public Health Nursing.

In 1996 she became the founding Professor of Nursing at UCC, established a range of educational programs, and was involved in the development of the College of Medicine and Health which she led for a period of time. During her career she has been inherently involved in the health services – has held membership of a number of Boards including the INO, Southern Health Board, Marymount Hospital Board, Reconfiguration of the Health Services and Cork and Kerry and received Ministerial appointments to the Commission on Nursing, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and Fulbright Commission. She has published widely and supervised many Masters and Doctoral theses. At international level she maintains contact with Northwell Organisation in NY/Long Island, USA and Case Western Reserve University.

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