Scholarly Impact Report 2023

CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

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PART A: TEACHING, CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND PRACTICE, AWARDS

UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery facilitates First Postgraduate Erasmus Advance Nursing Practice Students from Abo University, Finland UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery are delighted to have facilitated, with approval from the Head of School Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren, the first postgraduate Erasmus Advanced Nursing Practice Students from Abo University Finland. Ireland is the only EU country that has successfully implemented certified registration as a registered advanced nurse/midwife practitioner, with the country’s Nursing and Midwifery Board and only a handful of countries globally to have successfully achieved this, impacting significantly on patient care, ANP clinical autonomy impact and delivery of innovative care pathways driven by the Nursing and Midwifery profession in line with the Sláintecare strategy. In collaboration and facilitated by Dr Emily Lockwood, an alumni member of the ICN ANP Network, and Dr Patrick Cotter, both experienced registered ANPs of many years as well as lecturers in UCC, the students have been in clinical placements around Cork City, Co. Cork and Co. Waterford. Their placements have been 8-12 weeks in varying acute and primary care ANP services. Their learning knowledge mobility has been extensive in Ireland with their only clinical supervised practice facilitated in UCC and the surrounding hospital and welcomed by UCC to attend the advanced nursing practice lectures facilitated by Dr Patrick Cotter and many registered ANPs and the Nurse Prescribing lectures facilitated by Dr Rena Creedon. With additional thanks to Dr Sean Kelleher, international liaison for Erasmus students in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. The Erasmus ANP students also attended the Irish Association of Advanced Nurse/Midwifery (IAANMP) Conference with presentations by the Chief Nursing Officer, ONMSD and clinical snapshots of ANPs impact and ANP clinical autonomy in the Irish Health Services in primary and acute care services. Additionally, welcomed to UCC by the Nursing and Midwifery faculty, was the student’s visiting lecturer from Abo University, Professor Lisbeth Fagerström. community based clinical placements. Additionally, the students have been

L-R: Dr Patrick Cotter (left), Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren, Head of School (2nd from right) and Dr Emily Lockwood (right) pictured with Postgraduate Erasmus ANP students from Abo University, Finland