School of Nursing and Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2021

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

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

International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) developments In January 2021 Dr Peter Kelly was appointed to represent The Ireland Chapter of IntNSA on the National Oversight Committee for Drugs. This committee, chaired by Minister Frank Feighan, is responsible for oversight and implementation of the National Drugs Strategy ‘Reducing harm, supporting recovery: a health-led approach to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017— 2025’. This is one of three seats on the committee subject to ministerial invite and was delivered to IntNSA in 2017 following Peters representation in the previous year on the continuum of care committee for the formulation of the new strategy. This is the first such representation from Nursing at this level of implementation and oversight of drugs policy, and the first- time nursing is acknowledged in a national drugs strategy. This year, the Irish chapter also hosted two very well attended online educational workshops for nurses working in addictions & other relevant settings, continues to campaign in areas such as, improved governance of services, legislating for nurse prescribing of opiate substitution, and was also successful in securing charity status.

This year, Nursing attained the highest subject ranking within UCC across 51 subjects ranked by QS - a fact that the school is extremely proud of. World university rankings show nursing is one of Ireland’s strongest subjects with four Universities making it to the top 100 in the QS rankings most years. UCC, in its strategic plan, has aimed to be placed higher in the University QS rankings. UCC continues to progress up the rankings in the prestigious QS World University Ranking 2021, climbing 24 places to 286th in the world.

Highlights

• Dr Peter Kelly appointed to the National Oversight Committee for the National Drugs Strategy • IntNSA hosts two educational workshops and was awarded charity status in 2021

UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery is ranked an impressive 49th in the world The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. Such metrics are important factors in terms of international students’ programme choices and in terms of international collaborative efforts. The School of Nursing and Midwifery has attained a top 50 place in the QS subject Rankings- a collective well done to the staff and students of the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery.

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Lead and Team Members

Dr Peter Kelly

https://www.intnsa.org/