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

Success for the School of Nursing and Midwifery with Social, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Summer Studentships 2021 The winners of the 2021 Translational Research Summer Studentship include Laura Oldacres, third year general nursing student at UCC, for her project titled: Interventions promoting cognitive function in patients with cancer experiencing “chemo-brain”: A systematic review to support the development of a targeted intervention. Laura hopes that through her research she can highlight the experience of cancer survivors who are enduring long-term side effects from treatment. Laura notes “the ongoing experience of “chemo-brain” can reduce quality of life for survivors and their families”.

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