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

Dr. Elizabeth Weathers appointed to several international nursing leadership positions Dr. Elizabeth Weathers was appointed to several leadership positions in 2021. In January, Dr. Weathers was appointed to the Governance Steering Committee of the American Academy of Nursing. She is the first Irish nurse to be appointed to this committee and was the only representative from outside the US. Dr. Weathers was also appointed to the Editorial Board of the Seminars in Oncology Nursing journal as Social Media Coordinator. She served as Guest Editor for a special issue of the journal focused on Spirituality in Cancer Care, published in October. In November, Dr. Weathers made history by becoming the first Irish nurse elected to the international Board of Directors of Sigma Nursing. Sigma is an honour society of nursing with more than 135,000 active members across 100 countries. Dr. Weathers is Co-Founder and Past President of the first Irish chapter of Sigma, Omega Epsilon at-Large. She will serve a 2-year term as Director at-Large alongside a team of global nurse leaders and under the presidency of Kenneth Dion who is Assistant Dean for Business Innovation&StrategicRelationships at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. • American Academy Governance Steering Committee https:// www.aannet.org/about/about-the-academy/committees- taskforces/governance-committee • Journal special issue https://www.sciencedirect.com/ journal/seminars-in-oncology-nursing/vol/37/issue/5 • Sigma leadership announcement https://www.sigmanursing. org/connect-engage/news-detail/2021/11/16/sigma- announces-2021-2023-international-leadership

Introducing Dr. Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud, a visiting scholar to the school

A letter to Prof Mary Ryan as part of celebrations of International Women’s Day

Dr Angela Flynn contributes - 22 Mar 2021

As part of Motley’s celebration of International Women’s Day, they delved into the rich academic life of our female teachers here in UCC. In this series some of UCC’s most impressive leaders pen letters to Mary Ryan, Ireland and UCC’s first female professor.

The fifth and final letter was from Dr Angela Flynn, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Dr Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud - 6 Dec 2021

Dr Zamzaliza is a visiting scholar at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cork. She is a senior nursing lecturer for 18 years at the Centre for Nursing Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Her research interests include mental health and gerontological nursing specifically in promoting and preventing adolescent mental health, caregiver burden in severe mental illness, and older adults’ psychological well-being. Dr Zamzaliza will spend nine months at UCC collaborating on a research project focusing on promoting adolescent mental health in Southeast Asia, writing for publications and co-teaching.