School of Nursing and Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2021

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

AWARDS

The Elaine Drummond perpetual award presented to Ms Arletta Iwan Dr Maria Caples gave a wonderful address remembering her dearly departed colleague and friend Elaine Drummond on the presentation of the Elaine Drummond perpetual award. Elaine worked as a team member of the Intellectual Disability team at UCC and was a valued member of staff. The award was presented to Ms Arletta Iwan, a student on the year four BSc Intellectual Disability Nursing programme on the 17th of September. Arletta was described as being person centred, empowered, dynamic and a holistic practitioner. Arletta was an outstanding student and a great ambassador for intellectual disability nursing.

2021 University College Cork, PhD Scholarships programme for Nurses and Midwives. The School of Nursing and Midwifery awarded funded scholarships to support the fees for full-time and part-time entry into the PhD programme in September 2021.

Safer Staffing and Healthcare Systems Research

Title: Factors related to the recruitment and retention of nursing staff in long-term residential settings.

J.U.S.T.I.C.E Research Group

Title: A day in the life of … nurses’ professional and personal caring responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mental Health and Wellbeing for the 21st Century: People, Organisations and Places.

PhD Scholarships programme for Nurses and Midwives

Mental Health and Wellbeing for the 21st Century: People, Organisations, and places.

Lead and Team Members

The scholarships were open to registered nurses and midwives, who are excited by research, have a strong desire to enhance clinical practice and contribute to evidence-based approaches to care. The School of Nursing and Midwifery PhD Scholarship offers a pathway to nurses and midwives to conduct research. Scholarship programmes were offered on the following projects:

Dr Maria Caples, Dr Anne-Marie Martin, Dr Caroline Dalton O’Connor and Ms Caroline Egan

Title: Development of a digital mental health promotion tool for vulnerable populations (e.g., School children, young adults, marginalised groups, staff working with vulnerable populations, those who misuse substances).

Maternity, Families and Primary Care Research Group

Title: An eHealth intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes for women in the perinatal period

Title: The development and pilot testing of an intervention to enhance the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding

Dr Maria Caples Presenting Ms Arletta Iwan with her award

Ageing Integrated Research Group

Highlights • Ms Arletta Iwan 4th year BSc Nursing (Intellectual Disability) student receiving the Elaine Drummond Perpetual Award

Title: Improving advanced care planning in acute care settings

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