School of Nursing and Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2021

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE, ENGAGEMENT AND REFORM

Safer Staffing and Healthcare systems Research Healthcare Workforce is a research group, led by Professor Jonathan Drennan, established to undertake research on the health workforce in a variety of settings. Recent work to date has included an evaluation of the impact of the role of Advanced Nurse Practitioners in older persons, rheumatology, emergency departments and respiratory settings; an evidence reviewon the role and future development of Healthcare Assistants and a programme of research into safe nurse staffing and skill-mix. The Programme of Research on Safe Nurse Staffing is testing the implementation of the “Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix in acute adult medical and surgical wards” and to develop and test a Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix in Emergency settings. Based on the work of the Healthcare Workforce Research Team, The Department of Health is implementing the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix in acute medical and surgical wards on a national basis. This Framework ensures that the staffing of hospitals is safe and effective; that is to ensure the right number of nurses are in the right place at the right time and with the right skills to deliver care. Following on from this work in medical and surgical settings, the research team are now developing and measuring, in partnership with the Department of Health, a model for safe nurse staffing in emergency departments (EDs). For further updates in current news please visit our website

Workforce Planning and Safe Nurse Staffing Symposium

This symposiumwas funded by NUI and hosted through OnAir in January 2021. It brought together international andnational experts todiscuss “The issueofworkforceplanning for safenurse staffing”, identifying themes, key components, and discussing ways of addressing safe nurse staffing. It consisted of three large sessions with International and National speakers, a panel discussion, and poster presentations. Professor Josephine Hegarty opened, and speakers included Professor Linda Aiken, Professor Walter Sermeus, Dr Chiara Dall’Ora, Professor Anne Scott, Professor Jonathan Drennan, Mr Ray Healy and Ms Sinead Lardner. 141 people registered, with 108 in attendance from all over the world and recordings were sent to everyone registered. Evaluations of the event were largely positive with over 90% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the format was easy to follow, the presentations were relevant, the speakers were interesting, their expectations were met, and the symposium was good. Comments about the event were positive and included: “Excellent chair. Good logical progression and linking evidence base to policy great. Thanks for such a great programme.” “Wonderful lineup of speakers for a free symposium. Thank you” “Many thanks for a very informative and engaging seminar, I really enjoyed it. The presenters were excellent and the integration of insights from policy, clinical and research was very welcome.” “A great event, it was so good to hear first hand from people whose research I have been reading over the years. Many thanks” “The discussion panel was very good, with an opportunity to ask questions.”

https://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/research healthcareworkforce/

The following stories provide examples of some of the work undertaken as part of this research theme.

Lead : Dr Noeleen Brady

Highlights

• Virtual nature allowed for attendees all over the world • Panel discussion provided views from everyone and a nice exchange between the experts