Department of Nursing and Health Care

Research output

Research output per year 1996 2014 2016 2017 2019 2020 2023 2024 2025

• 66 Article
• 15 Poster
• 14 Conference contribution
• 14 Review article
• 56 More
  • 10 Presentation
  • 9 Doctoral Thesis
  • 8 Other contribution
  • 6 Chapter
  • 5 Abstract
  • 5 Master's Thesis
  • 4 Commissioned report
  • 3 Meeting Abstract
  • 2 Book
  • 2 Paper
  • 1 Conference article
  • 1 Performance

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  The provision of wound care and management in a community healthcare setting: An exploratory study

  Skerritt, L., Gooney, M. & Sheahan, L., 02 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Wound Care. 34, 1, p. 74-87 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Wound Care 100%
  • Wound 100%
  • Client 44%
  • Prevalence 33%
  • Community Care 16%
• 2024

  An integrative overview of physical activity for people with opioid use disorder

  Matthews, E., Fabian, H., Gooney, M. A., Rogers, D. & Firth, J., 01 Oct 2024, In: Mental Health and Physical Activity. 27, 100651.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Diseases 100%
  • Mental Health 50%
  • Health Outcomes 16%
  • Face Disorder 16%

• A Systematic Literature Review of XR Interventions to Improve Motor Skills Development among Autistic Children

  Power, M., Kennedy, S., Cleary, F., Mills, I., Kinsella, S. & Celdran, A. H., 05 Aug 2024, In: IEEE Access. 12, p. 108953-108974 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Motor Skills 100%
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorder 100%
  • Neural Network 16%
  • Physical Activity Level 16%

• A systematic review of the literature reporting on remote monitoring epileptic seizure detection devices

  Komal, K., Cleary, F., Wells, J. S. G. & Bennett, L., 27 Feb 2024, In: Epilepsy Research. 201, p. 107334 107334.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Epileptic Seizure 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Remote Sensing 100%
  • Accelerometer 16%
  • Physical Activity 8%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Are We Not Asking About Suicidal Mental Imagery?

  Carey, M., Keogh, B. & Doyle, L., Dec 2024, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 33, 6, p. 1609-1614 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  Death, dying and caring: exploring the student nurse experience of palliative and end-of-life education

  Murnane, S., Purcell, G. & Reidy, M., 08 Jun 2023, In: British Journal of Nursing. 32, 11, p. 526-531 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nursing Student 100%
  • Terminal Care 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• How patient/public involvement impacts the research journey – an overview of the visual impairment research field

  Ames, T., Matthews, E., Reynolds, A., Fitzhenry, L., Logan, A., Gooney, M. & Filipe, H. P., 05 Sep 2023, In: Open Research Europe.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Who Bears Responsibility for the Post-Acute Older Adult: Patient, Family or State?

  Dowling, T., Kennedy, S. & Foran, S., 01 Aug 2023, In: British journal of community nursing. 28, 8, p. 376-383 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Advance Directive 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 50%
  • Checklist 50%
• 2022

  Clinical Skills in Undergraduate Nurse Education: Transforming and Harnessing Student Engagement through Problem Based Learning utilising a Blended Teaching Approach.

  Moylan, M., Maher, R., Jennings, H., Purcell, G., Kennedy, S. & Gooney, M. A., 01 Jun 2022, In: AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 14, 2, p. 1-24 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinical Skill 100%
  • Problem-Based Learning 100%
  • Patient Assessment 33%
  • Nursing Care 33%
  • Pandemic 33%

• Enhancing work-integrated learning through South-North collaboration: A comparative contextual analysis

  Winberg, C., Finn, F., Sheridan, I., Engel-Hills, P., Jacobs, H. & Kent, E., 2022, In: International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning. 23, 4, p. 463-479 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Work Integrated Learning 100%
  • Student Support 12%
  • South Africa 12%
  • Health Science 12%
  • Ireland 12%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Enhancing work-integrated learning through South-North collaboration: A comparative contextual analysis. Journal of Work Integrated Learning (In-Press)

  Winberg, C., Finn, F., Sheridan, I., Engil-Hills, P., Jacobs, H. & Kent, E., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Work Integrated Learning .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Informing Best Practice for Supportive Housing with care for Older Adults: A Qualitative Investigation of Service Provider Views

  Finn, F., Denieffe, S. & O'Gorman, C., 10 Mar 2022, In: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nursing Home 100%
  • Design Case Study 100%
  • Healthy Ageing 100%
  • Healthy Aging 100%

• The Irish perspective on placement opportunities accessed by students on undergraduate Nursing (Intellectual Disability) programmes: A quantitative descriptive study

  Carey, E., Foran, S., Burke, G. & Ryan, J., 15 Mar 2022, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ireland 100%
  • Intellectual Impairment 100%
  • Health Service 66%
  • Health Care 66%
  • Intellectual Disability 66%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2021

  Exploring user empowerment and service improvement within an Irish epilepsy service using Checkland's ‘Soft Systems’ approach

  Bennett, L., Bergin, M. & Wells, J. S. G., May 2021, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 29, 4, p. 844-854 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health Care 100%
  • Health Care Delivery 100%
  • Service Delivery 100%
  • Healthcare 100%
  • Health Service 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Sialorrhoea Management Practices in Residential Older Adults Care Settings: A Qualitative Study

  Varley, L. P., Gooney, M., Denieffe, S. & Murphy, A., 30 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 29, 5, p. 989-997 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hypersalivation 100%
  • Health Care 38%
  • Health Care Personnel 30%
  • Residential Care 15%
  • Nursing Management 7%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Simulation in Nursing Education Programs: Findings From an International Exploratory Study

  Chabrera, C., Dobrowolska, B., Jackson, C., Kane, R., Kasimovskaya, N., Kennedy, S., Lovrić, R., Palese, A., Treslova, M. & Cabrera, E., Oct 2021, In: Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 59, p. 23-31 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Clinical Practice 100%
  • Accreditation 100%
  • Nursing Education Program 100%
  • Nursing Education 100%
  • Delphi Technique 100%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic

  Grandinetti, P., Gooney, M., Scheibein, F., Testa, R., Ruggieri, G., Tondo, P., Corona, A., Boi, G., Floris, L., Profeta, V. F., Wells, J. S. G. & De Berardis, D., Dec 2021, In: Brain Sciences. 11, 12, 1586.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Healthcare Professional 100%
  • Coping Behavior 100%
  • Health Care Personnel 100%
  • Coping 50%
  • Physician 33%
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Exploring dimensions of empowerment from the patients’ perspective in one specialist service in Ireland.

  Bennett, L., Bergin, M. & Wells, J., 2020, In: Journal of Patient Experience.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Implementing advance directives—An international literature review of important considerations for nurses

  Dowling, T., Kennedy, S. & Foran, S., 01 Sep 2020, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 28, 6, p. 1177-1190 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Terminal Care 100%
  • Advance Care Planning 100%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Investigating Work-based Learning Influences, Outcomes and Sustainability: A Conceptual Model

  Finn, F., 2020, In: Work Based Learning e-Journal International . 9, 1, 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Documentary Analysis 100%
  • Work-Based Learning 100%
  • Cultural Tools 100%
  • Case Study 100%
• 2019

  Ageing in the nursing workforce – a global challenge in an Irish context

  Ryan, C., Bergin, M., White, M. & Wells, J. S. G., Jun 2019, In: International Nursing Review. 66, 2, p. 157-164 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Service 100%
  • Service Provider 100%
  • Health Care 100%
  • Workforce Planning 66%
  • Nursing Staff 33%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP) imagery intervention: A case report

  Carey, M. & Wells, C., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 100%
  • Mental Health Service 50%
  • Mental Health 25%
  • Health Assessment 25%
  • Socialization 25%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Conceptualizing skill mix in nursing and health care: An analysis: An analysis

  Cunningham, J., O’Toole, T., White, M. & Wells, J. S. G., 20 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 27, 2, p. 256-263 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Skill Mix 100%
  • Nursing Care 100%
  • Health Care 100%
  • Health Care Policy 10%
  • Nursing Management 10%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Older adults’ views on their person-centred care needs in a long-term care setting in Ireland

  Kelly, F., Reidy, M., Denieffe, S. & Madden, C., 2019, In: British Journal of Nursing. 28, 9, p. 552-557 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Long-Term Care 100%
  • Long Term Care 100%
  • Cross Sectional Study 16%
  • Healthcare Quality 16%
  • Cross-Sectional Study 16%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Purchasing Over The Counter (OTC) Medicinal Products Containing Codeine - Easy Access, Advertising, Misuse and Perceptions of Medicinal Risk

  Wells, J. S. G., Bergin, M., Van Hout, M. C., Mc Guinness, P., De Pleissis, J., Rich, E., Dada, S., Wells, R. & Gooney, M., 2019, In: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 21, 1, p. 286-295 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Point of Purchase 100%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Running on empathy: Relationship of empathy to compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in cancer healthcare professionals

  Hunt, P., Denieffe, S. & Gooney, M., 01 Sep 2019, In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 28, 5, e13124.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Healthcare Professional 100%
  • Empathy 100%
  • Personal Distress 66%
  • Quality of Life 50%
  • Secondary Traumatic Stress 16%
  55 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Colorectal cancer survivors: An investigation of symptom burden and influencing factors 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis

  O'Gorman, C., Stack, J., O'Ceilleachair, A., Denieffe, S., Gooney, M., McKnight, M. & Sharp, L., 22 Oct 2018, In: BMC Cancer. 18, 1, 1022.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Service 100%
  • Carcinogenesis 100%
  • Factor XI 100%
  • Public Health 100%
  • Oncology 100%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Dowling T. Reflection on curative treatment versus palliation of symptoms in end of life care. Nurs Stand. 2018 Jan 17;32(21):46-51. doi: 10.7748/ns.2018.e10644. PMID: 29341551.

  Dowling, T., 17 Jan 2018, In: Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987). p. 46-51 doi: 10.7748/ns.2018.e10644. PMID: 29341551.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring breast cancer and screening awareness among Irish women with intellectual disabilities

  Reidy, M., Denieffe, S. & Foran, S., Sep 2018, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 46, 3, p. 193-201 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mental Retardation 100%
  • Breast Cancer 100%
  • Intellectual Disability 100%
  • Risk Factor 100%
  • Screening 40%
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  An exploration of paediatric nurses’ views of caring for infants who have suffered nonaccidental injury

  Barrett, E., Denieffe, S., Bergin, M. & Gooney, M., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 26, 15-16, p. 2274-2285 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pediatric Nurse 100%
  • Professional Standard 20%
  • Clinical Practice 20%
  • Pediatric Ward 20%
  • Client 20%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessment of undergraduate nursing students from an Irish perspective: Decisions and dilemmas?

  Kennedy, S. & Chesser-Smyth, P., Nov 2017, In: Nurse Education in Practice. 27, p. 95-100 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nursing Student 100%
  • Lived Experience 100%
  • Clinical Practice 66%
  • Qualitative Research 50%
  • Decision-Making Process 50%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Paediatric inter-hospital transportation: A clinical governance project

  Breathnach, M. & Lane, P., 2017, In: British Journal of Nursing. 26, 13, p. 758-761 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Total Quality Management 100%
  • Health Care Quality 100%
  • Clinical Practice 50%
  • Teaching Hospital 50%
  • Organizational Culture 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Abortion in modern health care: Considering the issues for health-care professionals

  Smyth, D. & Lane, P., 01 Apr 2016, In: International Journal of Nursing Practice. 22, 2, p. 115-120 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health Care Personnel 100%
  • Health Care 100%
  • Health Care Quality 33%
  • Cultural Issues 33%
  • Health Law 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Nursing implications: Symptom presentation and quality of life in rectal cancer patients

  O'Gorman, C., Barry, A., Denieffe, S., Sasiadek, W. & Gooney, M., 01 May 2016, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 25, 9-10, p. 1395-1404 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Quality of Life 100%
  • Rectum Cancer 100%
  • Chemoradiotherapy 50%
  • Clinical Practice 12%
  • Constipation 12%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Safe storage of methadone in the home. An Irish audit of the effectiveness of information provision in pharmacies

  Horan, J. A., Gooney, M. & Van Hout, M. C., Apr 2016, In: Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems. 18, 2, p. 31-40 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinical Audit 100%
  • Methadone 100%
  • Hospital 12%
  • Patient Counseling 6%
  • Child Resistant Container 6%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The use of Physical Restraint: Ethical, Legal and Political Issues

  Lane, P., 2016, In: Journal of Learning Disability Practice.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinical Risk Management 100%
  • Law 100%
  • Ethics 100%
  • Health Care Quality 100%
  • Intellectual Impairment 100%
• 2015

  Epilepsy services in Ireland: 'A survey of people with epilepsy in relation to satisfaction, preferences and information provision'

  Bennett, L., Bergin, M., Gooney, M., Doherty, C. P., Synnott, C. & Wells, J. S. G., 01 Jul 2015, In: Epilepsy Research. 113, p. 11-18 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Health Care Delivery 100%
  • Hospital Care 100%
  • Healthcare System 50%
  • Specialist Care 50%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Long term management with Phosphate binders in Chronic Kidney Disease: patient satisfaction levels with information received from their healthcare professional

  Foley, M., Susan, R. & Sheahan, L., 2015, In: Appl Med Res.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Role of Primary Care: Mens Perspectives on Attempting to Lose Weight through a Community-based Dietician Service

  Mc Carthy, M. & Richardson, N., 2015, In: New Male Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2014

  An Exploratory Survey of Low-Risk Pregnant Women's Perceptions of Antenatal Care and Services in Southern Ireland

  Murphy, A., Wells, J., Chesser-Smyth, P., Sheahan, L. & Foley, M., 01 Sep 2014, In: International Journal of Childbirth.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Breast cancer in younger women from diverse cultural backgrounds

  Reidy, M. & Denieffe, S., 2014, In: British Journal of Nursing. 23, p. S19-S26

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Research Question 100%
  • Psychosocial Effect 100%
  • Inclusion Criterion 100%
  • Health Professionals 100%
  • Breast Cancer 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Cancer screening in women with intellectual disabilities: An Irish perspective

  Reidy, M., Denieffe, S. & Foran, S., Mar 2014, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 18, 1, p. 51-60 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Intellectual Disability 100%
  • Cancer Screening 100%
  • Mental Retardation 100%
  • Screening 50%
  • Uterine Cervix Cancer 33%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Expanding Assessment of Fear of Falling among Older Adults with an Intellectual Disability: A Pilot Study to Assess the Value of Proxy Responses

  Foran, S., 2014, In: ISRN Geriatrics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pilot Study 100%
  • Intellectual Impairment 100%
  • Mental Retardation 100%
  • Fear of Falling 100%
  • Intellectual Disability 100%

• Predicting radiotherapy-related clinical toxicities in cancer: A literature review

  O'Gorman, C., Sasiadek, W., Denieffe, S. & Gooney, M., Jun 2014, In: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 18, 3, p. E37-E44

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Radiotherapy 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Symptoms, clusters and quality of life prior to surgery for breast cancer

  Denieffe, S., Cowman, S. & Gooney, M., Sep 2014, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 23, 17-18, p. 2491-2502 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Quality of Life 100%
  • Breast Cancer 100%
  • Sleep Disorder 25%
  • Health Care Delivery 12%
  • Malignant Neoplasm 12%
  37 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Care of adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

  Dunworth Fitzgerald, M., 2013, In: Learning Disability Practice.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Promoting Learning Transfer in Preceptor Preparation

  Finn, F. & Chesser-Smyth, P., Nov 2013, In: Journal for Nurses in Professional Development . 29, 6, p. 309-315 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Assessing psychosocial work-related stress across five European countries: Implications for workforce development

  Denny, M., Wells, J. & Cunningham, J., 17 Jun 2011, In: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. 6, 2, p. 93-103 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Occupational Stress 100%
  • Workforce Development 100%
  • Focus Group 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Workforce 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Promoting learning transfer in post registration education: A collaborative approach

  Finn, F., Fensom, S. & Chesser-Smyth, P., Jan 2010, In: Nurse Education in Practice. 10, 1, p. 32-37 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  TMEM25, REPS2 and Meis 1: favourable prognostic and predictive biomarkers for breast cancer.

  Doolan, P., Clynes, M., Kennedy, S., Mehta, J., Germano, S., Ehrhardt, C., Crown, J. & O'Driscoll, L., 21 Sep 2009, In: Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  40 Citations (Scopus)