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Biography
Geraldine is currently a nurse lecturer in the Department of Nursing & Healthcare since 2019. She is a Registered General Nurse with over 20 years clinical nursing experience. This experience includes over 10 years as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care and a key role model for specialist nursing practice providing mentorship, preceptorship, teaching, facilitation and supervisory skills for all nurses and health care providers.
Geraldine is also a Registered Nurse Tutor with NMBI and holds a Universal Badge in Teaching and Learning. She holds a BSc in Nursing, a MSc in Palliative Care, a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Education and is awarded membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Geraldine is a PhD Candidate in the area of Undergraduate Nurse Education in Palliative Care.
Geraldine is involved nationally with the Irish Association in Palliative Care (IAPC) and sits as a board member and is Vice Chair on the IAPC Nursing Forum. She is also part of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care Technology and Palliative Care Research Special Interest Group.
She is involved internationally as part of the advocacy working group in the Cost Action project: CA22127 Collaborately Developed Culturally Appropriate and Inclusive Assessment Tool for Palliative Care Education. Geraldine is also a member of the nursing taskforce with the European project NursEduPal@IMPACT. The project aims to create learning and training materials needed to enable participants to acquire leadership in palliative care.
Teaching
As a member of the faculty and a Registered Nurse Tutor in SETU, Geraldine teaches and facilitates learning across many modules of the undergraduate and post-graduate nursing and healthcare programmes. She has been instrumental in co-developing and delivering education on a level 9 Palliative Care Programme for Healthcare Professionals and is module lead for the Year 4 Palliative & Cancer Care module on the General Nursing BSc programme.
Along with Geraldine’s passion for Palliative Care education, she was involved in the development, change and approach in the delivery of high quality clinical skills in the clinical laboratories, in the Nursing & Health Sciences department. Delivering education and support in undergraduate clinical skills is paramount in instilling confidence and competence in students, enhancing clinical practice and improving patient care. This was recognised by the students Teacher Hero Awardee as nominated by students in 2021.
Research Interests
Teaching & Learning; Palliative Care; Nursing Education; Emerging Technologies; Clinical Skills
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
National Certificate, Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Education, University College Dublin
Award Date: 15 Mar 2019
Masters Degree, MSc Palliative Care, University College Dublin
Award Date: 02 Dec 2014
External positions
Clinical Nurse Specialist Community Palliative Care, Waterford Hospice Homecare
Oct 2012 → Feb 2019
Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care, Waterford Regional Hospital
Nov 2007 → Oct 2012
Staff Nurse Oncology/ Haematology, Waterford Regional Hospital
Jan 2006 → Nov 2007
Staff Nurse Radiation Oncology, St Luke's Radiation Oncology Network
Aug 2004 → Jan 2006
Staff Nurse Surgical Services, Waterford Regional Hospital
Sep 2002 → Aug 2004
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Research output
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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
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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