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Dublin City University
The School of Nursing at Dublin City University is emerging as a key participant in this process of change. Established in 1995, the School of Nursing offers a Diploma in General Nursing in association with Beaumont Hospital and James Connolly Memorial Hospital, a Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing in association with St Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, and St Ita's Hospital, Portrane, and a Diploma in Mental Handicap Nursing with St Joseph's Hospital, Clonsilla and St Ita's, Portrane.
Post-registration courses include the Bachelor in Nursing Studies and an associated Access programme, the Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Nursing), and the Bachelor of Nursing Studies in Nephrology.
Nursing-related research in Ireland
The changes underway in nurse education in Ireland are largely due to the recommendations made in the Report of the Commission on Nursing (ref:1) . The Report also called for the promotion of a research-oriented culture in Irish nursing, and included specific recommendations to meet this objective, such as the facilitation of doctoral and post-doctoral research (through An Bord Altranais and the Health Research Board, for example), the creation of a national strategy for nursing research, and the development of the new role of Nurse Researcher.
With a background of academic excellence, schools of nursing based in university and hospital settings are central to the Report's objective of establishing a strong research ethos in Irish nursing. The staff of the School of Nursing at DCU comprise a multi-professional team, whose research interests include clinical decision-making, mentoring, continuing education, paediatric nursing care, the relationship between sexuality and access to health care, social cognitive processes in person perception, and applied social issues such as homelessness. A key objective of the School is to contribute to establishing research as a core activity in Irish nursing through a programme of clinically-oriented research, and by providing opportunities for the study of nursing up to doctoral level.
Contact: grace.hickey@dcu.ie ;
Tel: 01-704-5947;
Web: http://www.dcu.ie/nursing/index.html
Reference:
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Report of the Commission on Nursing: A Blueprint for the Future
, Department of Health and Children, The Stationery Office, Dublin, 1998.