Meet our Research Nurses
Ashitha Bhaskaran
Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Hospital: St. James's Hospital
- Current role: Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: The Experience of Internship Nursing Students during the COVID pandemic in a large teaching hospital in Ireland: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Ann Connolly
Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Childhood Epilepsy
- Hospital: Children's Health Ireland at Tallaght
- Current role: Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Childhood Epilepsy
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: The efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam as a first line monotherapy in childhood epilepsy
Mary Doyle
Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
- Hospital/Service provider: Peamount Healthcare
- Current role: Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Exploring experiences of the nursing team working in a residential care facility for older adults during COVID
Archana D'Souza
Education and Training Co-ordinator, Mercers Institute of Successful Ageing
- Hospital/Service provider: St. James's Hospital
- Current role: Education and Training Co-ordinator, Mercers Institute of Successful Ageing
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: The experience of internship nursing students during the COVID pandemic in a large teaching hospital in Ireland: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Nicola Farrand
cANP Emergency Cardiology
- Hospital: St. James's Hospital
- Current role: cANP Emergency Cardiology
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Clinical presentation of patients with COVID-19 with cardiovascular disease
Aoife Farrington
Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Hospital: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services
- Current role: Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Student Mental Health Nurse experiences of working with adolescents with eating disorders.
Helen Fitzgerald
Advanced Nurse Practitioner Paediatric Diabetes
- Hospital: Tallaght University Hospital
- Current role: Advanced Nurse Practitioner Paediatric Diabetes
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Evaluating the effectiveness of a hospital based structured education programme for School staff caring for children with Type 1 Diabetes.
Marie King
Student Allocations Liaison Nurse
- Hospital: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services
- Current role: Student Allocations Liaison Nurse
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: An evaluation of Psychiatric Nurse confidence in recognising a physically deteriorating patient
Shane Kirwan
Nurse Practice Development Coordinator
- Hospital: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services
- Current role: Nurse Practice Development Coordinator
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Nurse Leadership in Implementing Digital Health Change in an Irish Mental Health Service
Martina Leigh
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
- Hospital/Service provider: Muiríosa Foundation
- Current role: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
- Name of TCPHI Research Project:
Deirdre McGuone
Advanced Nurse Practitioner Emergency Cardiology
- Hospital: St. James's Hospital
- Current role: Advanced Nurse Practitioner Emergency Cardiology
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Clinical presentation of patients with COVID and cardiovascular disease.
Julie O'Grady
Director, Learning and Development (Interim)
- Hospital: St. James's Hospital
- Current role: Director, Learning and Development (Interim)
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: Nutrition, Nursing Metrics
Ambily Velayudhan
Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Hospital/Service provider: St. James's Hospital
- Current role: Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Name of TCPHI Research Project: The experiences of internship students during COVID 19 pandemic in a large teaching hospital in Ireland: A Qualitative Descriptive Study