Children's Health Ireland at Tallaght Research Collaboration with TCPHI

CHI at Tallaght

Title: The patient's experience of nitrous oxide for sedation and relief of pain during botulinum toxin injection treatment for muscle spasticity in children.

Description:  Examining Nitrous oxide as an alternative to general anaesthetic during the administration of botulinum treatment in children with cerebral palsy who experience muscle pain.

Collaborators: Deirdre O’Shea, Stephanie Kelly, Carmel Doyle, Sandra Fleming, Denise McDonald, Mary Quirke, Karin O'Sullivan

Title: Patient attendances at a paediatric psychiatric liaison service

Description: Examining trends in patient attendances at a paediatric psychiatric liaison service in an acute hospital setting

Collaborators: Caroline McGrath, Patricia Byrne, Catherine Comiskey, Mary Quirke

Title: Supporting children and young people with Type One Diabetes, An Evaluation of a Hospital-Based Structured Education Programme delivered to School Personnel

Description: Supporting children and young people with Type1 Diabetes: An evaluation of a hospital-based structured education programme delivered to School Personnel

Collaborators: Helen Fitzgerald, Eleanor Hollywood, Martina Comerford, Mary Quirke

Title: Registered Children's Nurses' self-assessed needs in respect of supporting children and young people with mental health problems in hospital and community settings

Description: This project seeks to explore the mental healthcare training needs of registered nurses working with children and young people

Collaborators: Frances O'Brien, Michael Nash, Caitriona Dennehy, Mary Mooney, Gobnait Byrne, Colman Noctor, Mary Quirke

Title: Medication management in children’s nursing: a review of audit scores over a five year period in one children’s services centre

Description: A five-year review of the medication management component of the NIQAc audit tool in an acute paediatric hospital

Collaborators: Thelma Begley, Caitriona Dennehy, Mary Quirke, Carmel Doyle, Eleanor Hollywood, Marianne Murphy, Fiona Lawlor

Funders: Adelaide Foundation

Title: Evaluation of the efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam as a first line treatment for epilepsy in a national paediatric population (Keppra National Study)

Description: A retrospective cross-hospital assessment of the efficacy as well as the tolerability of Levetiracetam on a paediatric population.

Collaborators: Ann Connolly, Mary Quirke, David Webb, Grainne Griffin, Suzanne Crowley, Noreen Teehan, Eadaoin Hayes

2020
Systematic Review

• Kenny, M., Darcy-Bewick, S., Martin, A., Eustace-Cook, J., Hillard, C., Clinton, F., Storey, L., Coyne, I., Murray, K., Duffy, K., Fortune, G., Smith, O., Higgins, A. & Hynes, G. (2020) You are at Rock Bottom: A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Needs of Bereaved Parents as they Journey through the Death of their Child to Cancer, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. DOI

2020
Journal Articles

• O'Connor, S. (PhD student), Brenner, M. & Coyne, I. (2019) Family-centred care of children and young people in the acute hospital setting: A concept analysis, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(17-18), 3353-3367. DOI
• Connolly, A., Quirke, M.B., Crowley, E., Hayes, C., Keegan, M., Griffin, G. & Webb, D. (2020) The Efficacy and Tolerability of Levetiracetam as a First Line Monotherapy in Childhood Epilepsy, Irish Medical Journal, 113(2), pp.18-24.

2020
Conference Presentations

• O'Brien, F., Nash, M., Quirke, M., Dennehy, C., Mooney, M., Noctor, C., Byrne, G. Registered Children's Nurses' self-assessed needs in respect of supporting children and young people with mental health problems in acute and community settings, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2020 (THEconf2020): 'Integrated healthcare: developing person-centred health systems', Trinity College Dublin, 3rd - 5th March 2020, Oral presentation, PUBLISHED.
• Pembroke, S., Brenner, M., Hillard, C., Lagoda, N., Cody, D., Roche, E. & Coyne, I. (2020) Developing an intervention to improve youth question-asking and provider education during paediatric diabetes visits: the PACE study. Trinity Health & Education International Research Conference, 3-5th March 2020, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Kelly, S. O'Shea, D., Doyle, C., Fleming, S., McDonald, D., Quirke, M.B. & O'Sullivan, K. (2020) Using nitrous oxide for procedural pain during the administration of intramuscular botulinium toxin injections, Trinity Health & Education International Research Conference (THEconf2020): 'Integrated healthcare: developing person-centred health systems', 3-5th March 2020 [Poster presentation]

2019
Journal Articles/Conference Papers

• Coyne, I., Pembroke, S., Lagoda, N., Hillard, C., Cody, D., Roche, E. & Brenner, M. (2019) Determining adolescents, parents and professionals' views concerning the educational needs of adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes and content preferences for short self-management videos and a question prompt sheet, 9th Europaediatrics Congress Dublin, Ireland, 13-15 June. Archives of Disease in Childhood June 2019, 104(Suppl 3) A252-A253. DOI
• Pembroke, S., Lagoda, N., Brenner, M., Hillard, C., Cody, D., Roche, E. & Coyne, I. (2019) How do you measure self-management behaviour in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? An integrative review of self-management measurement instruments. 9th Europaediatrics Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 13-15 June. Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2019, 104(Suppl 3) A252. DOI
• Alsaigh, R. & Coyne, I. (2019) Constant uncertainty: Mothers' experiences of caring for children receiving growth hormone treatment (GHT), 9th Europaediatrics Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 13-15 June. Archives of Disease in Childhood June 2019, 104(Suppl 3) A276. DOI

2019
Conferences

• Coyne, I., Pembroke, S., Sleath, B., Lagoda, N., Hillard, C., Cody, D., Roche, E. & Brenner, M. (2019) Exploring adolescents', parents' and providers' views on triadic diabetes clinic encounters: the Promoting Adolescents Communication and Engagement study, International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), 27-30 October 2019, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, California, USA [Oral Abstract]
• Lagoda, N., Brenner, M. & Coyne, I. (2019) A systematic review of healthcare provider-patient-parent communication and decision-making within paediatric healthcare, Children's Research Network PhD Symposium, Galway, 28th August 2019

2017
Published Reports

• Begley, T., Doyle, C., Hollywood, E., Dennehy, C., Quirke, MB., Murphy, M. & Lawlor, F. (2017). Medication management in children’s nursing: a review of NIQA scores over a five year period in one children’s services centre. Report for Tallaght Hospital Nurse Development Department.

2017
Conferences/Posters Presented

• Begley, T., Doyle, C., Hollywood, E., Dennehy, C., Quirke, MB., Murphy, M. & Lawlor, F. (2017). Medication management in children’s nursing: a review of NIQA scores over a five year period in one children’s services centre. RCN Children and Young People Nursing Conference. Birmingham, UK, 24th-26th May, 2017.
  
• Connolly, A., Quirke, MB, Crowley, S., Lynch, B. & Webb, D. (2017). A retrospective audit of real-world data for the use of eslicarbazepine acetate (Zebinix®) in paediatric patients in Ireland. European Paediatric Neurology Society, Lyon, France. 19-20 June 2017
  
• Connolly, A., Quirke, M.B., Crowley, S. Hayes, E. Hurley, C., Keegan, M. Griffin, G., Webb, D.W. (2017). A national retrospective study of the efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam (Keppra) as a first line monotherapy in childhood epilepsy. 12th Congress of The European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS), Lyon France 20th-24th June, 2017
  

2016
Published Reports

• Dennehy, C. and Quirke, M.B. (2016). The preceptorship of nursing students in a children’s service: Report based on Tallaght Hospital data from August 2013-2014. Tallaght Hospital, Dublin.

2016
Conferences/Posters Presented

• Connolly, A. Quirke, M. Teahan, N. Griffin, G. Keegan, M. Webb, D. A retrospective study of the efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam (Keppra) as a first line monotherapy in childhood epilepsy. 35th Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research & Education Conference 2016RCSI, Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd March 2016. (Poster)
  
• Connolly, A., Quirke, M.B., Crowley, S., Hayes, E., Keegan, M., Griffin, G., Webb, D. (2016). A retrospective study of the efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam (Keppra) as a first line monotherapy in childhood epilepsy. 17th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference, November 2016