BACKGROUND: It was only at the start of the 21st century that the nursing profession in
Ireland gained full entry to the academy, joining the ranks of the graduate professions in …

Background The transition of nurse education to the higher education sector in Ireland in
autumn 2002 led to the development of a new curriculum for undergraduate nursing with …

Described in this study are the experiences of six clinical nurses in Ireland who have
transitioned to the role of nurse lecturer. Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data …

Practice learning is an essential part of the curriculum and accounts for approximately 60%
of the current pre-registration nursing programmes in the Republic of Ireland. The nature …

Aims To present an integrative review of literature on the teaching of nursing history in pre-
registration adult nursing education. Background Despite successive reconfigurations in …

This introductory chapter explores contemporary understandings of spirituality and
introduces the reader to spirituality and related concepts. It defines spirituality, spiritual …

My mother had serious illnesses for nearly a year and I nursed her and when she recovered
to some extent (always an invalid) I decided to take up medicine–the school of the College …

Nurses who provided care to patients with coronavirus (COVID-19) and supported patients
in their transition from life to death in the absence of patients' families have been especially …

“Nursing is often studied as a single entity as if nursing were a single issue untouched by
culture, geography and political economy. In fact, it is embedded in the social relations and …

This book examines the poor law and attempts at its reform during the Irish revolution (1918–
23) and in the initial decades of Irish independence. This period represented one of the most …