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Mr. Barry Mc Brien

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING
      
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Mr. Barry Mc Brien

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING

 bmcbrien@tcd.ie

 3531896 2274


Barry McBrien is an Assistant Professor in General Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. Barry qualified as a General Nurse from Queens University Belfast and spent most of his career in Emergency Nursing undertaking a variety of roles both clinical and managerial, his most recent role was Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Tallaght University Hospital. Barry obtained a Master's degree in Nursing from TCD, in 2008 and is currently a PhD candidate at TCD. Barrys' clinical, education, and research interests are in the area of emergency nursing, advanced practice, and professional development. He is an experienced lecturer who teaches and supervises in these areas across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including Master's programmes. His teaching is research-led and clinically credible as he maintains close links with the clinical areas and continues to work as a RANP in Emergency Nursing. Barry has a particular interest in professional development in all nursing populations. In 2019, Barry was awarded a prestigious scholarship to conduct a mixed methods study investigating the integration of Indian migrant nurses in the Irish healthcare setting.
  ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT   Advanced Nursing Practice   Clinical learning environment in nursing   Clinical nursing competence   INTEGRATION   Leadership in nursing   Minorities and Disadvantaged   NURSING EDUCATION
Project Title
 The workplace Integration of migrant nurses and midwives in international healthcare settings.
From
December 2021
To
January 2024
Summary
This scoping review aimed to map the available evidence on the assessment of workplace integration for migrant nurses and midwives in international healthcare settings.
Project Type
Scoping Review
Project Title
 The workplace integration of Indian Migrant Nurses in Irish healthcare settings: a mixed methods study
From
September 2020
To
March 2027
Summary
The Irish healthcare service recruits, and relies on, Indian migrant nurses (IMNs) to address current and predicated shortfalls in the nursing workforce. Indian Migrant Nurses are now the largest nurse migrant group in Ireland with 11,975 IMNs currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI 2022). This trend in nurse migration is likely to continue for the foreseeable future given the estimated 47% increase in nurses required to address Sláintecare reform by 2031 (Caulfield et al. 2022; Walton-Roberts 2022). Various challenges obstruct successful IMN integration into the Irish healthcare system. Indian migrant nurses are considered integrated if they are effective leaders who mentor colleagues, participate in quality improvement initiatives, and provide culturally congruent patient care. However, the integration process of IMNs into host countries' healthcare settings, including Ireland, has received scant attention. The results of this study will assist policymakers, nurse educators, and healthcare providers in addressing the integration needs of IMNs, incentivizing IMNs to contribute positively and remain in Irish healthcare.
Funding Agency
TCD SNM Scholarship

Details Date
TCD SNM representative for the national consortium for prescribing. September 2023
TCD SNM representative for the national consortium for advanced practice. September 2023
Details Date From Date To
An Board Altranais now Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland August 2001 Present
Member of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) affiliate centre of the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation (TCPHI) September 2023 Present
Irish Association of Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners 2014 Present
Member of Spirituality and Research Innovation Research Group 2018 2020
Mixed Methods International Research Association 2020 Present
Weissenbach, S & McBrien B, Utilisation and Benefits of Nurse-Initiated Analgesia Protocols at Triage in Emergency Care Settings, TCD SNM Research Conference, Dublin, 4-03-25, 2025, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Dookhy, J & Mc Brien B, A shoulder pain: Not so minor-An emergency department case report study, International Emergency Nursing, 78, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Philip Hardie , Jessica Eustace -Cook, Andrew Darley , Rosemarie Derwin, Sean Kearns, Barry Mc Brien, Mary Mooney, The application of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in Nursing Education: A Scoping Review Protocol., British Medical Journal, Open, 2025, p1 - 26, p26 , Journal Article, ACCEPTED  TARA - Full Text
Moran D, Duignan M, McBrien B (2025), Advanced nurse practitioners" decision-making in the care of young people with anorexia nervosa: a case study, Mental Health Practice, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
McBrien, B; Thomas, J, The use of artifical intelligence in advance practice, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Mc Brien B; Feeney A: Duignan, M, Managing ankle fracture-dislocation in the emergency department: a case study, Emergency Nursing, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
O'Dwyer S, Canty, L & McBrien B, Scheduling Unscheduled Care-An RANP lead Scheduled Care Clinic-A five year evaluation, IAEM Conference, Ireland, 19th October 2023, 2023, Poster, PUBLISHED
McBrien, B., O'Brien, F., Shetty, S. R., Eustace-Cook, J., & Byrne, G., Assessment of workplace integration of migrant nurses and midwives within international health care settings, JBI Evidence Synthesis,, 20, (7), 2022, p1799 - 1805, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-21-00239], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McBrien B, Assessment and management of metastatic bone cancer in emergency departments, Emergency Nurse, 29, (2), 2021, p20 - 25, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McBrien B, Assessment and management of patients with tibial plateau fractures in emergency departments, Emergency Nurse, 27, (6), 2019, p26 - 30, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Theresa Lowry Lehnen, Martin Duignan, Barry McBrien, Clinical decision-making in nursing advanced practice: A case study from general practice, Practice Nursing, 36, (4), 2025, p128 - 138, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McBrien, B, Oireachtas-Joint Committee on Drug use., Nurse Prescribing in the Irish Contecxt, Oireachtas Buildings, 2-7-24, 2024, Joint Committee on Drug Use, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
McBrien, B., Gaps on nurse prescribing in Ireland, Oireachtas-Joint Committee on Drug use., Oireachtas Buildings, October 17th -2024, 2024, Joint Committee on Drug Use, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
McBrien, B., the NMBI overseas nurses workshop entitled best practice in Competence Assessment, Education of Internationally Educated Nurses In Ireland, NMBI Headquarters, July 31st 2024, 2024, NMBI, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Aoife St John and Barry McBrien, Advanced nursing practice assessment: a case study from paediatric neurodisability, International Journal of Advancing Practice, 2, (2), 2024, p231 - 238, Journal Article, IN_PRESS
McBrien B, Boards eye view: Planning for disaster, Emergency Nurse, 18, (2), 2010, p8 - 8, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Trinity College Dublin-PhD Scholarship 2020 September 2020
Martha McMenamin Memorial Scholarship for Nurses and Midwives-Recipient June 2023
Winner Irish healthcare Centre Awards 2023 Best in Education, Learning and Development -Nursing Grand Rounds. June 2023
Mary O'Connor Award for Innovation in the Emergency Department June 2015
My PhD, informed by previous research, is entitled "Workplace Integration of Indian Migrant Nurses in the Irish Healthcare setting. I have presented the findings to date in the Migrant Nurses of Ireland conference and the SNM research conference. I have published a scoping review protocol in a high impact JBI associated journal. As I am currently an early career researcher my focus is on the completion of my PhD, the assciated dissemination of the findings and developing the necessary research skills to acheive this goal. I will then return to collborative research. This process will be developmental in nature, leading me to garner research grants improve SNM contributions to research. I am currently involved in the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation which is positioned with the TCD healthcer research area. My PhD research concerns improving the sucess of Indian migrant nurses' workplace integration, which relates to improving delivery of healthcare in the Irish healthcare setting. Following acceptance of my PhD thesis which uses mixed-methods methodology, I will be able, as an expert, to offer my expertise in the methodology to early career reseachers. Having previously researched and published on the topics of Advanced Practice Nursing, Emergency Nursing, Prescribing Practices, I currently supervise Master's students in these areas. I support these students, encouraging them to publish and present their fidnings. To increase my research activity, profile and funding I continually expand my TCD nased and external networks of resarchers with extensive extensive experience in securing large funding awards. As a PI/co-PI I will be a valuable collborator in developing future funding applications for the SNM. Working with collborative research teams will secure larger awards. Indentifying local, national and European funding bodies, planning and preparing research proposals in partnership with the Research and Innovation Office, will maximise the potential for success