Dr. Catherine Mc Cabe

Summary

This educational project is designed to address the need for innovative learning and teaching practices including a digital approach, ensuring advancements in this field, a full long-term sustainability, and a `green practice" of higher education on moral competences across EU. By stimulating the development of nurses" moral competence, the main aim is to address the existing gap in applied ethics education and practice targeting students, registered nurses, and educators. A Massive Open Online Course [MOOC], using digital technologies/materials including a toolkit and good practices guide for potential educators and learners will be developed. It will include case studies, examples, guided lectures and exercises helping learners to self-assess their attitudes/skills and competences. In this sense, the project outputs will enhance the effectiveness of educators in supporting the development of nurses" moral competences, and its methodology can be used by other HCPs educators thus improving shared values among the health professional community, turning in a multiplier effect on the population cared for, improving safety and satisfaction with care.

Funding Agency

Erasmus+

Programme

2022-1-IT02-KA220-HED

Project Type

Educational development and research

Summary

This research project tackles the critical workforce shortages faced by European nations, including Norway, particularly in the healthcare sector " as detailed in the latest Norwegian Health and Hospital Plan. An anticipated surge in healthcare demand is forecasted, attributed to an ageing population, the advent of novel treatment options, and greater prosperity. This challenge is intensified by declining applications to health-related education, high dropout rates, up to 40% turnover among new healthcare professionals, and significant sick leave in the sector. Appropriately, Norway's recently launched National Health and Cooperation Plan 2024 " 2027 prioritizes recruiting and retaining skilled healthcare personnel as a crucial objective for the upcoming years. This project uses mixed methods to track healthcare students transitioning into professional roles, seeking to identify experiences and factors influencing education success and workforce engagement. By applying advanced statistical techniques to longitudinal data, we aim to pinpoint the main elements of job satisfaction and contributors to nurse retention over 15 years. Through randomized controlled trials, we will assess the impact of organizational and individual oriented educational interventions designed to reduce stress and improve sleep and recovery of healthcare workers, on enhancing employees' health and well-being at work, and examine their influence on absence rates and desire to remain in the profession. Success in this effort could identify support and skill development strategies enhancing employee adaptability and lifelong learning, areas where traditional education may lag. The project's digital tools and leadership programs, if effective, could greatly impact employee's health, well-being, and work adaptability, aiding in staff retention and operational efficiency in healthcare. This contributes to sustaining a strong healthcare workforce, aligning with societal objectives.

Funding Agency

Research Council of Norway

Programme

Researcher Project Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal

Project Type

Research

Summary

This project evaluates the Impact Of Unscheduled Nurse-Led Virtual Care On Patients And Healthcare Outcomes.

Funding Agency

NMPDU

Summary

Funding Agency

Meath Foundation

Project Type

Research

Summary

An exploration of graduate nurses' experiences of making the transition to staff nurse in ICU

Funding Agency

HSE