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Ms. Anne-Marie Corroon

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
      
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Ms. Anne-Marie Corroon

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)

 Annemarie.Corroon@tcd.ie

 


  Acute care nursing   Care of relatives within palliative care   Clinical learning environment in nursing   Community health and general practice   Epidemiology   Head and neck surgery   Health attitudes and behaviour   Health management   Health outcomes   Health status and inequalities   Nurse communication in intensive care   PALLIATION   PALLIATIVE   PALLIATIVE CARE   Palliative care nursing   Patterns of health   Preventative nursing   Primary care   PRIMARY-CARE   Public health   RELATIVES
Project Title
 Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Relatives of Terminally Il Patients
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Summary
The literature reveals that nurses find caring for relatives of terminally ill patients problematic. No research exists detailing this phenomenon in the Irish healthcare setting. Therefore this study was undertaken to explore nurses' lived experiences of caring for relatives of terminally ill patients on oncology wards. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology was employed in this study. Seven nurses were interviewed using in-depth open interviews, to explore their experience of this phenomenon. The analysis of the transcripts was influenced by Gadamerian philosophy. The concepts of the hermeneutic circle and the fusion of horizons were utilised to analyse the data. The experience of caring for relatives of terminally ill patients was found to be multifaceted, and though a difficult experience it was clearly rewarding. The relationship with the family was identified as being central to the degree of support that the relatives obtained from nurses. Key nursing interventions that were identified included enabling realisation, facilitating relatives' involvement in the patients' care and making the death as good as possible. Facilities for relatives were noted to be inadequate and suggestions for improvement are made. The respondents felt unprepared for this role, though most reported that there was a good level of informal support available on the wards through debriefing. However greater preparation and support are warranted as the experience can be emotionally draining. Staff mentorship and continuing education may serve to address this need. The findings may be regarded as culturally specific, so the transferability of the findings to another culture is questionable. Further research exploring nurses' and relatives' experiences would greatly enhance the understanding of this phenomenon. It is imperative to investigate relatives' preferences with regard to the nurses' presence when the patient is dying.

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Registered Nurse with An Bord Altranais 1992 present
Current member of Head and Neck Nurses Association 2002
Current member of Irish association for Palliative Care 2007
Byrne, G., Mooney, B. Timmins, F. and Corroon, A.M., Irish Nursing students' self reported harm due to their personal alcohol consumption, 2014, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
Nicholl, H., Connaire, K., Price, J., Tracey, C., Corroon, A.M., Doyle, C., Nic Philbin, C., Hayes, A., Malone, H., The Challenges of providing Interdisciplinary Education in a Palliative Care Programme., AISHE responding to Change: Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education., Dublin City University., 30th/31st Aug 2012, 2012, pp38 - 38, Notes: [Published abstract in book of abstracts], Published Abstract, PUBLISHED
Timmins, F , Corroon, A.M, Byrne, G. and Mooney, B. , The Challenge of Contemporary Nurse Education Programmes. Perceived Stressors of Nursing Students: Mental Health and Related Lifestyle Issues, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing , 18, (9), 2011, p758 - 766, Notes: [ PubMed ID: 21985678], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Timmins, F , Mooney, B. Byrne, G. and Corroon, A.M,, Nursing students' attitudes to health promotion to: Implications for teaching practice, Nurse Education Today, 31, (8), 2011, p841 - 848, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Mooney, B., Byrne, G., Timmins, F. ,Corroon, A-M,, The Challenge of Contemporary Nurse Education Programmes: Perceived Stressors of Nursing Student and Related Lifestyle Issues, Building and Promoting Excellence in Practice 4th International Nursing and Midwifery Conference, School of Nursing & Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, NUI Galway, Ireland, 4th & 5th of April, 2011, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
Mooney, B. , Timmins, F., Byrne, G., Corroon, A-M, Nursing Students Attitudes to Health Promotion to: Implications for Teaching Practice, Annual Summer Conference, Health Promotion Research Conference , NUIG Galway , 30th June 2011, 2011, pp2 - 2, Poster, PUBLISHED
Timmins, F., Corroon, A-M, Byrne, G., Mooney, B, Perceived Stressors of Nursing Students and Related Lifestyle Issues, Annual Summer Health Promotion Research Conference , NUIG Galway , 30th June 2011, 2011, pp3 - 3, Poster, PUBLISHED
Mooney, B., Timmins, F., Byrne, G, Corroon, A-M, 'Nursing Students Attitudes to Health Promotion to: Implications for Teaching Practice, 3rd International Nursing and Midwifery Conference., NUIG, Galway , 2011, pp5 - 5, Poster, PUBLISHED
Doyle, C., Nicholl, H., Connaire, K., Corroon, A.M., Nic Philbin, C., Hayes, A., Rees, B., Stakeholder Involvement in Curriculum Development - The Opportunities, 11th Annual Nursing & Midwifery Research Conference, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, 4th November, 2011, Notes: [Published abstract ], Poster, PUBLISHED
Mooney, B. Timmins, F. Byrne, G., and Corroon, A.M., Nursing Students Attitudes to Health Promotion, NET 2011 22nd International Participative Conference for Education in Health Care, Churchill College, University of Cambridge. UK, 6-9th September, 2011, pp252 - 252, Poster, PUBLISHED
  

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Corroon, Anne - Marie , Oral Care: Tools, Techniques and Solutions, Irish Nurses Research Interest Group Annual Conference, 1993, 1993, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  


Palliative Care, Death & Dying, Nursing, Respiratory Nursing, Health Promotion, Head & Neck Nursing