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Dr. Gobnait Byrne

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING
      
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Dr. Gobnait Byrne

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

 gobnait.byrne@tcd.ie

 3531896 3105


I joined the School in 2005. I have extensive nursing experience in Ireland, UK and Australia. I lecture on health promotion at undergraduate and postgraduate level. My research interests include health promotion, health of marginalised groups including migrants, cardiovascular health, community nursing and critical care outreach. My doctoral research investigated the health and use of health of services by Polish migrants living in Ireland. I am currently the Director of Trinity Centre for Practice Health Care Innovation.
  Acute care nursing   Cardiac rehabilitation   Cardiology Nursing   Cardiothoracic surgery   Community Nursing   Critical Care   Culture and health   Epidemiology   Health attitudes and behaviour   Health Communication   Health Promotion   Health psychology   Health status and inequalities   Identification and quantification of health care needs   Minorities and Disadvantaged   Patterns of health   Preventative nursing   Primary care   Provision and utilisation of health care needs   Public health   Smoking Behavior   Sociological influences on health
Project Title
 New Graduate Nurses' experiences of transitioning to ICU
From
October 2022
To
March 2023
Summary
Funding Agency
HSE
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 Role of the Community RGN
From
March 2022
To
June 2023
Summary
A descriptive survey exploring CRGNs and DPHNs views of the role of the CRGN
Project Type
research
Project Title
 Learning from the effect of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the role and function of Public Health Nurses and Community Registered General Nurses: impacts, experiences and recommendations
From
To
Summary
A Mixed methods study
Funding Agency
NMPDU
Project Title
 Person-centredness in Healthcare Curricula
From
2019
To
2022
Summary
This project builds on an already established and strong global partnership that exists to advance person-centred healthcare. The aim of the project is to develop an international curriculum framework for educating future person-centred healthcare practitioners. Person-centred healthcare is an approach to healthcare delivery that places the beliefs and values of patients and families at the centre of decision-making. In doing this, healthcare practitioners need to be able to treat patients and families as actively engaged partners in care. This is achieved through person-centred assessment, the design of a care plan arising from that assessment and implementing the care plan in partnership with patients and families. All of this is supported by organisational cultures that are committed to person-centred healthcare at all levels of the organisation/system. There is a global evidence-base showing the benefits of a person-centred approach to healthcare delivery at individual, unit and systems levels. However, to our knowledge few curricula exist that are person-centred and that focus on educating future person-centred healthcare practitioners and leaders. Whilst many curricula have some components of person-centredness built into particular courses, there are very few curriculum frameworks in place to educate healthcare practitioners. So this project aims to address this agenda by developing an international curriculum framework for educating future person-centred healthcare practitioners. We will do this by achieving the following objectives: 1. Co-creating a set of themes to underpin healthcare curricula that can be used to develop person- centred practitioners who work with people in a variety of contexts. 2. Identifying learning outcomes and professional qualities that meet the needs of stakeholders in the partner countries. 3. Generating a new curriculum framework for the development of the future person-centred graduate practitioner. 4. Designing a suite of stakeholder-focused innovative assessment strategies for use in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula.
Funding Agency
EU
Programme
Erasmus
Project Type
Curriculum Development
Project Title
 Exploring attendance by individuals from Ethnic and Migrant Groups at outpatient departments in an acute hospital setting
From
To
Summary
n Action Research Study to increase attendance Ethnic and Migrant Groups to OPD services in an Irish acute hospital setting
Funding Agency
The Meath Foundation
Project Type
Action Research

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Details Date From Date To
Member of the Sigma Theta Tatu International Nursing Organisation 2004 to date
Association for Health Promotion Ireland 2005 to date
Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association 2005 to date
Reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Nursing 2006 to date
Reviewer for Journal of Nursing & Healthcare of Chronic Illness 2008 to date
Byrne, G., Lynott, A., Caffrey, B., Murphy, F., O'Sullivan, K., Dunne, N., Carroll, N., McGolderick, G., Joyce, D. & Phelan, A., A Survey of Nurses' Views of the Current and Future Role of Community Registered General Nurses (CRGN), Journal of Advanced Nursing, 82, (3), 2026, p2282 - 2294, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Murphy, F. & Byrne, G., Promoting kidney health in people with type 2 diabetes: part 2, British Journal of Nursing, 32, (20), 2023, p964 - 971, p7 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Murphy, F., Byrne, G. , Promoting kidney health in people with type 2 diabetes: part 1. , British Journal of Nursing, 32, (18), 2023, p874 - 880, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Delaney, S., Eustace-Cook, J., Ryberg, M., O'Donnell, S. & Byrne. G., Critical illness survivors' experiences of attending an intensive care unit follow-up service: a systematic review protocol, JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21, (12), 2023, p2438 - 2455, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Walsh, A., McCluskey, R., Cassidy, D., McGoldrick, G., Howlin, C., Muldoon, K., Butler, É., & Byrne, G., The Support Needs and Current Practices of Public Health Nurses in the Republic of Ireland Who Provide Support to Breastfeeding Mothers: A Cross-Sectional Survey. , Journal of Human Lactation, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Murphy, F. & Byrne, G., Promoting kidney health in cardiovascular disease: part two, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 17, (12), 2022, p1 - 11, p11 , Notes: [https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2022.0111], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Cook, N.F., Brown, D., Mc Cance, T., Dickson, C.A.W.,Tønnessen, S., Dunleavy, S., Lorber, M., Falkenberg, H.K., Byrne, G. & McCormack, B. , The Person-centred Curriculum Framework: a universal curriculum framework for person-centred healthcare practitioner education, International Practice Development Journal , 12, (Special Issue ), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
O'Donnell, D., Dickson, C.A.W.., Phelan, A., Brown, D., Byrne, G., Cardiff, S., Cook, N.F., Dunleavy, S., Kmetec, S. & McCormack, B. , A mixed methods approach to the development of a Person-centred Curriculum Framework: surfacing person-centred principles and practices, International Practice Development Journal , 12, (Special Issue ), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Keogh B., Daly L. and Byrne G, Supporting resilience in older people: implications for nursing practice, British Journal of Community Nursing, 27, (6), 2022, p272 - 276, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
O'Connor Power, F., Beatty, S., Dunne, N.,O'Connell, L.,O'Riordan, N., Sloane, H., Prizeman, G., O'Sullivan, K., Butler, E., Howlin, C. Byrne, G. (2021)., "I'm not being serviced; I'm being cared for": A mixed methods' study of patients' and nurses' perceptions of community oncology nursing delivered by a Community Intervention Team, Eurpoean Journal of Oncology Nursing , 2022, Journal Article, IN_PRESS  URL
  

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Approaches in Education for Person-Centered and Community-Centered Care in, editor(s)Phelan, A. , Community Centred Health & Well-Being, Routledge, 2026, [Phelan, A., O'Donnell D. & Byrne, G.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Chapter 1 Introduction in, editor(s)McCormack B. , Developing Person-Centred Cultures in Healthcare Education and Practice: An Essential Guide, London, 2025, pp1 - 28, [McCormack, B. Mcgowan, R., McCance, T., O'Donnell, D., Tonessen, S., Stiglic, G., van Lieshout, F., Lorber, M., Kmetec, S., Phelan, A., Dickson, C., Dunelavy, S., Falkenberg, H.K., Cardiff, S., Cook, N., Byrne, G. & Brown, D.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Chapter 3 Structure in, editor(s)McCormack, B. , Developing Person-Centred Cultures in Healthcare Education and Practice: An Essential Guide, London, 2025, pp63 - 86, [Dickson, C., O'Donnell, D., Byrne, G., Tonnessen, S.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Byrne G., Nash M., Mooney M.O Brien F. & Prizeman G., General Nurses self-assessed educational needs regarding caring for patients with mental health problems in the acute care setting. A report for the Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit, Ireland., January, 2020, p1 - 93, Report, PUBLISHED
Gobnait Byrne, Polish Migrants in Ireland- Visiting Private Ethnic Healthcare providers in Ireland & travelling to Poland for heathcare, UK Central and Eastern European health research forum 2019',, Manchester , 21/2/2019, 2019, Culture and International Mental Health Research Group, University of Manchester, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Brady, A-M., Prendergast, M., Quirke, M.B., Byrne, G., Lynch, A., Ennis, S., Bhangu, J., Walker, C. & Bailey, L. , Organisational Supports for Clinical Decision Making Out-of-hours in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, September , 2016, Report, PUBLISHED
CHAPTER 1 Introduction in, editor(s)McCormack, Brendan , Developing Person-Centred Cultures in Healthcare Education and Practice, Sydney, Wiley, 2014, pp1 - 28, [Brendan McCormack, Ruth Magowan, Tanya McCance, Deirdre O"Donnell, Siri Tønnessen, Gregor Štiglic, Famke van Lieshout, Mateja Lorber, Sergej Kmetec, Amanda Phelan, Caroline Dickson, Stephanie Dunleavy, Helle K. Falkenberg, Shaun Cardiff, Neal Cook, Gobnait Byrne and Donna Brown], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Byrne, G., Macgregor, C., Brady, A-M., Horan, P., Griffiths, C. & Begley, C. , Effective tool for managing the workload. , Journal of Community Nursing , Jan/ Feb, , 2004, 7 - 8, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Begley, C., Brady, A-M. Byrne, Macgregor, C., G, Griffiths, C.& Horan, P. , A Study of the Role and Workload of the Public Health Nurse in the Galway Community Care Area, Dublin, Trinity College:, 2004, Report, PUBLISHED
Malone, A-M., Murphy, F. & Byrne, G. , Nurse Education within the Third-Level Sector. OECD Submission Review of Higher Education , OECD website, OECD, 2004, Report, PUBLISHED

  


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Health Promotion; Cardiology Nursing; Critical Care, Community Nursing, Public Health, Health Education, Migration. I have completed the Johanna Briggs training programme on Systematic Reviews.