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Mrs. Yvonne Muldowney

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
      
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Mrs. Yvonne Muldowney

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)

 muldowy@tcd.ie

 3531896 3933/4983


Yvonne is an Assistant Professor in general nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin. Her research and teaching focus includes palliative care, critical care nursing, integrative care and improving quality of care. She previously worked as a Course Co-Ordinator and Clinical Facilitator in intensive Care. She is a registered nurse tutor and registered general nurse with over 20 years of clinical practice and education experience. Yvonne is a general member of the Early Career Research Forum of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care and Founder of the research working group PAL.M.ED-ICU.
  Care of relatives within palliative care   Clinical : Critical Care Nursing   Clinical : Critical Care Nursing / Decision Making   Critical Care   Digital Integrated Care   Integrated Care   PALLIATIVE CARE   Palliative care nursing
Project Title
 The development and testing of a palliative care approach to standardize practice in Irish ICUs: A mixed method study
From
September 2020
To
September 2026
Summary
The aim of this project is to develop and test a care pathway for best-practice integration of palliative care into Irish ICUs. This study will be a quasi-experimental mixed-method study. In collaboration with key-stakeholders, a care pathway will be developed and integrated into ICU. Outcome measures will assess pre-post frequencies of palliative service, care process and procedures received, including bed days and related costs. Focus groups with multi-stakeholders will seek opinions on workload challenges, ease of pathway use, acceptance of pathway and unexpected re-occurring issues.
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Programme
PhD
Project Type
Pre-Post intervention
Project Title
 A survey of intensive care nurses to describe their perceptions towards their clinical learning environment
From
2004
To
2006
Summary
Research skills and experience gained include: Survey research: including adjustment, piloting and validation of the Dunn and Burnett's Clinical Learning Environment scale for use in Irish ICUs, Achieving ethics from 5 ethical boards, Completing data entry process with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences v18, Responsible for data analysis and interpretation with the advice of a statistician, Searching, analyzing and synthesizing skills for critically reviewing literature, Working knowledge of ethical principles and actions that are required to conduct ethical research in healthcare.

Details Date
Reviewer for BMJ Palliative Care Feburary 2025
Memeber of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), 2020
Reviewer for Intensive & Critical Care Nursing Journal 2019
Vice Chair: Early Career Researcher Forum Steering Committee 2109-
Scientific Panel Member: Spirituality in Healthcare Conference 2016-
Reviewer Nurse Education in Practice (Elsevier Science) 2009
Details Date From Date To
Mixed Methods International Research Association (membership No. 05246) 2021 -
European Association of Palliative Care 2020 -
Irish Association for Palliative Care 2019 -
All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) 2020 -
Member of Intensive Care Society of Ireland 2017 -
End-of-life and Palliative Care in ICU Research Network 2022 -
Early Career Research Forum of AIIHPC 2020 -
Registered Nurse Tutor (An Bord Altranais) 2006 -
Registered General Nurse-Midwifery and General Nursing (An Bord Altranais) 1999 -
Member of Spiritual Care Association 2017 2020
Member of Spirituality and Research Innovation Research Group 2006 2020
Cardiac Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD 2006 2010
Muldowney Y, May P., Brady A.M., Embedding Palliative Care in Intensive Care: Adapting an Evidence-Based Model for Irish Practice,, Palliative Care in Critical Care Conference (PCiCC), Axis Centre Southampton, UK, 12th June 2025, 2025, Notes: [Poster N0: 120604], Poster, PUBLISHED
Muldowney Y., May P., Brady, A.M., Evaluating Palliative Care Practices in ICU: A Mixed-Methods Study on Quality Benchmarks and Clinician Perspectives, (Poster No 120603), 2025, Poster, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., Whyte, B., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M., Core characteristics, challenges, and facilitators to integrating early palliative care for all patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A scoping review, ATINER Conference, Athens, Greece, May 6-9, 2024, 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M., A.M. Palliative care practices in Intensive Care Units: A mixed method needs analysis, Oceanic Palliative Care Conference, Sydney, Australia, September, 2024, Notes: [10 minute presentation on Poster], Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., Whyte, B., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M., Palliative care practices in Intensive Care Units: A systematic scoping review, Oceanic Palliative Care Conference, Sydney, Australia, September, 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
O"Riordan, J, Manktelow, C., Cooley, G., Cran, A., Burke, E., Barton, J., Farre, N., Minogue, R., Hill, L., Muldowney, Y., Improving quality of care by integrating Heart Failure and Specialist Palliative Care services, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 5-7 March, 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., Whyte, B., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M, Intervention characteristics for palliative care in the Intensive Care setting: A Systematic Scoping Review, Book of Abstracts, Trinity Health, and Education International Research Conference, School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD, 5-7 March, 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M, A systematic scoping review of palliative care interventions for adult patients in the intensive care units: A new horizon for Irish healthcare, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, TCD, 2023, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Muldowney, Y., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M, A mixed methods needs analyses: palliative care practices in Irish Intensive Care Units, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, TCD, 2023, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Muldowney, Y., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M. , A mixed method investigation of palliative care in Irish Intensive Care Units- a collaboration approach, 11th Annual Palliative Care Research Network Symposium , The Aisling Hotel, 25th November 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Muldowney, Y., Whyte, B., May. P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M., Investigating Palliative Care Practices in Adult Intensive Care Units through a Mixed-Methods Approach, ATINER Conference, Athens, Greece, May 6-9, 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., May, P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M., A mixed method needs analysis: palliative care practices in ICU, The 11th Annual Palliative Care Research Network Symposium , The AshlingHotel Dublin, 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, M., May, P., Tiernan, E., Brady, A.M, The PAL.M.ED-ICU Project: Needs Analysis Findings , USA, ICU, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, October, 2022, Report, PRESENTED
Muldowney, Y., Southern H, Byrne I, Mulkerrins J, The new clinical nurse tutor's role in education and clinical practice , INTED International Technology , Education and Development Conference, Valenica, Spain, March 2008, 2008, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., Policy for Tracheostomy Suctioning in the Intensive Care Unit , Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, 2006, Report, PUBLISHED
Muldowney, Y., Policy for Taking an arterial blood sample in the Intensive Care Unit, 2006, Report, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Irish Research Council Postgraduate Award ID GOIPG2020/372.P201635 2020-2023
Enterprise Ireland- H2020 Preparation Support Scheme, ID: CS20182054 (2019) (€3000) Co-applicant 2016
Research interested includes integrative palliative care, critical care nursing, end-of-life-care, critical care/intensive care and compassionate Care.