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Mr. Paul Horan

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING
      
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Mr. Paul Horan

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

 pahoran@tcd.ie

 3531896 3110


  Children, health and disability   History of Ireland   INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES   Intellectual Disability   Irish History   Leadership in nursing   Networking for Healthcare Professionals   Networks   NURSING CARE   NURSING EDUCATION   NURSING INTERVENTION   NURSING PRACTICE   NURSING-STUDENTS   Palliative care nursing   Reflective Practice   Using Electronic Data Capture as Research Method
Project Title
 Mid-Leinster Farmer Wellbeing Project Stage 2 " Project Title Eco-T (A Collaborative Response to Farmer Mental Health and Suicide)
From
January 2022
To
September 2023
Summary
The Mid-Leinster Farmer Wellbeing Project will aim to recruit 100 farmers in the region to participate in developing a social support network via a training in action programme through this EIP Programme. Increasingly rural communities can be bereft of The "meitheal" of old, a community and social structure that is sadly mostly passed in many places. The need for this project is informed by on the ground outreach support workers from our operational group agencies and underpinned by current and continuously evolving research on the mental health, loneliness, and isolation of small holding farmers. Covid 19 augmented this isolation, where digital support was one of the only ways for single rural people were able to engage with the outside world.The objective of the project is to draw farmers together to learn new skills and share experiences (traditional building skills / willow making / hedge laying) and also to participate in restorative adventure activities that they would usually not have access to or possibly afford. This programme aims to engage the group at an open day, asking the individuals about their current social interactions, digital literacy, skills and compliance worries. Taking a data driven approach on their distance travelled during their participation of this "new social structure" in Mid Leinster at Castlecomer Discovery Park. Data will be used to iterate each programme customising it depending on needs, with each farmer working on their own personal progression. The dissemination of the aggregated data plus the ongoing monthly meet up will create both sustainability and added value to the project. This programme will allow for peer to peer interaction (Psychological support in terms of helping them recover from the stress) , digital training and change management methodologies to support new CAP complicated compliancy issues and reduce stress.
Funding Agency
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Programme
Funded through the European EIP Initiative
Project Type
Research and Intervention
Project Title
 An analysis of practice-based critical incidents identified by student nurses.
From
Jan 2012
To
June 2013
Summary
Project Team, Mark Monahan, Liz Fahey McCarthy, Patricia Cronin,MaryAnne Murphy. The aim of the study is to undertake an analysis of the practice-based critical incidents identified by students in their reflective learning during their internship. The overall purpose is to gain insight into the areas of clinical practice that address or challenge students. This study aims to determine if there are identifiable patterns and themes that will provide direction for education and practice.
Funding Agency
None
Project Type
Qualitative descriptive analysis
Person Months
18
Project Title
 Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland
From
2014
To
2018
Summary
Registered Intellectual Disability Nurses (RNID), are key providers of services to people with an intellectual disability in Ireland. Changing demographics, renewed movement into community settings and newly emerging health care needs of people with intellectual disability imply that the role of the RNID is changing. These changes represent both opportunities and challenges for intellectual disability nursing and it is against this backdrop that the HSE has established a project to examine the current and future role of Registered Intellectual Disability nurses. This project is entitled: 'Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland'.
Funding Agency
HSE
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 A Survey of the views of Nurse Managers, Nurse Practice Development Staff and Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability in Ireland in response to the Review of the Intellectual Disability Undergraduate Nursing Programme.
From
Feb 2012
To
July 2012
Summary
Project Team: Griffiths C, Crofton C, Horan P, Keenan P, Fleming S & Sheerin F. This project used focus groups to survey the views of 67 self selected registered intellectual disability nurses in Ireland concerning the education of intellectual disability nurses. The respondents' views were subsequently forwarded to the Department of Health as a submission to to the Review of Undergraduate Nursing Programme.
Funding Agency
Nurse Managers' Association for Intellectual Disability in Ireland.
Project Type
Focus groups
Person Months
6
Project Title
 A study of community nursing practice in Galway Community Care Area ( C.Begley, C.Griffiths, P,Horan, G.Byrne, AM Brady, C.MacGregor)
From
September 2002
To
Jan 2004
Summary
€68,000
Funding Agency
Nursing and Midwifery Development Unit Western Health Board
Person Months
12

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Details Date
Chairperson of The Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland Education Subgroup 2022
External Examiner - University of Huddersfield - UK 2022 - 2026
External Examiner - Teeside University Middlesborough UK 2020 - 2024
External Examiner - University of West London UK 2020 - 2023
Chair of the Steering Group of Mid-Leinster Research Project on Farmer Mental Health & Wellbeing 2021
Member of The Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland Conference Organising Committee 2022
Member of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Audit Inspection Team for the School of Nursing at St.Angela's Sligo - NMBI Inspection/Validation and Audit March 2023
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Evaluator/Reviewer for the School of Nursing at Letterkenny Institute of Technology - Inspection/Validation March 2022
Ex Officio Member of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Audit Inspection Team for the School of Nursing at Letterkenny Institute of Technology - NMBI Inspection/Validation and Audit March 2022
Conference Host/Ambassador/Organiser 14th Positive Choices International Intellectual Disability Nursing Conference School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin 2017/2018
External Examiner - Letterkenny Institute of Technology 2016 -2021
Editorial Advisory Board Member Holistic Nursing Practice 2014
External Examiner - Edinburgh Napier University 2009 - 2013
Reviewer - British Journal of Learning Disabilities 2009 - Present
Reviewer - International Nursing Review 2012 to Present
Educational Consultant to Special Olympics Ireland 2010 - present
Reviewer - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 2020
Details Date From Date To
Member of LIDINAN (Learning & Intellectual Disabilities International Nursing Academic Network) 2012 Present
Executive Member of the National Network of Learning Disabilities Ltd(UK) 2004 2009
Member of Director of Services Group (Irish Sisters of Charity) 1999 2000
Vice - Chairperson - Nurse Manager's Association (Intellectual Disabilities) 2000
Registered Nurse for People with Intellectual Disabilities 1991 Present
Registered Nurse Tutor 2002 Present
Kennedy, S., & Horan, P.,, An Exploration of General Nurse's Experiences of Caring for Acutely Ill Patients with an Intellectual Disability (PWID) in the acute hospital setting. A Qualitative Approach., Research Conference 2025 (THEconf2025) 'Healthcare in times of crisis: adaptive responses and global innovations', School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin, 4th 0 6th March 2025, 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Carolan. S., & Horan, P.,, Effectiveness of Oral Hygiene Education for Caregivers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Research Conference 2025 (THEconf2025) 'Healthcare in times of crisis: adaptive responses and global innovations', School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Ireland, 4 - 6 March 2025, 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Trip,H., Horan,P., Northway, R., & Koskinen, R.,, Reimagining Connections: Establishment and goal. Symposium paper presentation s of a global nursing network: Pre and post-registration education: Preparing nurses to address health and wellbeing inequities globally, International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities World Congress, Chicago, August 5-8, 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Fisher, K.M., Desroches, M.L., Northway, R., Marsden, D., Horan, P. & Rees, S., International Nursing Actions to Reduce Health Inequities Faced by People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability, International Nursing Review, 1-6., 2024, p1 - 6, phttp://doi.org/10.1111/inr.130 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Nowghani, F., Lisiecka, D., Phelan, S., Horan, P., O'Reilly, L., Howell, Y., & Mac Giolla Phadraig, C., Keep My Teeth: An evaluation of multi"disciplinary training in mouth care for people with intellectual developmental disorders., Special Care in Dentistry, 44, (3), 2024, p852 - 862, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
McMahon, M., Doyle, C., Burke, É., Fleming, S., Cleary, M., Byrne, K., McGlinchey, E., Keenan, P., McCarron, M., Horan, P. and Sheerin, F., "Addressing health inequality and inequity for people with intellectual disabilities: a collective responsibility for all nurses", Tizard Learning Disability, 29, (3/4), 2024, p174 - 183, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Hynes, L., & Horan, P., Examining the factors that enable Student Nurses to become Registered Nurse Reflective Practitioners - A Systematic Review., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 (THEconf2023): BACK TO NORMAL OR FORWARD TO BETTER HORIZIONS OF CARE , School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, March 7 - 9 , 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Horan, P., Nowghani, F., Mac Giolla Phádraig, C., Lisiecka., D., O'Reilly, L., Howell, Y., & Phelan, S., , ., An evaluation of a multi-layered education and training approach for an interdisciplinary cohort of student health care professionals learning to provide oral care interventions for People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (PWIDD). , Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 (THEconf2023): BACK TO NORMAL OR FORWARD TO BETTER HORIZIONS OF CARE, School of Nursing Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, March 7 - 9 , 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Horan, P. & Kelly, J., Exploring the little-known Crimean War (1854 -1856). Diaries of an Irish Nursing Nun, Sr. Mary Aloysius Doyle RRC in the context of the Russia"s current invasion of Ukraine., History of Nursing Research Colloquium, University of Chichester, 28th June 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Fleming S., Burke E., Doyle C., Henderson K., Horan P., Byrne K., Keenan P. , Ensuring effective communication when undertaking a systematic health assessment, Learning Disability Practice, 2023, Notes: [doi: 10.7748/ldp.2023.e2197], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
  

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Introduction to Intellectual Disability in, editor(s)KEENAN, P.M., Doyle, C. and Maguire, O.P., , Special Olympics Ireland Tutor Training Manual - Intellectual Disability Education Modules. , 3rd Edtion, Dublin, Ireland.,, Special Olympics Ireland.,, 2017, [Paul Horan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Paul Horan, IRISH NURSING NARRATIVES 1914-1921: CARING FOR SOLDIERS OF THE CROWN AND THE HARP IN WAR AND REBELLION, Public Lecture to the UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE HISTORICAL SOCIETY & WESTMINSTER CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN VETERANS' WELLBEING, University of Chester , 5th July 2017, 2017, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Paul Horan, "Tales of Irish Nursing during The Dublin Easter Rising 1916 : Exploring the roles played by nurses during the Uprising" , International Nursing Workshop, Drexel University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA, 2nd Aug, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Griffiths C, Crofton C, Horan P, Keenan P, Fleming S & Sheerin F., A survey of the views of Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability in response to the Review of the Intellectual Disability Undergraduate Nursing programme., Dublin, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, June, 2012, 1-20, Report, PUBLISHED
Paul Horan, Call for closure of institutions, 2010, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Sheerin, F., Griffiths C., & Horan P.,, New policy on disabled, 2010, - 12, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Horan P., Sheerin F., & Griffiths C., , Policy needed for people with intellectual disabilities, 2010, - 14, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Horan, P., & Brown M.,, Networks and Networking: Opportunities to improve nursing practice: Findings from a 5 country Study Funded by The Leadership Centre, London & Commissioned by the National Networks of Learning Disability Nurses , 5th Positive Choices Conference, , University College Cork, April, 2009, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Horan, P., & Brown M., , Networking in Intellectual Disability Nursing: An International Perspective , 26th Annual National Network of Learning Disability Nursing Conference, Robinson College - University of Cambridge UK , June 29th - 30th, 2009, National Networks of Learning Disability Nursing NNLDN (plc) UK, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Intellectual Disability Care in, editor(s)Fahey McCarthy, E., et al , Supporting Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Advanced Dementia , Fusing Horizons in Care: An Introductory Education and Training Programme. A Trainers Manual. , Dublin, Trinity College Dublin , 2008, pp43 - 65, [Horan, P.,], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Failte Ireland Conference Ambassador Recognition Award November 2023
MA - University of Dublin 2006
Intellectual Disabilities Nursing - Nursing in the Community - Models of Nursing - Networking in Nursing - Reflective Practice - The History of Irish Nurses in Conflicts.