Staff
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| Dr Honor Nicholl is a lecturer within the School. She has previously held appointments as Head of Discipline(Children's Nursing),Acting Assistant Director,Founding Chair of the Children's Research Group,Course Coordinator and module leader. She has also led on curriculum developments in palliative care and child well-being.
Her Doctoral study was focussed on mothers' experiences of caring for children with complex needs in Ireland. Her current research activities are centered on clinical practice issues including mothers' experiences of caring for children with complex needs experiences. Current funded research activites are focused on parent information, the development and delivery of children's palliative care modules and equipment used by children with complex needs at home.Previous funded national studies include a study of maternity care provision in Ireland for women with disabilities. Research funding grants have been obtained from The National Disability Authority, The Irish Hospice Foundation, The McMenamin Scholarship award and the Eileen Mansfield Scholarship from the Adelaide Hospital Society as well as the AIIHPC and IHF. Her publications and conference presentations are related to children with complex needs, edcuation and palliative care.
Honor has a breadth of teaching and supervisory experience in undergraduate and post-graduate courses with specialist expertise in Children's nursing including children's palliative care. She has developed, coordinated and taught on all undergraduate,post-graduate specialist nursing and MSc programmes and supervises PhD students.
She is/has been involved in strategic developments in nurse education, including the Nurse Education Forum and The National Paediatric Advisory group. She is a current active member of numerous advisory and professional groups including the IAPC, EAPCC,CRNINI and The National Children's Hospital development group and is closely linked with a number of voluntary agencies.She is also a book and journal reviewer for numerous journals and publishers.
Honor has worked in clinical and management roles in national,and internationally recognised, centres of excellence in children's hospitals [in intensive care, cardiothoracic nursing, infant surgery and childrens' palliative care].
In 2012 Honor was awarded the IJPN award as Educator of the Year [Joint Firts place] for her work in palliative care. |
| Qualification |
Institution |
Class of Degree |
Title of Dissertation |
Date Conferred |
| JBCNS 160 |
Brompton Hospital London |
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1981 |
| Details |
Date |
| Member Scholar International Institute For Qualitative Methodology(IIQM) |
January 2010 |
| Member of National Paediatric Advisory Group |
2002-2006 |
| Journal Reviewer for Nurse Education in Practice |
2003- |
| New book reviewer Open University Press/McGraw Hill |
2005 |
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| Details |
Date From |
Date To |
| Member of the Structured Research Network[SRN] of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care{AIIHPC] |
2012 |
current |
| International Children's Palliative Care Network |
2009 |
current |
| Member of National Paediatric Advisory Group |
2002 |
2005 |
| Examiner and Supervisor Royal College of Nursing, United Kingdom |
2002 |
current |
| Member Of Irish Association of Children's Nurses |
2005 |
current |
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| Award |
Date |
| Joint 1st Place International Journal of Palliative Nursing & MacMillan Cancer support EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR |
2012 |
| Nominated Provost's Teaching Award,Trinity College Dublin |
2011-2012 |
| Eileen Mansfield Scholarship,The Adelaide Society |
2011 |
| Martha McMenamin Research Scholarship 2010-2011 |
2011 |
| TCD Equality Fund Award |
2011 |
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| Terminology used in caring for children with life-limiting conditions.
Mothers' experiences of caring for children with complex needs. Communication.
Children's nursing. Teaching in classroom and clinical settings. Microteaching. Stress.
Complex needs in children, palliative care
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| Child centred research questions, study design, data analysis |
Children, health and disability |
International children's research |
Promotion of child centred research |
| Project title |
An exploration ot access,decsion making and experiences of palliative care services for children with non-malignant life-limiting conditions |
| Summary |
Study is part of a larger Structured Research Network study funded by the AIIHPC |
| Funding Agency |
All Ireland Institute of Hospice and PalliativeCare |
| Programme |
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| Type of Project |
PhD study |
| Date from |
Sept 12 |
| Date to |
Sept 15 |
| Person Months |
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| Project title |
An organisational case study of transition ot adult services by young people with life-limiting conditions in Ireland |
| Summary |
As above.
An AIIHPC funded Doctoral study involving cross border collaboration |
| Funding Agency |
All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative care |
| Programme |
Doctoral Fellowship Award |
| Type of Project |
PhD |
| Date from |
Oct 12 |
| Date to |
Oct 15 |
| Person Months |
36 |
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| Project title |
Developing an end of life curriculum framework |
| Summary |
National project, funded by HSE and IHF to develop a national curriculum framework in palliative care for nurses, midwives and health care assistants. |
| Funding Agency |
HSE/IHF |
| Programme |
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| Type of Project |
Research & education |
| Date from |
March 2012 |
| Date to |
Dec 2012 |
| Person Months |
9 |
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| Project title |
A retrospective review of the nursing observations recorded on children in the first hour following their arrival at the Children's Emergency Department |
| Summary |
A retrospective review of the nursing observations recorded on children in the first hour following their arrival at the Children's Emergency Department,(AMNCH) |
| Funding Agency |
Eileen Mansfield Scholarship,The Adelaide Society |
| Programme |
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| Type of Project |
Quantitative retrospective case note review |
| Date from |
Nov 2011 |
| Date to |
Nov 2012 |
| Person Months |
12 |
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| Project title |
Developing an information resource for health professionals on q2211 deletion |
| Summary |
A small project on creating an information leaflet on q2211 deletion syndrome by parents for use by health professionals |
| Funding Agency |
The Martha McMenamin Scholarship 2010/11 |
| Programme |
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| Type of Project |
Research project |
| Date from |
2011 March |
| Date to |
October 2012 |
| Person Months |
12 |
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| Malone H Tracey C & Nicholl H , 'From Beginning to End'-Considering Bias in Research Studies, Book of Abstracts & Conference Programme, 32nd International Nursing & Midwifery Research Conference, RCSI Dublin, 20/21st February , 2013, pp60- |
Reilly A Bowen M Nolan S Guilfoyle M-J & NICHOLL H , A Review Of services Provided to Young Childrenwith Neurodevelopmental Disabilities , 32nd Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research and Education Conference , RCSI Dublin, 20/21st February , 2013, pp56-
Notes: [Poster abstract published ] |
Nicholl H Keighery C & Kett Sheridan R, The role of the specialist children's nurse in the care of children with neurodevelopmental delay at home, IAPC 13th Annual Education and Research Seminar , Alexander Hotel, 7th February , 2013, pp34-
Notes: [Publishes abstract of poster in book of abstracts ] |
O'Rourke M O'Rourke L Sheehan M Comiskey C NICHOLLH & Elliot N, Mothers Care for their Babies but Who Cares for the Mothers, 32nd Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Conference, RCSI Dublin, 20-21st March , 2013, 73
Notes: [Published abstract of poster in conference proceedings] |
NIcholl H, Lawlor A Begley T Doyle C Murphy M & Malone H, Developing a Parent- Professional Information resource.What information do professionals require?, Rare Disorders without Borders , Dublin City Hall, 28th February, 2013
Notes: [Poster available on web site ] |
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