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Nursing in an age of multimorbidity. (2018)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., Deaton, C., Nolan, F., & Johnston, B. (2018). Nursing in an age of multimorbidity. BMC Nursing, 17(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-018-0321-z

Background A changing sociodemographic landscape has seen rising numbers of people with two or more long-term health conditions. Multimorbidity presents numerous challenges for patients and families and those who work in healthcare services. Therefo... Read More about Nursing in an age of multimorbidity..

Smartphones and mobile applications (apps) in clinical nursing education: A student perspective (2018)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., & Andrews, T. (2018). Smartphones and mobile applications (apps) in clinical nursing education: A student perspective. Nurse Education Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.07.013

Background: Nurse educators are exploring how mobile technology can support students in clinical practice. However, the view of nursing students on the use of smartphones and mobile applications (apps) to enhance clinical education has not been explo... Read More about Smartphones and mobile applications (apps) in clinical nursing education: A student perspective.

Social media in nursing and midwifery education: a mixed study systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Jolliffe, S., Stanmore, E., Renwick, L., & Booth, R. (2018). Social media in nursing and midwifery education: a mixed study systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13799

Aim To synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of social media in nursing and midwifery education. Background Social media are being explored to see if these online tools can support teaching, learning and assessment. Design A mixed study s... Read More about Social media in nursing and midwifery education: a mixed study systematic review.

An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses. (2018)
Journal Article
Hübner, U., Shaw, T., Thye, J., Egbert, N., Marin, H. D. F., Chang, P., O’Connor, S., Day, K., Honey, M., Blake, R., Hovenga, E., Skiba, D., & Ball, M. (2018). An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nur

Background: While health informatics recommendations on competencies and education serve as highly desirable corridors for designing curricula and courses, they cannot show how the content should be situated in a specific and local context. Therefore... Read More about An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses..

An interprofessional approach: The new paradigm in nursing education (2018)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S. (2018). An interprofessional approach: The new paradigm in nursing education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13530

Nursing education has undergone dramatic changes in the last 150 years. Rooted in a traditional apprenticeship model that consisted of training in hospital based schools, the vision of Florence Nightingale that came to fruition in 1860, this educatio... Read More about An interprofessional approach: The new paradigm in nursing education.

Big data and data science in health care: What nurses and midwives need to know (2018)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S. (2018). Big data and data science in health care: What nurses and midwives need to know. Journal of Clinical Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14164

The evolution of technology in contemporary society has been accelerating in recent decades, with smaller, more interconnected hardware devices and software applications becoming the norm. As desktop computing paved the way for mobile platforms, whic... Read More about Big data and data science in health care: What nurses and midwives need to know.

Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hubner, U., Shaw, T., Blake, R., & Ball, M. (2017). Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform. Nurse Education Today, 58, 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.014

Information Technology (IT) continues to evolve and develop with electronic devices and systems becoming integral to healthcare in every country. This has led to an urgent need for all professions working in healthcare to be knowledgeable and skilled... Read More about Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform.

Using social media to engage nurses in health policy development (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S. (2017). Using social media to engage nurses in health policy development. Journal of Nursing Management, 25(8), 632-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12501

Aims: To explore nurses' views on future priorities for the profession and to examine social media as an engagement tool to aid policy discussion and development. Background: Nurses are often not directly involved in policy creation and some feel it... Read More about Using social media to engage nurses in health policy development.

A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Jolliffe, S., Stanmore, E., Renwick, L., Schmitt, T., & Booth, R. (2017). A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(8), 1989-1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/ja

Aim: To synthesize evidence on the use of social media in nursing and midwifery education. Background: Social media is one type of online platform that is being explored to determine if there is value in using interactive, digital communication tool... Read More about A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol.

Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Lennon, M. R., Bouamrane, M., Devlin, A. M., O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., Chetty, U., …Mair, F. S. (2017). Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Progr

Background: Digital health has the potential to support care delivery for chronic illness. Despite positive evidence from localized implementations, new technologies have proven slow to become accepted, integrated, and routinized at scale. Objecti... Read More about Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom.

Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism (2016)
Journal Article
Booth, R., & O'Connor, S. (2017). Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism. Evidence-Based Nursing, 20(1), 28-

Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism. Commentary on: Jones R, Kelsey J, Nelmes P, et al. Introduci... Read More about Meaningful use of Twitter in nursing education may improve student learning and should be considered as a viable educational tool to assist in the development of digital professionalism.

Helping Babies Breathe in Sudan (2016)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hamid, A., Elsaid, H., Ahmed, S., Malik, Y., McCarthy, E., …Clarke, L. (2016). Helping Babies Breathe in Sudan. World of Irish Nursing, 24(8), 55-56

A hospital-to-hospital partnership between Cork and Sudan aims to reduce neonatal deaths in Sudan by focusing on training village midwives in neonatal resuscitation techniques.

Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., Hanlon, P., O’Donnell, C. A., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 16(120), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0359-3

Background Numerous types of digital health interventions (DHIs) are available to patients and the public but many factors affect their ability to engage and enrol in them. This systematic review aims to identify and synthesise the qualitative liter... Read More about Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hanlon, P., O'Donnell, C. A., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMJ Open, 6(9), Article e010895. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010895

Introduction: Patients and the public are beginning to use digital health tools to assist in managing chronic illness, support independent living and self-care, and remain connected to health and care providers. However, engaging with and enrolling i... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Big Data: how it can predict our future health and well-being (2015)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S. (2015). Big Data: how it can predict our future health and well-being. Association of Commonwealth Universities: Bulletin, 7

The technology to continuously monitor human life (both biological and behavioural) and the environment that surrounds us is here...

Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Devlin, A. M., McGee-Lennon, M., O’Donnell, C. A., Bouamrane, M., Agbakoba, R., O’Connor, S., …Mair, F. S. (2016). Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(1), 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv097

OBJECTIVE: To identify implementation lessons from the United Kingdom Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) program-a large-scale, national technology program that aims to deliver a broad range of digital services and products to t... Read More about Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom.

Mobile Technology and Its Use in Clinical Nursing Education: A Literature Review (2015)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., & Andrews, T. (2015). Mobile Technology and Its Use in Clinical Nursing Education: A Literature Review. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(3), 137-144. doi:10.3928/01484834-20150218-01

Nursing students face a variety of challenges to learning in clinical practice, from the theory–practice gap, to a lack of clinical supervision and the ad hoc nature of learning in clinical environments. Mobile technology is proposed as one way to ad... Read More about Mobile Technology and Its Use in Clinical Nursing Education: A Literature Review.

Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers: Is Topical Zinc the Answer? A Review of the Literature (2014)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., & Murphy, S. (2014). Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers: Is Topical Zinc the Answer? A Review of the Literature. Advances in skin & wound care, 27(1), 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.asw.0000439173.79541.96

PURPOSE: To enhance the learner's competence with knowledge of research data on topical zinc for treatment of chronic leg ulcers. TARGET AUDIENCE: This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin... Read More about Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers: Is Topical Zinc the Answer? A Review of the Literature.