Personal profile
Biography
Fidelma is the Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Haematology in Cancer Services Directorate University Hospital Limerick since April 2021. Fidelma has worked in Haematology-Oncology nursing for many years including in the Bone marrow transplant unit in St James Hospital, in the Middle- East, Australia and prior to this role as a Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist in University Hospital Limerick. She has undertaken research and has published in the area of lymphoma survivorship and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia. Fidelma is currently studying part-time in University of Limerick undertaking a PhD in the experience of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia from the patient, care partner and healthcare professional perspective. Fidelmas’ supervisors are Prof Pauline Meskell, Prof Rose Galvin and Prof Ruth Clifford.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
