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Research Interests
Respiratory care and respiratory nursing, supportive and palliative care, Quality of Life research, Living with Parkinsons and other long-term conditions · Aging related research and older person care · Teaching, assessing and learning within undergraduate nursing; student and educator perspectives
Teaching Interests
Current position Teaching: Key areas of my role include teaching, learning and assessing learning across undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes (BSc and MSc Nursing programmes).
Biography
Present Position: Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick. My name is Irene Cassidy and I am a registered general nurse (RGN), registered midwife (RM) and registered nurse tutor. I undertook a Bachelor of Nursing (BNS) at University College Dublin, which also incorporated a nurse education qualification. I subsequently completed an MSc in Nursing with the University of Manchester and completed my PhD through the University of Limerick with my specialist area being 'Quality of Life and Living with Parkinson's: A mixed methods study.
My clinical experience spanned a range of clinical positions including medical, surgical, accident and emergency and renal nursing. Areas of teaching, assessing and research interest include supporting person-centred rehabilitation, caring for people living with long-term conditions, respiratory care and respiratory nursing (including pulmonary rehabilitation, inhaler care), tracheostomy and laryngectomy care, Parkinson's, palliative care, competency-based approaches to clinical assessment, community nursing and pain management.
I am a member of the following committees
School of Nursing and Midwifery- Cancer/Palliative Care and Healthy Ageing and Aged Research Clusters, Learning Teaching and Assessing Committee.
Faculty of Education and Health Science - Member of Research Ethics Committee
University of Limerick- Health Research Institute and Ageing Research Centre
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):
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Network models of late life depression symptoms and cognitive impairments across time
Whiston, A., Semkovska, M., Boland, P., Cassidy, I., Cremona, A., Dillon, S., Hayes, S., Kearns, A., Larkin, E., Tuohy, D. & Robinson, K., 27 Jan 2025, In: Aging and Mental Health. 29, 6, p. 1100-1110 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Older people’s views of participating in an intergenerational café with student nurses
Tuohy, D., Tuohy, T., Graham, M., McCarthy, J., Murphy, J., Shanahan, J. & Cassidy, I., 1 Mar 2025, In: International Journal of Older People Nursing. 20, 2, 11 p., https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.70019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interactions Between Caregiving and Sex and the Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccination
Gallagher, S., Ryan, R., Cassidy, I., Tang, W. & Whittaker, A. C., 1 Sep 2024, In: Psychosomatic Medicine. 86, 7, p. 633-639 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Post Hoc Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) Analysis of Older Person/Student Nurse Intergenerational Café Implementation
Tuohy, D., Cassidy, I., Graham, M., Murphy, J., Shanahan, J., Tuohy, T. & McCarthy, J., 9 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quality of life and living with Parkinson’s disease: a qualitative exploration within an Irish context
Cassidy, I., Doody, O., Richardson, M. & Meskell, P., Dec 2024, In: BMC Neurology. 24, 1, 275.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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School of Nursing & Midwifery (Organisational unit)
Cassidy, I. (Member)
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Faculty of Education & Health Sciences (Organisational unit)
Cassidy, I. (Member)
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Ageing Research Centre (Organisational unit)
Cassidy, I. (Member)
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Health Research Institute (Organisational unit)
Cassidy, I. (Member)
2025Activity: Membership › Membership of committee