Nursing and Human Sciences

Biographical Details:

Registered General Nurse (St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park) 1986, Registered Midwife( Arrowe Park Hospital, UK)1989, Diploma in Public Health Nursing (UCD) 1995, B.Sc. (Hons) Nursing (UCC) 1997, M.Sc. Community Health (TCD) 2000, Postgraduate Certificate in Third Level Learning and Teaching (DIT) 2007, Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (TCD) 2009, Research Scholarship: HRB PhD Scholars Programme in Health Services Research 2007-2011.

Research Interests:

Research interests include examining the determinants and architecture of home-based social care in older adults, both in Ireland and comparatively. I am interested in the funding and provision of formal home care and how services are targeted at older populations. I am also interested in the interrelationship between formal and informal care and how they impact on one another. Other research interests include the the communication between primary and secondary care services and empowerment of nurses.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Murphy, C., Whelan, B., Normand, C. 2012. Publicly funded home care for older people in Ireland: Determinants of utilisation and policy implications. Irish Journal Of Medical Science, 181, S7, ppS226-.
• Corbally, M., Scott, P.A., Matthews, A., MacGabhann, L., Murphy, C. 2007. Irish nurses' and midwives' understanding and experiences of empowerment. Journal Of Nursing Management, 15, 2, pp169-179.
• Murphy, C. 2002. Liaison between hospital nurses and public health nurses on the discharge of elderly patients from hospital to home. All Ireland Journal Of Nursing And Midwifery, 2, , pp33-37.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Murphy, C. 2007. Post-reg opportunity with a community focus. World of Irish Nursing, 15, pp14-15.

• Murphy, C., Whelan, B., Normand, C., Publicly Funded Home Care for Older People in Ireland: Determinants of Utilisation and Policy Implications, 60th Annual and Scientific Meeting of the Irish Gerontological Society, 14-SEP-12 - 15-SEP-12, University College Cork
• Murphy, C. Whelan, B. Normand, C., Determinants of home help and personal care utilisation in older Irish adults: Results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Public Health Nursing 'Vision and Visibility', Invited presentation at the annual conference of the Institute of Community Health Nursing, 01-MAY-12 - 01-MAY-12, Cork
• Murphy, C., Whelan, B., Normand, C., Formal home care for older people in Ireland: Who gets it?, Family Carer Research Group, Care Alliance Ireland, 21-NOV-11 - 21-NOV-11, Carmichael House, Dublin 7
• Murphy, C., Whelan, B., Normand, C., Home-based social care for older people in Ireland: Measuring a complex phenomenon, 11th Annual Research Conference, School of Nursing and Midwifery, 04-NOV-11 - 04-NOV-11, UCC
• Murphy, C., Whelan, B., Normand, C., Determinants of formal home-based social care in older Irish adults: Results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), In: Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) ed.Ageing Globally-Ageing Locally, Planning All Our Futures, 02-NOV-11 - 03-NOV-11, Croke Park, Dublin
• Murphy,C., Whelan,B., Normand,C., McGee,H., The Utilization of Home Care by Older Adults in Ireland and Sweden: Similarities and Differences, In: Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre TCD /Changing Ageing Partnership QUB ed.Becoming Visible: Older People as Active Participants in the Community and in Long-term Care Settings, 16-NOV-10 - 17-NOV-10, Dublin Castle
• Murphy, C., Home Care in Community Living Older People with a Functional Disability across Europe, British Society of Gerontology 39th Annual Conference "Identities, Care and Everyday Life", 06-JUL-10 - 08-JUL-10, Brunel University, London
• Murphy, C., Scott, P.A., McNeela, P., An Exploration of the Core Elements of Public Health Nursing Care, In: Institute of Community Health Nursing ed.Sharing the future: Community and Public Health Nursing, 20-JUN-08 - 21-JUN-08, Croke Park Stadium, Dublin
• Murphy, C., Scott, P.A, McNeela, P., An exploration of the core elements of Public Health Nursing care, Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education and Technology, 07-NOV-07 - 09-NOV-07, Trinity College Dublin, 578 - 580
• Murphy, C., Matthews, A., Scott, P.A., Corbally, M., Empowerment in nursing and midwifery in Ireland-A focus on public health nursing, Health4Life, 11-SEP-06 - 13-SEP-06, Dublin City University
• Murphy,C., Matthews, A., Scott, P.A., Corbally, M., Findings from a national study on empowerment in nursing and midwifery in Ireland-a focus on public health nursing, Royal College of Nursing International Research Conference, 21-MAR-06 - 24-MAR-06, University of York
• Murphy, C., A study of the liaison between hospital nurses and public health nurses on the discharge of elderly patients from hospital to home, Trinity College Nursing Research Conference, 14-NOV-01 - 16-NOV-01, Trinity College Dublin