Nursing and Human Sciences

Biographical Details:

Angela Cocoman i s a Registered Nurse with a BNS and a MSc in Nursing. She is a registered PhD candidate who is using an action research methodology exploring: how the care of community-dwelling psychiatric patients who receive long-acting neuroleptic injections can be enhanced/improved.

Research Interests:

Angela is employed as a lecturer in the School of Nursing at DCU where she teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has worked on an EU grant funded project called ePsyNurse.net, which aims to reform and develop nurses continuing vocational training in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient units, by developing a new multinational interactive web based curriculum for psychiatric/mental health nurses. She has also led the audit of the clinical nursing environment and has administrative responsibility for the clinical allocation of BSc student nurses.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Ms Angela M Cocoman. .
• Cocoman, A & Murray, J. 2010. Recognizing the evidence and changing practice on injection sites. British Journal Of Nursing, 19, 18, pp1170-1174.
• Moran, A. Cocoman, A. Scott, PA. Matthews, A. Staniuliene, V. Valimaki, M. 2009. "Restraint & Seclusion: A distressing treatment option?". Journal Of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 16, , pp599-605.
• Kontio, R. Välimäki, M. Putkonen, H. Cocoman, A Turpeinen,S. Kuosmanen, L. Joffe, J. 2009. Nurses¿ and Physicians¿ Educational Needs in Seclusion and Restraint Practices. Perspectives In Psychiatric Care, 45, 3, pp189-207.
• Cocoman, A & Murray, J. 2008. Intramuscular injections: A review of best practice for mental health nurses. Journal Of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 15, 5, pp424-434.
• Barron,C & Cocoman, A. 2008. Administering intramuscular injections to children: what does the evidence say?. Journal Of Children¿s And Young People¿s Nursing, 2, 3, pp138-143.
• Cocoman, A & Barron, C. 2008. Administering subcutaneous injections to children: what does the evidence say?. Journal Of Children¿s And Young People¿s Nursing, 2, 2, pp84-89.

Selected Books

• Barron, C & Cocoman, A. Theory and Practice of Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injections, Campus Print DCU, 2007.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Cocoman, A. Murray, J. 2007. To swab or not to swab. World of Irish Nursing, 15, pp26-27.
• Cocoman,A Murray,J. 2006. IM Injections-How's your technique?. World of Irish Nursing, 14, pp50-51.
• Cocoman,A, Murray, J. 2006. Is your IM injection technique up to scratch?. Community Mental Health News, 5, pp6-7.

• Cocoman A, Murray J, Administering Intramuscular Depot Injections, 1st Biennial International Evidenced-Based Nursing Conference, 27-JUN-08 - 28-JUN-08, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
• Barron, C & Cocoman, A., The combination of evidenced based practice using visual, textual and practical demonstrations in the teaching of injection technique skills., 1st Clinical Skills Symposium "Evolving Clinical Education and Practice", 18-JAN-08 - , Dublin City University
• Cocoman, A * Gibbons, P, Evaluation of a Home Care Service for Patients with Acute Mental Illness, The 8th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference -Transforming Healthcare through Research, Education and Technology, 07-NOV-07 - 09-NOV-07, School of Nursing, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Cocoman,A Scott, P.A & Matthews, A, An exploratin of Irish mental health nurses expereinces in the management of aggressive and disturbed patients, The 5th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry, 25-OCT-07 - 27-OCT-07, Amsterdan, Netherlands
• Cocoman, A * Barron C (2007), Teaching learning and assessing clinical skills, In: Monash university, Australia ed.2nd International Clinical Skills Conference, 01-JUL-07 - 04-JUL-07, Prato, Italy
• Cocoman, A, ePsyNurse - developing national and international collaborative networks between nursing, education and administration in order to improve the transparency, quality assessment and to promote co-operation between education and working life in different European countries , Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference, 19-APR-07 - 20-APR-07, Ballybofey, Co Donegal
• Cocoman, A & Murray, J, Best practice on Injection administration, Psychiatric Nurses Association - 35th Annual conference, 05-NOV-06 - 05-DEC-06, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan
• Cocoman, A, An Evaluation of a specialist nursing service for those who deliberately self harm, "Cultivating Hope" Positive responses to Depression and Suicide, 22-SEP-05 - , Dublin City University, Dublin 9
• Cocoman, A, Nursing service for those who deliberatly self harm, XX111 World Congress IASP International Association for Suicide Prevention, 13-SEP-05 - 16-SEP-05, Durban, South Africa
• Cocoman, A, Action research - Principles and in Reality, Collaborative Action Research Research Network Annual Conference, 07-NOV-03 - 09-NOV-03, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• Cocoman A, Action reserach on the nursing care of clients on depot neuroleptic medication, Evidenced Based Care, 19-FEB-03 - 21-FEB-03, Royal Collage of Surgeons in Ireland