Nursing and Human Sciences

Dr Kate Irving

Name:	Dr Kate Irving
Phone Number	7985
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Dr Kate Irving

Biographical Details:

Currently working as a lecturer in mental health nursing, Dr Kate Irving has developed a research interest in dementia care over the course of her professional career. She started her career in Leeds Metropolitan University where she completed her nursing degree and registered as a nurse in 1996. After 4 years staffing on the wards in aged care she moved to Australia and commenced a PhD. Her PhD Entitled, Case studies in Restraint, highlighted the particular difficulties faced by elderly people with a mental health diagnosis after an admission to accute general medical care. This led to her interest in behaviours nurses find challenging to deal with and a search for pragmatic approaches to these challenges.

Research Interests:

Loneliness and the elderly Restraint use in elderly care Dementia and reactive behaviour that challenges Delerium superimposed on dementia Early intervention in dementia Palliative care approaches and dementia Uses of technology in dementia care Foucauldian discourse analysis

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

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Irving, K; Lakeman, R. 2010. Reconciling mental health recovery with screening and early intervention in dementia care. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, In press,
Irving, K; Detroyer, E; Foreman, M; Milisen, K. 2009. The Virtual Gateway: Opening doors in delirium teaching and learning. 21, 1, pp15-19.
Drennan, J treacy, M Butler, M, Byrne, A, Fealy, G, Frazer, K Irving, K. 2008. The expereince of social and emotiaonal loneliness among older people in Ireland. 28, , pp1113-1132.
Butler M; Treacy M; Scott A; Hyde A; Mac Neela P; Irving K; Byrne A; Drennan J. 2006. Towards a nursing minimum data set for Ireland: making Irish nursing visible. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 55, 3, pp364-375.
Irving K, Fick D, Foreman, M. 2006. Delirium: a new appraisal of an old problem. International Journal Of Older People Nursing, 1, 2, pp106-112.
Irving K, Foreman, M. 2006. Foreman, M Delirium, nursing practice and the future. International Journal Of Older People Nursing, 1, 2, pp121-127.
Irving K; Reed J; McCormack B. 2006. Editorial: delirium. International Journal Of Older People Nursing, 1, 2, pp105-105.
Byrne AS; Drennan J; Treacy P; Scott PA; Hyde A; MacNeela P; Butler M; Irving K. 2006. Developing the Irish Nursing Minimum Data Set: findings of the pilot study. International Journal Of Nursing Terminologies And Classification, 17, 1, pp23-28.
K Irving, P Treacy, A Scott, A Hyde, M Butler, J Drennan, A Byrne, P McNeela. 2006. Discursive Practices in the document of patient assessments. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 53, 2, pp151-159.
Hyde A; Treacy M; Scott PA; Butler M; Drennan J; Irving K; Byrne A; MacNeela P; Hanrahan M. 2005. Modes of rationality in nursing documentation: biology, biography and the 'voice of nursing'. Nursing Inquiry, 12, 2, pp66-77.
Irving, K. 2004. Inappropriate restraint practices in Australian teaching hospitals. Australian Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 21, 4, pp23-27.
Irving, K. 2002. Governing the conduct of conduct: are restraints inevitable?. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 40, 4, pp405-412.