Nursing and Human Sciences

Biographical Details:

I am a lecturer in the School of Nursing, Dublin City University. I previously worked as a critical care nurse in the area of childhood illness for over 15 years in Ireland, the UK and the US. I completed several post registration and Higher diploma programmes in critical care nursing over 15 years and worked as a Clinical Nurse Manager from 1996-1999. I completed my MSc in Training and Education Management in 2002. My primary research interest is chronic illness in young adults, communicating with children and families and healthcare professionals and I completed my thesis (MSc) on Challenges facing newly qualified children's nurses communicating with parents of hospitalised children In addition I am a member of a research group exploring hospital acquired infection from a wider organisational stance. We completed a study in 2008 which was published in the Journal Of Infectious Disease in January 2010. I am currently a doctoral student in DCU

Research Interests:

Young adults living with chronic illness. Children's participation in decision-making in healthcare Parents views of children's participation in healthcare decisions Communicating with parents of sick children Problem based learning Introducing technology into education

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Mary P. Clynes, Susan Hourican, Nora Kilcullen, Stephanie Lawrence, Siobhan MacDermott, Colleen O'Neill. 2010. Tackling healthcare associated infections: an exploratory study of cleaners¿ perceptions of their role. Journal Of Infectious Disease, 11, 6, pp6-10.
• Ms Siobhan J MacDermott. 2007. Challenges facing newly qualified children's nurses communicating with parents of hospitalised children. Journal Of Children¿s And Young People¿s Nursing, 1, 4, pp186-193.

Selected Chapters

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• Ms Siobhan J MacDermott and Liz Nolan. 2010. Musculo-skeletal system . Clinical Nursing Skills

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Ms Siobhan J MacDermott. 2006. What a difference a vaccine makes. World of Irish Nursing and Midwifery, 14, pp47-49.
• Ms Siobhan J MacDermott. 2006. Community-acquired infectious diseases. World of Irish Nursing and Midwifery, 14, pp49-51.

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• MacDermott, Siobhan, IACCN conference, In: IACCN ed.IACCN Critical Care Nursing, - 10-JAN-99, Kilmainham
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• Siobhan JMacdermott., High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation conference, - 10-JAN-98, Brussels, Belgium
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• MacDermott S, Challenges facing newly qualified children's nurses communicating with parents of hospitalised children, 7th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference of the School of Nursing & Midwifery "Transforming Healthcare through Research, Education and Technology" , - 11-OCT-06, Trinity Conference Dublin
• MacDermott S, , 3rd International Conference on Peditric Nursing, - , International Confrence Centre, Athens, Greece
• MacDermott S, Barron C, Lambert V and Corcoran Y., Ready, Steady, Cook: a recipe to prepare staff for problem based learning., Aishe conference 2007 Teaching and Learning in the Changing World of Higher Education, - 01-OCT-07, NUI Maynooth, Ireland
• MacDermott S, Nurse parent communication, 10th International Pediatric Nursing Research Symposium. Montreal, Quebec. 2004, - , Montreal, Quebec
• Siobhan MacDermott, Colleen O¿Neil, Mary Clynes, Nora Kilkullen, Stephanie Lawrence, Sara Raftery & Sabina Stan, Accounting for MRSA: Organisational change and hospital-acquired infections in the Irish health care system, Health For Life Conference, 10-SEP-07 - 12-SEP-07, School of Nursing, DCU