Nursing and Human Sciences

Biographical Details:

Lecturer in Nursing. My early nursing experiences were in Ireland where I qualified as a Registered General Nurse (St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park) and a Registered Midwife (The Rotunda Hospital). I then moved to New York (The Mount Sinai Medical Centre) where I worked initially as a medical-surgical nurse followed by several years of specialization in surgical intensive care nursing and registration as a Critical Care Nurse with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. When I returned to Ireland I moved into nurse education and graduated with a BNS (UCD) in 1998 and M.Sc. (DCU) in 2000. I was a Nurse Tutor at Connolly Hospital from 1998-2002 and took up my post as a lecturer in the School of Nursing DCU in August 2002. Professional/Academic Qualifications: EdD student, University of Bristol (2005-) MSc. (2000) BNS (1998) Registered Nurse Tutor (1998) Critical Care Registered Nurse (US) (1991, 1994) Registered Midwife (1985) Registered General Nurse (1981)

Research Interests:

Lifelong learning and nursing education. The value of e-learning in the acquisition of clinical nursing skills. Assessment of clinical nursing skills. Critical care nursing

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

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• Cannon G., Kelly M., Lyng C., and McGrath M. 2009. The production and deployment of an on-line video learning bank in a skills training environment. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Volume 1, 1, pp3.1-3.11.
• O'Connor T., Fealy G., Kelly M., McGuinness A.M. and Timmins F. 2009. An evaluation of a collaborative approach to the assessment of competence among nursing students of three universities in Ireland. Nurse Education Today, 29, 5, pp493-499.
• Kelly M., Lyng C., McGrath M. and Cannon G. 2009. A multi-method study to determine the effectiveness of, and student attitudes to, online instructional videos for teaching clinical nursing skills. Nurse Education Today, 29, 3, pp292-300.
• Lyng C., McGrath M., Kelly M. and Cannon G. 2008. Developing instructional videos in-house; notes from the front line. International Journal Of Clinical Skills, 2, 1, pp38-42.
• Kelly M. 2002. The Experience of Qualified Nurses in Assessing Student Nurses' Clinical Skills. All Ireland Journal Of Nursing And Midwifery, 2, 3, pp47-53.

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• Lyng C., Kelly M., McGrath M. and Cannon G., Can ICT replace traditional methods for teaching clinical skills to student nurses?, NETNEP 2nd International Nurse Education Conference: research and innovation in international nurse education, 09-JUN-08 - 11-JUN-08, Dublin, Ireland
• O¿Connor T., Fealy G., McGuinness M., Kelly M. and Timmins F., A collaborative approach to the assessment of competence among nursing students of three universities in Dublin, Ireland., Practice makes perfect: education of health professionals in community, clinical and simulated situation., 04-NOV-07 - 07-NOV-07, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Kelly M., Lyng C., McGrath M., McMahon C. and Cannon G., Promoting student-managed learning of clinical nursing skills using an online learning package, 2nd International Clinical Skills Conference, 01-JUL-07 - 04-JUL-07, Prato, Italy
• Cannon G., Kelly M., McGrath M., Lyng C. and McMahon C., The production and deployment of an on-line video learning bank in a skills training environment, DIVERSE 2007, 27-JUN-07 - 29-JUN-07, Lillehammer University College, Lillehammer, Norway
• Kelly M., Learning from the challenges we experienced in evaluating an educational innovation, Doctoral Programmes Conference: 'Talking the Walk', 07-JUN-07 - 08-JUN-07, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol
• Cannon G., Kelly M., McGrath M., Lyng C. and McMahon C., The production and deployment of an on-line video learning bank in a skills training environment, Edtech 2007., 23-MAY-07 - 25-MAY-07, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
• Cannon G., Kelly M., McGrath M., Lyng C., and McMahon C., The production and deployment of an on-line video learning bank in a skills training environment, Videofunet, 10-MAY-07 - 11-MAY-07, Tampere, Finland
• Lyng C., Kelly M., McGrath M., McMahon C. and Cannon G., Improving Practical Skills teaching through Action Research, Building and Promoting Excellence in Practice. First International Conference., 02-APR-07 - 02-APR-07, National University of Ireland, Galway
• McGrath M. and Kelly M., , 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference., 21-NOV-05 - 23-NOV-05, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• McGrath M., Moran A., Kelly M., Kingston R. and Henry, P., The Value of Technology in the acquisition of Clinical Nursing Skills., 1st International Clinical Skills Conference., 09-MAY-05 - 11-MAY-05, Monash University, Prato, Italy.
• Kelly M., The Role of the Clinical Nurse in Assessing Student Nurses' Clinical Skills, 8th Nursing Research Conference, Instituto do Salud Carlos III, Subdireccion General de Investigacion Sanitaria, Unidad de coordinaccion y desarrollo de la investigacion en Enfermeria (Investen-iscii), 17-NOV-04 - 20-NOV-04, Seville, Spain
• Kelly M., Assessing Clinical Competence: why is it so difficult?', 4th Annual Nursing Research Conference., 13-NOV-03 - 15-NOV-03, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Trinity College,Dublin,Ireland.
• Kelly M., The experience of Qualified Nurses in Assessing Student Nurses' Clinical Skills, 2nd Annual Nursing Research Conference., 14-NOV-01 - 16-NOV-01, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
• Kelly M., The Experience of Qualified Nurses in Assessing Student Nurses' Clinical Skills, 20th Annual Nursing and Research Conference, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland., 21-FEB-01 - 23-FEB-01, Dublin, Ireland.
• Midwifery Students Cohort 1983-1985, Joint Appointments, Nursing: our future, 15-JUN-85 - 15-JUN-85, Dublin, Ireland.