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Graduations back on campus in UCC: MSc Nursing Students celebrate

15 Nov 2021

Photographed is Margaret (Margo) Noonan, Faith Precious Omeokwe, Professor Josephine Hegarty (MSc supervisor) and Marion O鈥橠onovan celebrating outside 脕ras na Mac L茅inn, UCC

Margaret (Margo) Noonan and Marion O鈥橠onovan completed their Advanced Nursing Practice Masters, whilst Faith Precious Omeokwe graduated from her MSc in Nursing Studies programme at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork. Advanced practice nursing is a defined career and academic pathway for registered nurses, culminating in the qualification of nurses who are independent autonomous, expert nurses who are highly skilled practitioners and clinical leaders delivering quality care to an agreed group of patients/clients.

Within her thesis Margo Noonan described measuring the Impact of an educational intervention on the male rape myth acceptance level amongst adolescent males. She found that the educational intervention was successful in discrediting male rape myths among adolescent males attending an urban post primary school. Encouraging the challenging of male rape myths may lead to greater recognition of male sexual violence and to an acceptance that male rape is a serious issue that needs to be recognised with service and legislative developments to assist in the recovery of its victims.

Marion O鈥橠onovan reported on a study titled: The impact of an educational intervention on nurses鈥� knowledge towards the management of inpatients hypoglycaemia: A Pilot Study. The study established that a brief educational interactive intervention on hypoglycaemia and its management significantly improved nurses knowledge towards hypoglycaemia management in the ward setting. Hypoglycaemia 鈥楬ypo鈥� is characterized as any low blood glucose level (BGL) that exposes the individual to harm. Overall, Marion concluded that this intervention has the potential to influence and enhance nurses management of hypoglycaemia amongst patients whilst in hospital.

Faith Precious Omeokwe completed a thesis titled: the effects of prenatal breastfeeding education on breastfeeding rate, initiation, duration and exclusivity: a systematic review. Faith concluded that prenatal breastfeeding interventions were effective in promoting breastfeeding outcomes. To scale-up global breastfeeding rates and in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, future studies should consider delivering the prenatal breastfeeding interventions through online means. Also, future prenatal breastfeeding interventions should incorporate partners and other support persons during the intervention delivery in different contexts and settings.

Photographed is Margaret (Margo) Noonan, Faith Precious Omeokwe, Professor Josephine Hegarty (MSc supervisor) and Marion O鈥橠onovan celebrating outside 脕ras na Mac L茅inn, UCC