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Ms. Sinead Plunkett

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)

 SINEAD.PLUNKETT@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Sinead is an Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the School of Nursing & Midwifery Trinity College Dublin. She is a registered General Nurse and a registered Nurse Tutor with 17 years of clinical practice, education and research experience in nursing and health care management. Sinead's background is in Emergency nursing, with extensive experience as a senior staff nurse, clinical nurse manager alongside a practice support role. She completed a Masters in Emergency Nursing in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2013. In addition, she completed a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Education and is a Registered Nurse Tutor. She was awarded a Fellowship of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery in RCSI in 2021. Sinead was also awarded a PhD scholarship in 2021 and is currently undertaking her PhD in Trinity College Dublin. Sinead worked as a project manager and research nurse gaining experience in the management and conduction of large HRB funded and industry funded RCT's in Emergency, Cardiology and Respiratory trials. From there she developed competency in the conduct of ethical research planning and application, participant recruitment and retention strategies as well as a range of data collection methods. Following on from this position, she worked as Nurse Tutor and Program Director in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. As part of her role she developed and directed modules in Surgical Care, Patient Safety, Quality and Risk Management. Sinead was recently appointed as an Assistant Professor in General Nursing in Trinity College Dublin.

Research Tags

  Digital Health   Nurse Education   Nursing Education   Undergraduate Education

Research Projects

 Self-Meducation - Standardizing Digital asthma information in Patient education

Hale, E. M., Greene, G., Mulvey, C., Mokoka, M. C., van Boven, J. F. M., Cushen, B., Sulaiman, I., Brennan, V., Lombard, L., Walsh, J., Plunkett, S., McCartan, T. A., Kerr, P. J., Reilly, R. B., Hughes, C., Kent, B. D., Jackson, D. J., Butler, M., Counihan, I., Hayes, J., ", Use of digital measurement of medication adherence and lung function to guide the management of uncontrolled asthma (INCA Sun): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised clinical trial., The Lancet. Respiratory medicine,, 11, (7), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Vincent Brennan, C Mulvey, L Lombard, J Walsh, S Plunkett, E Mac Hale, Garrett Greene, I Sulaiman, Richard Costello, A clinical perspective on the role of electronic devices in monitoring and promoting adherence in airways disease., Frontiers in Medical Technology section Regulatory Affairs., 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
C Mulvey, Vincent Brennan, L Lombard, J Walsh, S Plunkett, E MacHale, Garret Greene, I Sulaiman, Richard Costello., Patient-Selected Treatment Goals in Severe Asthma., The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Martin-Grace J., Brennan V, Mulvey C, , Greene G, Collier G, Mc Cartan T, Lombard L, Walsh J, Plunkett S, Mac Hale E, Sherlock M, Costello R, ., Prevalence of Suppressed Morning Serum Cortisol and Its Relationship With Cumulative Glucocorticoid Exposure in a Moderate-Severe Asthma Patient Cohort (2021)., 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Chanel Watson, Comfort Chima, Bridget Murray, Sinead Plunkett and Niamh Rohan, COVID19: Changing Experiences of Teaching and Learning in Postgraduate nursing Education., AISHE The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 12, (3), 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Boland F, Quirke M, Gannon B, Plunkett S, Hayden J, McCourt J, O'Sullivan R, Eustace J, Deasy C, Wakai A., The Penicillin for the Emergency Department Outpatient treatment of CELLulitis (PEDOCELL) trial: update to the study protocol and detailed statistical analysis plan (SAP)., Trials, 18, (391), 2017, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

S. Plunkett L. Lombard, J. Walsh, , E. Mac Hale, C. Mulvey, G. Greene, RW. Costello., INCA technology directs the appropriate treatment path for uncontrolled asthma patients., Irish Research Nurses Network (IRNN) 12th Annual National Conference, Galway, 2019, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
S. Plunkett L. Lombard, J. Walsh, E. Mac Hale, G. Greene, RW. Costello, Tailoring Nurse led education pathways using the INCA device as a landmark. Optimizing asthma self-management to reduce asthma related outcomes in patients with severe asthma, Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Galway, 2019, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
S. Plunkett L. Lombard, J. Walsh, E. Mac Hale, C.Mulvey, G. Greene, RW. Costello, Personalising PATHways in nurse-led asthma education using digital technology as a landmark (INCA"-PPATH); optimizing asthma self-management education to reduce asthma related outcomes in patients with severe asthma., Irish Research Nurses Network (IRNN) 12th Annual National Conference, 2019, Poster, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
PhD Scholarship in the School of Nursing & Midwifery Trinity College Dublin 2021

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

The role of digital health information that informs patient education.