Dr. Mary Nevin
Dr Mary Nevin, PhD, RGN, RNT, MSc,
BNS (Hons) is an Associate Professor in General Nursing and lecturer in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health in DCU. Mary graduated as a
Registered General Nurse in 1999 and a Registered Nurse Tutor in 2005. She has
over 20 years’ experience of teaching in third level institutions. She has
taught undergraduate and postgraduate modules in advanced clinical examination,
biochemistry and cell biology, research methods, palliative & end of life
care, and a wide variety of clinical nursing care modules. Mary was awarded a PhD Health
Research Board Research Training Fellowship for Healthcare Professionals (HPF-2015-968,
€248,714.00), which she completed in 2020 at Trinity College Dublin. Her PhD
thesis was entitled Development of a Core Set of Clinical Care Provision Indicators
for Non-Specialist Palliative Care in Hospitals.
Mary’s clinical background is in medical/surgical nursing and palliative care. As well as her academic role, Mary maintains her clinical skills through her work as a Night Nurse with the Irish Cancer Society where she provides end of life care for people and their loved ones in their own homes.
Research Interests
Mary’s research interests span the
areas of palliative care and end of life care in various population groups, chronic
illness, and health systems research. Multidisciplinary clinical-academic
partnerships and collaborations are integral to her programme of research. She
is currently leading several funded research projects and has expertise in various
research methodologies including systematic review, concept analysis, Delphi
studies, surveys and qualitative approaches.
Mary has experience in the
supervision of students at MSc and PhD
level. She welcomes opportunities to supervise students in the areas of palliative and end of life care, chronic illness, and health
systems research.
Teaching Interests
Palliative and End-of Life Care
Funding Highlights
- Development of a core set of clinical care provision indicators for non-specialist palliative care in the acute care hospital setting, DCU PI, 30/11/2020 to 01/09/2022
- The Recognition and Management of Pain in People with a Profound Intellectual Disability – An Appreciative Inquiry, Primary PhD Supervisor, 15/09/2021 to 31/07/2025
- Integrating Generalist level Palliative Care within Specialist Chronic Disease Management – A qualitative study of the perspectives of Chronic Illness Clinical Nurse Specialists, DCU PI, 16/12/2022 to 15/09/2023
- Integrating generalist palliative care within oncology practice – A mixed methods study exploring the knowledge and competency of specialist oncology professionals working in hospitals, DCU PI, 16/01/2023 to 15/07/2024