Mr. Barry Mc Brien

Mr. Barry Mc Brien

Assistant Professor (Above The Bar), School of Nursing & Midwifery

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Biography

Barry McBrien is an Assistant Professor in General Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. Barry qualified as a General Nurse from Queens University Belfast and spent most of his career in Emergency Nursing undertaking a variety of roles both clinical and managerial, his most recent role was Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Tallaght University Hospital. Barry obtained a Master's degree in Nursing from TCD, in 2008 and is currently a PhD candidate at TCD. Barrys' clinical, education, and research interests are in the area of emergency nursing, advanced practice, and professional development. He is an experienced lecturer who teaches and supervises in these areas across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including Master's programmes. His teaching is research-led and clinically credible as he maintains close links with the clinical areas and continues to work as a RANP in Emergency Nursing. Barry has a particular interest in professional development in all nursing populations. In 2019, Barry was awarded a prestigious scholarship to conduct a mixed methods study investigating the integration of Indian migrant nurses in the Irish healthcare setting.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • McBrien, B., A concept analysis of spirituality, . British Journal of Nursing, 15(1), 42:45., (1), 2006, p42 - 45, p42-45Journal Article, 2006
  • Mc Brien B, Exercising restraint: Clinical, legal and ethical considerations for the patient with Alzheimer"s disease, . Accident and Emergency Nursing,, 15, (2), 2007, p94 - 100Journal Article, 2007
  • McBrien B, Learning from practice " Reflections on a critical incident, Accident and Emergency Nursing, 15, (3), 2007, p128 - 133Journal Article, 2007
  • McBrien B, Evidence-based care: Enhancing the rigour of a qualitative study., British Journal of Nursing, 17, (20), 2008, p1286 - 1289Journal Article, 2008
  • McBrien B, Translating change: The development of a person-centred triage training programme for emergency nurses, . International Emergency Nursing, 17, (1), 2009, p31 - 37Journal Article, 2009
  • McBrien B, Emergency nurses provision of spiritual care: A literature review., British Journal of Nursing, 19, (12), 2010, p768 - 773Journal Article, 2010
  • McBrien B, Nurses provision of spiritual care in the Emergency Setting :An Irish Perspective, International Emergency Nursing, 18, (3), 2010, p119 - 126Journal Article, 2010
  • McBrien B, Personal and professional challenges of nurse prescribing in Ireland, British Journal of Nursing, 24, (10), 2015, p524 - 528Journal Article, 2015
  • McBrien B, Fight bite injury: Emergency department assessment and management., Emergency Nurse, 24, (7), 2016, p34 - 37Journal Article, 2016
  • McBrien B, Assessment and management of patients with tibial plateau fractures in emergency departments, Emergency Nurse, 27, (6), 2019, p26 - 30Journal Article, 2019
  • McBrien B, Assessment and management of metastatic bone cancer in emergency departments, Emergency Nurse, 29, (2), 2021, p20 - 25Journal Article, 2021
  • McBrien, B., Reilly, R., & Wynne, C., Non-invasive ventilation: A nurse-led service., Emergency Nurse, 17, (6), 2009, p30 - 35Journal Article, 2009
  • McBrien B, Lisfranc injury: Assessment and management in emergency departments., Emergency Nurse, 27, (1), 2018, p35 - 41Journal Article, 2018
  • McBrien, B., O'Brien, F., Shetty, S. R., Eustace-Cook, J., & Byrne, G., Assessment of workplace integration of migrant nurses and midwives within international health care settings, JBI Evidence Synthesis,, 20, (7), 2022, p1799 - 1805Journal Article, 2022
  • O'Dwyer S, Canty, L & McBrien B, Scheduling Unscheduled Care-An RANP lead Scheduled Care Clinic-A five year evaluation, IAEM Conference, Ireland, 19th October 2023, 2023Poster, 2023
  • McBrien B, Boards eye view: Planning for disaster, Emergency Nurse, 18, (2), 2010, p8 - 8Journal Article
  • Aoife St John and Barry McBrien, Advanced nursing practice assessment: a case study from paediatric neurodisability, International Journal of Advancing Practice, 2, (2), 2024, p231 - 238Journal Article

Research Expertise

My PhD, informed by previous research, is entitled "Workplace Integration of Indian Migrant Nurses in the Irish Healthcare setting. I have presented the findings to date in the Migrant Nurses of Ireland conference and the SNM research conference. I have published a scoping review protocol in a high impact JBI associated journal. As I am currently an early career researcher my focus is on the completion of my PhD, the assciated dissemination of the findings and developing the necessary research skills to acheive this goal. I will then return to collborative research. This process will be developmental in nature, leading me to garner research grants improve SNM contributions to research. I am currently involved in the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation which is positioned with the TCD healthcer research area. My PhD research concerns improving the sucess of Indian migrant nurses' workplace integration, which relates to improving delivery of healthcare in the Irish healthcare setting. Following acceptance of my PhD thesis which uses mixed-methods methodology, I will be able, as an expert, to offer my expertise in the methodology to early career reseachers. Having previously researched and published on the topics of Advanced Practice Nursing, Emergency Nursing, Prescribing Practices, I currently supervise Master's students in these areas. I support these students, encouraging them to publish and present their fidnings. To increase my research activity, profile and funding I continually expand my TCD nased and external networks of resarchers with extensive extensive experience in securing large funding awards. As a PI/co-PI I will be a valuable collborator in developing future funding applications for the SNM. Working with collborative research teams will secure larger awards. Indentifying local, national and European funding bodies, planning and preparing research proposals in partnership with the Research and Innovation Office, will maximise the potential for success

  • Title
    The workplace Integration of migrant nurses and midwives in international healthcare settings.
    Summary
    This scoping review aimed to map the available evidence on the assessment of workplace integration for migrant nurses and midwives in international healthcare settings.
    Date From
    December 2021
    Date To
    January 2024
  • Title
    The workplace integration of Indian Migrant Nurses in Irish healthcare settings: a mixed methods study
    Summary
    The Irish healthcare service recruits, and relies on, Indian migrant nurses (IMNs) to address current and predicated shortfalls in the nursing workforce. Indian Migrant Nurses are now the largest nurse migrant group in Ireland with 11,975 IMNs currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI 2022). This trend in nurse migration is likely to continue for the foreseeable future given the estimated 47% increase in nurses required to address Sláintecare reform by 2031 (Caulfield et al. 2022; Walton-Roberts 2022). Various challenges obstruct successful IMN integration into the Irish healthcare system. Indian migrant nurses are considered integrated if they are effective leaders who mentor colleagues, participate in quality improvement initiatives, and provide culturally congruent patient care. However, the integration process of IMNs into host countries' healthcare settings, including Ireland, has received scant attention. The results of this study will assist policymakers, nurse educators, and healthcare providers in addressing the integration needs of IMNs, incentivizing IMNs to contribute positively and remain in Irish healthcare.
    Funding Agency
    TCD SNM Scholarship
    Date From
    September 2020
    Date To
    March 2027

Recognition

  • Trinity College Dublin-PhD Scholarship 2020 September 2020
  • Mary O'Connor Award for Innovation in the Emergency Department June 2015
  • Winner Irish healthcare Centre Awards 2023 Best in Education, Learning and Development -Nursing Grand Rounds. June 2023
  • Martha McMenamin Memorial Scholarship for Nurses and Midwives-Recipient June 2023
  • Irish Association of Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners Present
  • Mixed Methods International Research Association Present
  • Member of Spirituality and Research Innovation Research Group 2020
  • An Board Altranais now Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Present
  • Member of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) affiliate centre of the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation (TCPHI) Present
  • TCD SNM representative for the national consortium for prescribing. September 2023
  • TCD SNM representative for the national consortium for advanced practice. September 2023