Tipperary nurse wins research award for Postgraduate project

Leona Guinan, a Registered Advance Nurse Practitioner at Tipperary University Hospital, received an award for her postgraduate research from University College Cork in September of this year.

Guinan received the UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Postgraduate Research Award 2024, on Sept 6th, under the supervision of Dr Emily B Lockwood. 

The title of her project was "To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a digital educational intervention for ‘sick day’ medication guidance for adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease to prevent an Acute Kidney Injury, in the context of Advanced Nursing Practice."

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