Dr Patricia McAleer
Biography
After spending 20 years working in various administration roles and running two family businesses, I returned to full-time education in 2007 to pursue a degree in intellectual disability nursing.
Having developed an interest in research, I undertook a masters degree in ageing and health which explored the experiences of student nurses working with older adults on their clinical placements, while also working as a student intern in the School of Health and Science. Arising from my master's research, I developed a validated scale - The Student Nurse Stressor-15 (SNS-15) Scale - which assesses the stressors that student nurses experience while working with older adults. A paper describing the development of the SNS-15 was published iun the Journal of Clinical Nursing in 2019. Subsequently, the SNS-15 has been validated for use in China and Brazil, and has also been translated into Arabic and Turkish. It is widely used in nursing research around the world.
I worked as a research assistant between 2018 and 2019 in NetwellCASALA on the ProACT project that developed a digital integrated care system to support older adults (65 years and over) living with multimorbidity. Subsequently, I completed a PhD in 2025 which examined the role that a telephone triage nurse service plays in supporting multimorbid older adults to self-manage their health at home.
Qualifications & Awards
- PhD (2025) from DCU through Dundalk Institute of Technology
- MSc by research (2017) in Health and Ageing from DCU through Dundalk Institute of Technology
- BSc (Hons) (2012) in Intellectual Disability nursing from Dundalk Institute of Technology
Research & Interests
My research interests include older adults, multimorbidity, telephone triage nursing, digital health, student nurses, and stress
Publications
The publications listed below represent my 10 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD
26 April 2025
DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720087
Type: Conference paper
Rehab Group
30 September 2024
Type: report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
2024
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0356pt
Type: Journal article
2024
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61546-7_2
Type: Book chapter
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
2024
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0356
Type: Journal article
2024
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-59717-6_17
Type: Book chapter
BMC Nursing
8 December 2023
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01631-z
Type: Journal article
DIGITAL HEALTH
January 2022
DOI: 10.1177/20552076221131140
Type: Journal article
ICCHP-AAATE 2022 Open Access Compendium "Assistive Technology
2022
DOI: 10.35011/ICCHP-AAATE22-P2-30
Type: Conference paper
ICCHP-AAATE 2022 Open Access Compendium "Assistive Technology
2022
DOI: 10.35011/ICCHP-AAATE22-P1-42
Type: Conference paper