UCC Research Profiles: M.Caples@ucc.ie, Nursing & Midwifery

Contact Details

Lecturer - Year 2 Co-Ordinator BSc Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery
Room 1.24
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex
University College Cork
Ireland

T: +353 21 490 1515
E: m.caples@ucc.ie

Biography

Education: Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disability (RNID); PGDip Gerontology; MSc in Nursing; PGDip TLHE.

Having qualified as a Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disabilities (RNID) in 1995 and following registration I worked as a staff nurse and clinical nurse manager until 2008 when I joined University College Cork. I currently teach across the BSc undergraduate nursing programmes. I am also 2nd year co-ordinator for the BSc Nursing and Midwifery Programme

Research interests include quality of life of parents and families of children with intellectual disability, physical health needs of people with intellectual viability, respite care, ageing and intellectual disability. My research interests have expanded and evolved to include Resilience with a particular focus on Rare Disease

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	'Living with Down Syndrome' Marsh, L., Dalton, C and Caples, M.; (2012) 'Living with Down Syndrome' In: Hallawells Case Studies in Learning Disabilities. London: McGraw- Hill Education. [Details]
	(2011)	'Physical Health' Dalton, C; Caples, M; Marsh, L; (2011) 'Physical Health' In: Learning Disabilities- Towards Inclusion 6th Ed. Oxford: Elsevier. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	'Quality of life: a survey of parents of children/adults with an intellectual disability who are availing of respite care' Caples, M,Sweeney, J; (2011) 'Quality of life: a survey of parents of children/adults with an intellectual disability who are availing of respite care'. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39 :64-72 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'Meeting the challenge of caring for an ageing population in Ireland' Caples, M., Marsh, L., Dalton, C. and Drummond, E.; (2010) 'Meeting the challenge of caring for an ageing population in Ireland'. Learning Disability Practice, 13 (10):23-27 [Details]
	(2010)	'Management of Constipation' Marsh, L.; Caples, M; Dalton, C; Drummond, E; (2010) 'Management of Constipation'. Learning Disability Practice, 13 (4):26-28 [Details]
	(2010)	'Please listen: I am the parent' Marsh, L.; Dalton, C; Caples, M; Drummond, E; (2010) 'Please listen: I am the parent'. Irish Jnl. Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing, 5 (2):6-9 [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2009)	'Working Together' Caples, M; Marsh, L; (2009) 'Working Together' World of Irish Nursing, 17 (11) :42-43. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	National Academy 5th Annual Conference & Galway Symposium on Higher Education Marsh, L., McCarthy, M., Caples, M., Dalton, C., Windle, R. and Laverty, H. (2011). ; (2011) Show Me The Learning- Reusable Learning Objects as an active learning experience & resource National Academy 5th Annual Conference & Galway Symposium on Higher Education Galway, [Details]
	(2009)	NAIRTLs 3rd Annual Conference Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy. Trinity College Dublin Dalton, C., Drummond, E., Marsh, L. & Caples, M.; (2009) The use of Problem Based Learning in graduate nursing education. Bridging the theory practice gap NAIRTLs 3rd Annual Conference Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy. Trinity College Dublin [Details]
	(2009)	The Nurse Managers Association Intellectual Disability Conference Caples, M; (2009) Quality of Life of Parents of Children with an Intellectual Disability Availing of Respite Care The Nurse Managers Association Intellectual Disability Conference [Details]
	(2008)	9th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Trinity College Dublin Caples, M.; (2008) Quality of Life of Parents of Children with an Intellectual Disability who are Availing of Respite Care 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
	(2008)	Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery 8h Annual Conference Caples, M; (2008) Quality of Life of Parents of Children with an Intellectual Disability Availing of Respite Care Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery 8h Annual Conference [Details]

Professional Activities

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Irish Nurse and Midwives Association	Member	/
The National Network Learning Disability Nurses	Member	/
Inclusion Ireland	Member	/
An Bord Altranais	Member	/

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
University College Cork	College Lecturer	/
COPE Foundation	Clinical Nurse Manager	/
COPE Foundation	Staff Nurse	/

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
1995	St James School of Nursing	CERTIFICATE IN NURSING	Intellectual Disability Nursing
2005	University College Cork	Higher Diploma Nursing	Gerontology
2008	University College Cork	Masters in Nursing	Nursing
2009	University College Cork	Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed.	PGCTLHE
2010	University College Cork	Postgraduate Diploma Teaching & Learning in Higher Education	PGDipTLHE