Biography
Ms. Mary Moylan is a lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Healthcare, and is a member of the Intellectual Disability undergraduate nursing programme.
Mary trained as a intellectual disability nurse (RNID) here in WIT and graduated in 2011. She has a wide range of clinical experience within the field of intellectual disabilities, post held includes specialist nurse in service development, manager and as a clinical nurse specialist in age related care. She is also registered as a Dementia Champion since 2012.
Mary has a MSc in Dementia Studies undertaken with Trinity College Dublin in 2015, and took up full time post in 2020 as a lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Healthcare in WIT.
Mary teaches across all undergraduate programmes in both nursing and applied health care within the Dept of health sciences. She is also involved and teaches on postgraduate programmes and supervises MSc students in nursing and through the Care Collaboration programme.
Mary completed a qualitative descriptive study titled "How Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability Perceive their Role in Supporting Adults with an Intellectual Disability Living with Dementia, in Residential Settings" in 2016. Mary is involved in a number of research projects. In 2022 mary was co-arthor on a paper published in AISHE journal titled "Clinical Skills in Undergraduate Nurse Education: Transforming and harnessing Student Engagement through Problem Based Learning utilising a Blended Teaching Approach"
Mary has over 10 years experience working as a Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disabilities, with both children and adults. Her area of expertise is in the area of age related care. Mary has developed and supported with establishing specialist services within intellectual disability services including memory Clinics and End of Life support service, specifically tailored towards the needs of people living with intellectual disabilities, their families and circle of support.
Mary has proactively throughout her nursing career strived to enhance the quality of life of the people she has supported. She has in addition supported services to enhance their care delivery to people living with intellectual disabilities, supported in staff training.
Mary is a member of the educational steering group of Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing