Biography
Christine worked for many years as a psychiatric nurse at staff nurse and clinical nurse manager grades in a range of hospital and community based settings. She was appointed as a Nurse Tutor to the School of Nursing at St Josephs Hospital, Limerick in 2002. In 2003 Christine took up a post as a Lecturer in University of Limerick teaching on both undergraduate and post graduate programmes. Christine was the Course Director for the BSc Nursing (mental health) programme before taking on the Head of Department role in June 2017. Her research interests include health promotion, student health, mental health and reflective practice. Her PhD research thesis completed in 2016 is titled "Psychological distress, coping and lifestyle behaviour of higher education nursing/midwifery and teacher education students in one university in Ireland".
Research Interests
Student health
Health Promotion
Mental Health
Reflective practice
Professional Activities
Education
- 2016 University of Limerick - PhD
- 2005 University of limerick - Master of Education (First Class Honours)
- 2002 University of Limerick - BSc.Nursing Studies (First Class Honours)
Award
- 2013 - Best conference paper
Employment
- 2003 Dept of Nursing and Midwifery, UL. - Lecturer, Head of Department since June 1st 2016
- 1984 HSE (formely Mid Western Health Board) - Staff Nurse, CNM1, CNM2 and Nurse Tutor.
Association
- 1984 *, An Bord Altranais (Psychiatric Nursing Division).
Committee
- SHE(Schools for Health in Europe) Research Group,
- Quality Committee,
- Intellectual Disability Mental Health Research Group,
Publications
Book Chapter
Mental Health and Mental Health Promotion
Ryan, D; Deasy, C
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing An Irish Perspective
Conference Contribution
HSE West-Midwest Nursing and Midwifery Reserach and Innovation Conference
Mc Shane Lorcan and Christine Deasy
HSE West Midwest Nursing and Midwifery Research and Innovation Conference
Margaret O Sullivan and Christine Deasy
14th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Kilkenny , N. and Deasy, C
Conference Publication
NUIG Health Promotion Conference Promoting Health and Wellbeing in the workplace.
Mannix Mc Namara, P and Deasy, C.
2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges
Deasy, C and Mannix Mc Namara, P
3rd International Nursing and Midwifery Conference
Hurley, N. and Deasy, C
10th h Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Hennessy, M. and Deasy, C
U.K National Mental Health Nursing Conference
Christine Deasy
HSE Primary Care conference ¿Responding to need
Christine Deasy, Ruth Hayes, Margaret Graham and Jan Mc Carthy
HSE Primary Care conference ¿Responding to need"
Christine Deasy
14th International Health Promoting Hospitals Conference
Christine Deasy
All Ireland Health promoting Hospitals National Conference
Christine Deasy
Irish Nurses Research Interest Group Conference
Christine Deasy
Irish Nurses Research Interest Group Conference
Christine Deasy
International Health Promoting Hospitals
Christine Deasy
International Health Promoting Hospitals Conference
Christine Deasy
Other Journal
An Exploratory Study of Psychiatric Nurses Perception of Recovery in Mental Health Care
Hurley, N and Deasy, C.
National Institute of Health Science Research Bulletin
Nutrition Interventions
Hennessy, M; Deasy, C
In Touch
An exploratory study of the Perceptions of Community Based Mental Health Nurses of their Role in Providing Family Interventions for Individuals with Schizophrenia and their Families
Lyons, J; Deasy, C
National Institute of Health Science Research Bulletin
Peer Reviewed Journal
School health promotion and teacher professional identity
Didier Jourdan · Carine Simar · Christine Deasy · Graça S. Carvalho · Patricia Mannix McNamara
Health Education
DOI: 10.1108/HE-07-2014-0078
You Cant Help Getting into a Heap about It : Student Stress in Initial Teacher Education
Deasy, C., Coughlan, B..and Mannix Mc Namara, P.
International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education