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NMH | 2024 226 Education • Heather Hughes, Advanced Midwife Practitioner, Fetal Medicine Clinic • Barbara Cathcart, Advanced Midwife Practitioner, Fetal Medicine Clinic • Mary Brosnan, Director of Midwifery & Nursing RESEARCH PROJECTS Completed studies: • The EMER (Early Motherhood Expectations versus Reality) study Research team: The National Maternity Hospital: Jean Doherty, Lucille Sheehy, Caroline Brophy. University College Dublin: Assoc. Prof. Barbara Coughlan. Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar: Aoife O'Donoghue, CMM. St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny: Leona Gill, CMM. • Conference presentations, 2024 • RCSI 43rd Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research & Education Conference, February 2024. Poster presented by Jean Doherty • RISE (Research & Innovation Symposium Exhibition), May 2024. Poster presented by Jean Doherty • UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems 2nd International Research Conference, August 2024, presented by Jean Doherty • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus RAMP Led Virtual Clinic: An evaluation of treatment and of maternal and neonate outcomes. Research team: The National Maternity Hospital: Ciara Coveney, Dr Shauna Callaghan, Eimear Rutter, Hannah Rooney, Prof Mensud Hatunic. • Hyperemesis Gravidarum Hydration Clinic: An evaluation of the symptoms, assessments, treatment and support. Research team: The National Maternity Hospital: Jean Doherty, Lucille Sheehy, Sinead Curran, Dr. Sarah-Louise Killeen, Melanie Bennett, Helen McHale, Lillian Murtagh. Public/patient representative: Dr Suzanne Murphy. Technological University Dublin: Dr Eileen O'Brien Publications to date: • Doherty, J., McHale, H., Killeen, S.- L., Curran, S., Bennett, M., Sheehy, L., Murphy, S., Murtagh, L., O'Brien, E., 2023. Women's experiences of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and of attending a dedicated multi- disciplinary hydration clinic. Women Birth S1871519223000999. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.06.005 • O'Brien, E.C., Doherty, J., Killeen, S.L., Bennett, M., Murtagh, L., Curran, S., Murphy, S., McHale, H., Sheehy, L., 2024. The IRIS clinic: A Protocol for a mixed-methods study evaluating the management of Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Contemp. Clin. Trials Commun. 101227. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101227 "The vision and goals of the group are to translate evidence- based midwifery and nursing knowledge into practice. Since 2007, the group has expanded and evolved to include our Ireland East Hospital Group partners." Research Team: NMH: Sinead Thompson, Jean Doherty, Teresa McCreery, Martina Cronin, Lucille Sheehy, Mary Brosnan, UCD: Dr Denise O'Brien, Assoc. Prof. Barbara Coughlan, Dr. Lorraine Carroll, Mary Curtin. St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny: Ann Margaret Hogan, Wexford General Hospital: Caroline Early, Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar: Maureen Revilles, Orla Mongan. • Birth Reflections Service Evaluation at the National Maternity Hospital Research team: The National Maternity Hospital: Jean Doherty, Helen McHale, Lucille Sheehy. University College Dublin: Professor Valarie Smith, Dr. Lorraine Carroll. • Evaluation of the midwifery care at the Fetal Medicine Clinic at the National Maternity Hospital Research team: The National Maternity Hospital: Jean Doherty, Lucille Sheehy, Heather Hughes, Barbara Cathcart • Conference presentations, 2024 RCSI 43rd Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research & Education Conference, February 2024. Poster presented by Jean Doherty • RISE (Research & Innovation Symposium Exhibition), May 2024. Poster presented by Jean Doherty Ongoing studies: • Labour Hopscotch 2 Project: Evaluation of Labour Hopscotch across the IEHG and the development of the Labour Hopscotch App.