Dr. Jonathan Drennan Role in the Institute: Senior Lecturer ...

Dr. Jonathan DrennanRole in the Institute: Senior Lecturer, Programme Director Bahrain.Phone: +973 17 351 450E-mail: Jonathandrennan@rcsi.ieJonathan Drennan is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Leadership, Royal College ofSurgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain. He holds a PhD and master’s degreein education from University College Dublin, a postgraduate diploma in statistics fromTrinity College Dublin and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Ulster.He has extensive clinical experience in many areas of healthcare including accident andemergency and addiction care. Dr. Drennan has had a number of papers published in theareas of ageing, education research, health research, adolescent health, women’s healthand psychometrics in leading journals including Ageing and Society, Journal of AdvancedNursing, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Studies in HigherEducation and Nurse Education Today. He has expertise in a number of areas of statisticalanalysis and has extensive experience of teaching and using statistical software packagesincluding the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and AMOS. Dr, Drennanacts as a statistical adviser to the Journal of Clinical Nursing. He has extensive experienceof large scale research projects having worked as Principal Investigator and co-applicanton a number of funded studies including: National Evaluation of the Role of the ClinicalPlacement Coordinator, Review of Five Points of Entry to the An Bord Altranais Register,Loneliness and Social Isolation among Older Irish People, Identifying Nursing & MidwiferyResearch Priorities for Ireland and A Randomised Controlled Trail of SupportedSocialisation for People with Serious Mental Illness. He was the lead investigator of thefirst national evaluation of nurse and midwifery prescribing in Ireland.Academic Education2007 PhD - School of Education, University College Dublin2000 Post-Graduate Diploma in Statistics - Trinity College Dublin1997 Masters in Education (Award: 1st Class Honours) - University College Dublin1994 BSc (Hons) Nursing with Advanced Diploma in Education for Nurses (Award 2:1) –University of UlsterProfessional Education1994 Registered Nurse Tutor - An Bord Altranais1990 Certificate in Accident & Emergency Nursing -Beaumont Hospital, Dublin1988 Registered General Nurse St. Michael’s Hospital - Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin1986 Registered Psychiatric Nurse St. John of God Hospital - Stillorgan, Co. Dublin1984 Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability St. Raphael’s - Celbridge, Co. KildareEmployment History2001 – Present Senior Lecturer – Institute of Leadership, Royal College of Surgeons inIreland – Medical University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain.2002 - 2010 Lecturer – School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UniversityCollege Dublin.1998 – 2002 Lecturer – Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons inIreland1994 - 1998 Nurse Tutor – School of Nursing, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin.1989 – 1991 Staff Nurse, Accident & Emergency Department, Beaumont Hospital,Beaumont, Dublin.1988 – 1989 Staff Nurse, Accident & Emergency Department, St. Michael’s Hospital,Dun Laoghaire.1986 – 1987 Staff Nurse, St. John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.1984 – 1985 Staff Nurse, St. John of God Intellectual Disability Services, Co. Dublin.Referee Appointments

Journal of Clinical Nursing (Statistical advisor)Ageing and SocietyNurse Education TodayJournal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic IllnessWestern Journal of Nursing ResearchPublicationsDrennan J., Naughton C., Allen D., Hyde A. O’Boyle C., Felle P., Treacy M.,Butler M. (2011) Patients’ level of Satisfaction and Self-reports of Intention toComply following Consultation with Nurses and Midwifes with PrescriptiveAuthority: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies (InPress)Hyde, A., Nee, J. Howlett, E. Butler, M. & Drennan, J. (2011) 'The ending ofmenstruation: perspectives and experiences of lesbian and heterosexual womenat menopause'. Journal of Woman & Aging (in press).Hyde A, Nee J, Drennan J, Butler M, & Howlett, E. (2010) 'Menopause narratives:the interplay of women's embodied experiences with biomedical discourses'.Qualitative Health Research, 20 (6):805-815.Hyde, A., Carney, M., Drennan, J., Butler, M., Lohan, M. & Howlett, E. (2010) 'Thesilent treatment: parents' narratives of sexuality education with young people'.Culture, Health and Sexuality, 12 (4):359-371.Hyde A, Nee J, Drennan J, Butler M, & Howlett, E. (2010) 'HT and the medicalencounter: a qualitative analysis of women's experiences'. Menopause: Journal ofthe North American Menopause Society, 17 (2):344-350. Hyde, A., Carney, M., Drennan, J. Butler, M, Lohan, M. and Howlett E. (2009)Parents' Approaches to Educating their Pre-adolescent and Adolescent Childrenabout Sexuality. Crisis Pregnancy Agency, Dublin.Drennan J. (2010) Critical Thinking as an Outcome of a Master’s Degree inNursing Programme. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66, (2)Hyde A, Nee J, Drennan J, Butler M, & Howlett, E (2010) Menopause narratives:the interplay of women's embodied experiences with biomedical discourses.Qualitative Health Research (In Press).Hyde A, Nee J, Drennan J, Butler M, & Howlett, E. (2010) HT and the medicalencounter: a qualitative analysis of women's experiences. Menopause: Journal ofthe North American Menopause Society (In Press).Drennan J., Hyde A., Howlett E. (2009) Sexual behaviour and knowledge amongadolescents in Ireland. Sexual Health 6 (3) 245-249.Devkaran S., Parsons H., Van Dyke M., Drennan J., Rajah J. (2009) The impactof a fast track area on quality and effectiveness outcomes: A Middle Easternemergency department perspective. BMC Emergency Medicine 9 (11), 1 – 9.Rochford C., Connolly M., Drennan J. (2009) Paid part-time employment andacademic performance of undergraduate nursing students. Nurse EducationToday 29, (6), 601-609.Drennan J, Clarke M. (2009) ' Coursework Master's Programmes: The Student'sExperience of Research and Research Supervision '. Studies in Higher Education,34 (4)

Drennan J., Treacy P., Butler M., Byrne A., Fealy G., Frazer K., Irving K. (2008)'Support Networks of Older People Living in the Community'. International Journalof Older People Nursing 3, 234-242.Drennan J, Hyde A. (2008) 'Social selection and professional regulation forMaster's degrees for nurses'. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 63 (5), 486-493Drennan J, (2008) 'Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire: Reliabilityand factor structure with Master's in Nursing graduates'. Journal of AdvancedNursing, 62 (4):487-498.Drennan J, (2008) 'Professional and academic destination of masters in nursinggraduates: A national survey'. Nurse Education Today, 28(6):751-9Drennan J., Hyde A. (2008) Controlling response shift bias: The use of theretrospective pretest design in the evaluation of a master's programme.Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 33 (6):699-709. Drennan J., Treacy M., Butler M., Byrne A., Fealy G., Frazer K., Irving K. (2008)'The experience of social and emotional loneliness of older people in Ireland'.Ageing and Society, 28, 1113-1132.Drennan J, Hyde A. (2008) The fragmented discourse of the 'knowledgeabledoer': nursing academics' and nurse managers' perspectives on a master'seducation for nurses. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 14 (2):173-186.Hyde A, Drennan J. Howlett, E. Brady, D. (2008) 'Heterosexual experiences ofsecondary school pupils in Ireland: sexual coercion in context'. Culture, Health andSexuality, 10 (5), 479-493.Hyde A, Brady D, Drennan J, Howlett E, (2008) 'Safer heterosex: perspectivesfrom young men in Ireland'. Sexual Health, 5 (1):25-30.Hyde A, Drennan J. Howlett, E. Brady, D. (2008) ‘Young men’s vulnerability inconstituting hegemonic masculinity in sexual relations’. American Journal of Men’sHealth. doi:10.1177/1557988308319730. Morris R, Macneela P, Scott A, Treacy P, Hyde A, O'Brien J, Lehwaldt D, Byrne A,Drennan J (2007) 'Ambiguities and conflicting results: The limitations of the kappastatistic in establishing the interrater reliability of the Irish nursing minimum dataset for mental health: A discussion paper'. International Journal of NursingStudies, 45(4):645-7 Butler MM., Johnson M, , Meehan TC, Kemple M, Drennan J, Treacy M, (2007)'Identifying research priorities for midwifery in Ireland'. Midwifery, PMID: 18068280 Drennan J., Meehan T., Kemple M., Butler M., Johnson M., Treacy P. (2007)Nursing Research Priorities for Ireland. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 39(4):298-305.Hyde A., Treacy M., Scott A., MacNeela P., Butler M., Drennan J., Irving K., ByrneA. (2005) Social regulation, medicalisation, and the nurse’s role: insights fromanalysis of nursing documentation. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 43,735–744.Hyde A., Howlett, E., Brady D., & Drennan J. (2005) The focus group method:insights from focus group interviews on sexual health with adolescents. SocialScience & Medicine. 61, 2588 – 2599.

Hyde A, Howlett E, Drennan J, Brady D. (2005) Masculinities and young men'ssex education needs in Ireland: problematizing client-centred health promotionapproaches. Health Promotion International 20(4):334-41.Hyde A, Treacy MP, Scott PA, Butler M, Drennan J, Irving K, Byrne A, MacNeelaP, Hanrahan M. (2005) Modes of rationality in nursing documentation: biology,biography and the 'voice of nursing'. Nursing Inquiry. 12(2):66-7Cleary J. & Drennan J. (2005) Quality of life of patients on haemodialysis for endstagerenal disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 51, (6), 577- 586.Drennan J. (2003) Cognitive interviewing: verbal data in the development and pretestingof questionnaires. Journal of Advanced Nursing 42 (1) 57-63.Drennan J. (2002) An evaluation of the role of the Clinical Placement Coordinatorin student nurse support in the clinical area. Journal of Advanced Nursing.40(4):475-83Published ReportsDrennan J., Naughton C., Hyde A., Butler M. (2010) Practice Standards andGuidelines for Nurses and Midwives with Prescriptive Authority. An Bord Altranais,Dublin.Drennan J., Naughton C., Allen D., Hyde A., Felle P., O'Boyle K., Treacy P.,Butler M. (2009) National Independent Evaluation of the Nurse and MidwifePrescribing Initiative. HSE/UCD, Dublin Hyde, A., Carney, M., Drennan, J. Butler, M, Lohan, M. and Howlett E. (2009)Parents' Approaches to Educating their Pre-adolescent and Adolescent Childrenabout Sexuality. Crisis Pregnancy Agency, DublinHyde A., Drennan J., Butler M., Howlett E., Nee J. Women’s Experience andUnderstanding of Menopause: A Sociological Analysis. Women’s Health CouncilDublin.Meehan, T.C., Butler, M., Drennan, J., Johnson, M., Kemple, M. and Treacy,M. (2005) Nursing and Midwifery Research Priorities for Ireland, Dublin : NationalCouncil for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery through theHealth Research BoardScott A., Treacy M., Mac Neela P., Hyde A., Morris R., Drennan J., Byrne A.,Henry P., Butler M., Clinton G., Corbally M., Irving K. (2006) Report on the DelphiStudy of Irish Nurses to Articulate the Core Eleents of Nursing Care in Ireland.Report prepared for the Health Research Board by University College Dublin andDublin City University.Carney M., Drennan J., Fealy G., Treacy M. (2005) An Examination of theRationale for and the Impact of Maintaining the Five Points of Entry to the Registerof Nurses. An Bord Altranais Dublin. Treacy M., Butler M., Byrne A., Drennan J., Fealy G., Frazer K., Irving K. (2004)Loneliness and Social Isolation among older Irish People. National Council onAgeing and Older People. Dublin.Drennan J. (2005) National Evaluation of the Clinical Placement Co-ordinator inthe Community Pilot Project. Department of Health & Children, Dublin.Drennan J. (2001) National Evaluation of the Role of the Clinical Placement Coordinator.Department of Health & Children, Dublin

International Conference PresentationsDrennan J. (2006) Taught Master’s Programmes: The Impact of the ResearchDissertation and Research Supervision on Student Outcomes Confederation ofHigher Researchers (CHER) Conference. Dublin Ireland (30th August 2007).Drennan, J. (2005) An Evaluation of Research Outcomes and ResearchSupervision Experiences of Masters in Nursing Students. European Conferenceon Educational Research, Dublin, Ireland (8-10 September 2005).McHugh, A., Clancy, A., Drennan, J., Fealy, G. M., O’Connor, T. 2003 ‘Developingand implementing an e-learning strategy in a school of nursing and midwifery inthe Republic of Ireland’ Session paper, Second Global Conference VirtualLearning and Higher Education, September 12-13, 2003, Mansfield CollegeOxford, UKMcHugh A., Fealy . G., Clancy A., Drennan J. & O'Connor T. Developing andImplementing an E-Learning Strategy in a School of Nursing & Midwifery in theRepublic of Ireland. [Oral Presentation], 23rd Nursing and Midwifery Conference,Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin , 01-JAN-04Treacy, M. P., Scott, P. A., Hyde, A., MacNeela, P., Butler, M., Drennan, J. andByrne, A. (2005) Capturing the General Nursing Contribution to Care: Developinga Nursing Minimum Data Set. 2nd International Congress on Innovation inNursing, Fremantle, Western Australia (8-11 November 2005).Drennan, J. (2005) Controlling Response Shift Bias: The Use of RetrospectivePre-Test Methodology in the Evaluation of a Master's Programme. EuropeanConference on Educational Research, Dublin. Ireland (8-10 September 2005).Hyde, A., Treacy, M.P., Scott, A., MacNeela, P., Butler, M.M., Drennan, J., Irving,K. and Byrne, A. (2005) Nursing Documentation; Dominant and SuppressedDiscourses Within Nursing Records. Sigma Theta Tau International, 38th BiennialConvention, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (12-16 November 2005)Hyde, A., Treacy, M.P., Scott, A., MacNeela, P., Butler, M.M., Drennan, J., Irving,K. and Byrne, A. (2005) Making Nursing Visible: Challenges in RevealingPsychosocial Aspects of Care in Nursing Documentation. 9th International NursingResearch Conference (IX Encuentro de Investigacion en Enfermeria), Ministeriode Sanidada y Consumo, Madrid, Spain (23-26 November 2005)Drennan, J., Treacy, M.P., Butler, M., Byrne, A., Fealy, G., Frazer, K. and Irving,K. (2005) Lonliness and Social Isolation Among Older Irish People. 6th AnnualInterdisciplinary Research Conference, Dublin School of Nursing & MidwiferyStudies - University of Dublin, Trinity College (3-4 November 2005) Butler, M. M., Treacy, M. P., Scott, A., Byrne, A., Drennan, J., Hyde, A., Irving, K.& MacNeela, P. (2005) Identifying Nursing-Sensitive Outcome Indicatiors for aNursing Minimum Data Set in Ireland. 2nd Ministry of Health International NursingConference, Singapore, Malaysia (20-21 July 2005Butler, M.M., Treacy, M., Byrne, A., Drennan, J., Fealy, G., Frazer, K. and Irving,K. (2005) Effective Interventions to Reduce Loneliness in Older People in Ireland:The Views of providers and Planners. 6th Annual Interdisciplinary ResearchConference, Dublin School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies - University of Dublin,Trinity College (3-4 November 2005)Drennan, J., Byrne, A., Treacy, M. P., Scott, P. A., Hyde, A., MacNeela, P., Irving,K., Butler, M., Morris, R., Corbally, M. and Henry, P. (2005) The Development of aNursing Minimum Data Set in Ireland: The Use of the Delphi Technique withGeneral Nurses., Slovenia (April 2005)

Butler, M.M., Treacy, M.P., Scott, A.P., Hyde, A., MacNeela, P., Drennan, J.,Irving, K. and Byrne, A. (2005) The Nurse as the Vital Link in Patient Care:Exploring General Nurses' Views of their Contribution to Patient Care. 6th AnnualInterdisciplinary Research Conference, Dublin School of Nursing & MidwiferyStudies - University of Dublin, Trinity College (3-4 November 2005)Clinton G., Scott A., Tracey P., MacNeela P., Hyde A., Butler M., Byrne A.,Drennan J., Corbally M., Henry P., Irving K., Morris R., Developing a DataDictionary for the Irish Minimum Data Set that Authentically Reflects the NursingContribution to Patient Care, 17th International Nursing Research CongressFocusing on Evidence-Based Practice, 17-JUL-06 - 22-JUL-06, Montreal, Quebec,CanadaHenry, P., Clinton, G., Scott, PA., Mac Neela, P., Treacy, P., Hyde, A., Morris, R.,Irving, K., Corbally, M., Lehwaldt, D., Sheerin, F., Byrne, A., Butler, M. andDrennan, J., The INMDS nursing information tool - a proof of concept, 6thEuropean Conference of Acendio, 19-APR-07 - 21-APR-07, AmsterdamClinton G., Scott A., Tracey P., MacNeela P., Hyde A., Butler M., Byrne A.,Drennan J., Corbally M., Henry P., Irving K., Morris R., Developing a DataDictionary for the Irish Minimum Data Set that Authentically Reflects the NursingContribution to Patient Care, 17th International Nursing Research CongressFocusing on Evidence-Based Practice, 17-JUL-06 - 22-JUL-06, Montreal, Quebec,CanadaHenry P., Scott P.A., Treacy P., MacNeela P., Hyde A., Morris R., Clinton G.,Corbally M., Butler M., Drennan J., Irving K. & Byrne A., Developing a datadictionary for the Irish Nursing Minimum Data Set, NANDA, NIC and NOCConference, 01-JUN-06 - 01-JUN-06, Philadelphia, PennysylvaniaButler, M.M., Treacy, M., Scott, A., Hyde, A., MacNeela, P., Drennan, J., Irving,K., Byrne, A., Corbally, M., Henry, P., Morris, R., Clinton, G., Sheerin, F. &Coughlan, B., Developing a Nursing Minimum Data Set for Ireland, HealthInformatics Society of Ireland Conference, 16-NOV-05 - 16-NOV-05, DublinHenry P., Clinton G., Scott A., Tracey P., MacNeela P., Corbally M., Hyde A.,Drennan J., Irving K., Butler M., Morris R., Byrne A., Walsh-Daneshmandi A., TheIrish Nursing Minimum Dataset: Towards A Framework, 5th European Conferenceof ACENDIO, 07-APR-05 - 09-APR-05, Bled, SloveniaDrennan J., Byrne A., Treacy, P. Scott A., Hyde A., MacNeela P., Butler M., andIrving K. (2006) DEVELOPING THE IRISH NURSING MINIMUM DATA SET:FINDINGS OF THE PILOT STUDY Nanda, NIC and NOC Conference 18th - 20thMarch 2006. Philadelphia USA.Drennan J. (2006) Controlling response shift bias with master’s students. Societyof Research into Higher Education Conference, Brighton, UK, 11th - 15thDecember 2006.