McCarthy, Geraldine

Geraldine McCarthy, PhD, MSN, MEd, DipN, RNT, RGN, Fellow RCSI

is Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery in University College Cork (UCC) and Chair of the SouthSouth West Acute Hospital Group which comprised 9 hospitals in the South of Ireland. Prior to this she was founding Professor and Dean of the Nursing School, held the post of Head of the College of Medicine and Health at UCC providing strategic leadership in research and educational programs in Medicine, Dentistry, Therapies, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery. She has also held a v