Suzanne Denieffe
Head of Department
Nursing and Health Care
Waterford Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
Suzanne Denieffe is the Head of Department of Nursing and Health Care since 2014. Prior to that, she was Programme leader for the BSc in Nursing (Psychiatric) and MSc in Nursing. She is a registered psychiatric nurse, general nurse and nurse tutor. She hold a BSc (Hons) in Nursing and an MSc in Nursing (Education and Research) from University College Dublin and a PhD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She have worked at WIT since 2002 and served on Academic Council from 2004 - 2007. She is a member of the Post-Registration Screening Group at WITsince 2008.
Research Interest
Dragon boat paddling for breast cancer survivors, Predicting responses to radiotherapy, Cancer screening and education for women with an Intellectual Disability, Exploring compassion in older adult care settings, IMCOTRAD- Impact of Cognitive Therapy for Women receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer
