RCN Research Society Akinsanya Award for Innovation in Doctoral Studies in Nursing

The award will be granted to the most innovative thesis in the nursing disciplines. Excellence in scholarship, innovation and the potential to influence health care policy or practice will be the main criteria for deciding the award.

2012 award

Details of the 2012 award can be found on the RCN 2012 annual international nursing research conference website. Closing date is 31 October 2011.

2011 award

Winner (and Akinsanya Scholar)

Dr Sharon Fleming
Title: Children with asthma and their carers’ experience of hospital care: decision making at home and in the hospital clinic
Abstract: Fleming (PDF, 61KB)

Runners up (and Akinsanya Nominees)

Dr Nicola Carey
Title: An evaluation of a diabetes specialist nurse prescriber on in-patient services
Abstract: Carey (PDF, 47KB)

Dr Bridget Harris
Title: Heat loss from the upper airways and through the skull: studies of direct brain cooling in humans
Abstract: Harris (PDF, 49KB)

Dr Austyn Snowden
Title: The construction of competence in mental health nurse prescribing
Abstract: Snowden (PDF, 72KB)

2010 award

Winner (and Akinsanya Scholar)

Dr Fiona Duncan, Nurse Specialist, Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Title: Prospective observational study of postoperative epidural analgesia for major abdominal surgery
Abstract: Duncan (PDF, 29KB)

Runners up (and Akinsanya Nominees)

Dr Hilary Jefferies, Independent Nurse Researcher
Title: The lived experience of younger women with cancer of the vulva: a phenomenological study
Abstract: Jefferies (PDF, 22KB)

Dr Caroline Nicholson, Research Fellow, City University
Title: Holding it together: a psycho-social exploration of living with frailty in old age
Abstract: Nicholson (PDF, 108KB)

Dr Alison Pooler, Lecturer, Keele University
Title: Exacerbations of severe asthma; psychosocial predictors and the impact of a nurse-led clinic
Abstract: Pooler (PDF, 32KB)

2009 award

Winner (and Akinsanya Scholar)

Dr Patrice van Cleemput, Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
Title: Gypsies and Travellers accessing primary health care: interactions with health staff and requirements for 'culturally safe' services.
Abstract: Cleemput (MS Word, 34K)

Special Commendation (and Akinsanya Special Commendee)

Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Research Fellow, St George's, University of London
Title: Palliative care for people with intellectual disabilities.
Abstract: Tuffrey (MS Word, 42K)

Runners up (and Akinsanya Nominees)

Dr Valerie Shephard, Visiting Research Fellow, Anglia Ruskin University
Title: Exploring the stability of methods in measuring body composition in Primary Care.
Abstract: Shephard (MS Word, 57K)

Dr Martha Wrigley, Cardiac research co-ordinator, Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
Title: Engaging families with a premature family history of heart disease: a primary prevention study for coronary heart disease.
Abstract: Wrigley (MS Word, 66K)

2008 award

Winner (and Akinsanya Scholar)

Dr Linda Diggle, Immunisation Nurse Specialist from the Public Health Department, le Bas Centre, St Helier, Jersey.
Title: Innovative Evidence for Infant Immunisation Practice
Abstract: Diggle (MS Word, 46K)

Runners up (and Akinsanya Nominees)

Dr Janet Holt, Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds
Title: The Attitudes of Nurses to Euthanasia
Abstract: Holt (MS Word, 61K)

Dr Assumpta Ryan, University of Ulster
Title: Rural family carers' experiences of the nursing home placement of an older relative: a grounded theory approach
Abstract: Ryan (MS Word, 42K)

2007 inaugural award winner

Winner (and Akinsanya Scholar)

Dr Susanne Colson, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University
Title: The Mechanisms of Biological Nurturing
Abstract: Colson (MS Word, 35K)
Website: http://www.biologicalnurturing.com/

Runners up (and Akinsanya Nominees)

Dr Michelle Briggs, Senior Research Fellow, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds
Title: Painful leg ulcers: the prevalence characteristics and effective topical treatments
Abstract: Briggs (MS Word, 35K)

Dr Jo Hockley, Research Associate, School of Community Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Title: Developing high quality end-of-life care in nursing homes: an action research study
Abstract: Hockley (MS Word, 37K)

Chair and judging panel of the Akinsanya Award for Innovation in Doctoral Studies in Nursing

If you would like to be considered for the role of chair, or be a member of the judging panel of the Akinsanya Award for Innovation in Doctoral Studies in Nursing, please see the following criteria (MS Word, 58K)