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.

2011 award

Details of the 2011 award will be available shortly on the RCN 2011 annual international nursing research conference website.

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)