RCN announces winners of Marjorie Simpson Award 2009
Published: 26 March 2009
Three nursing researchers have been announced as joint winners of the Marjorie Simpson New Researchers' award 2009 at the 2009 RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Cardiff.
The winning projects are investigating:
• The effectiveness of tea-tree oil in preventing MRSA colonisation - Gillian Thompson, Queen's University, Belfast
• The effects of mild hyperglycemia in diabetes related complications - Anna Steele, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth
• Experiences of end-of-life care in a cancer critical care unit - Natalie Pattison, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The RCN Research Society Marjorie Simpson New Researchers' award is an annual award which recognises excellence in new researchers who are involved in post-graduate research.
Commenting on the winning entries, Dr Leslie Gelling, Senior Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University and chair of the judging panel said:
"This year's entries reflected the broad range of topics being undertaken in nursing research at the moment. Once again, the standard of entries was very high. The winners are right at the beginning of their research careers, yet are already embarking on research that has the potential to influence nursing practice."
Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said:
"This award recognises real talent in nurses new to nursing research. Their work represents some of the very best of the cutting edge research that nurses from across the globe will be presenting at the RCN's International Nursing Research Conference.
The 2009 RCN International Nursing Research Conference is taking place in Cardiff from 24th - 27th March 2009.
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Marjorie Simpson OBE FRCN was a pioneer in nursing research. She was the Royal College of Nursing's Research Officer from 1960 until 1963, when she took on the newly created nursing research post at the Ministry of Health, constructing a national framework for the development of research in nursing.
In addition to the Award, the winning researchers will be awarded a free place at the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Cardiff, Wales in 2009.
To find out more information on the RCN Research Society and Marjorie Simpson award, please visit www.rcn.org.uk/development/researchanddevelopment/rs/awards/marjorie
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