RCN announces winners of Marjorie Simpson Award 2010

Published: 12 May 2010

Three nursing researchers have been announced as winners of the Marjorie Simpson New Researchers' award 2010 at the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Gateshead.

The winning projects are investigating:

• The development and evaluation of a strategy which investigates user participation and the potential for self management – Suzanne Bench, King’s College London

• Living more effectively with fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Wladislawa (Wladzia) Czuber-Dochan, King’s College London

• Whether a patient focus to consultations in chronic venous leg ulcer care improve patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life – Julie Green, Keele University

The RCN Research Society Marjorie Simpson New Researchers' award is an annual award which recognises excellence in three new researchers who are involved in post-graduate research.

Commenting on the winning entries, Professor Julie Taylor, Head of Strategy and Development at the NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection 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.”

The 2010 RCN International Nursing Research Conference is taking place in Gateshead from 11-13th May 2010.

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Notes for Editors

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 Gateshead.

The awards are sponsored by Wiley Blackwell.

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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