Leading the way in postgraduate nursing research
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The work and successes of postgraduate research nursing students were recently celebrated at a special research symposium at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Several research students presented their doctoral projects and answered questions from the audience. Additionally, research posters were presented and prizes were awarded by a panel comprising researchers from the nursing School and other health Schools at the College. Prize winners were:
1st prize
Maggie Vance: The feasibility of a UK nurse led flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel cancer screening programme.
2nd prize
Nicola Mackintosh: Rescuing the deteriorating patient: factors influencing medical response.
3rd prize
Ranjita Dhital: Potential uptake of an alcohol screening and brief intervention service in community pharmacies: a pilot interview survey of pharmacy customers.
1st prize
Maggie Vance: The feasibility of a UK nurse led flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel cancer screening programme.
2nd prize
Nicola Mackintosh: Rescuing the deteriorating patient: factors influencing medical response.
3rd prize
Ranjita Dhital: Potential uptake of an alcohol screening and brief intervention service in community pharmacies: a pilot interview survey of pharmacy customers.
A further highlight of the event was a joint presentation by Dr Jill Maben, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU) at the School and Dr Kathryn Jones, Deputy Director of Nursing and Director of Clinical Studies Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Dr Jones is the first graduate of the School’s Doctorate in Healthcare Programme. Dr Maben and Dr Jones spoke on the merits of a doctorate and how to build on success after completing a doctoral qualification.
“This event demonstrates the dynamic and valuable contribution of our graduate research students and their supervisors to nursing, midwifery and health studies,” commented Dr Joanne Fitzpatrick, Head of Graduate Research Studies and chair of the Symposium.
“This event demonstrates the dynamic and valuable contribution of our graduate research students and their supervisors to nursing, midwifery and health studies,” commented Dr Joanne Fitzpatrick, Head of Graduate Research Studies and chair of the Symposium.
Students who presented a paper at the event are listed below:
Suzanne Bench: Developing an effective complex intervention; the importance of user involvement.
Argurtzane Mujika: Developing an intervention to support smoking cessation in female nurses.
Marie Furuta: Beyond Saving Mother’s Lives: Exploring the experience of adverse obstetric events on maternal psycho-social and physical morbidity and wellbeing through Web-based survey.
Pat Lindsay: Undertaking an ethnographic study in a maternity setting: some issues and challenges.
Sue Woodward: Reflexology for women with idiopathic constipation.
Ann Wilkinson: Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure ICT skills, experiences and attitudes to e-learning of nursing students.
For the latest information on upcoming research events, visit:
www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/nursing/research/news/meetings.html
Suzanne Bench: Developing an effective complex intervention; the importance of user involvement.
Argurtzane Mujika: Developing an intervention to support smoking cessation in female nurses.
Marie Furuta: Beyond Saving Mother’s Lives: Exploring the experience of adverse obstetric events on maternal psycho-social and physical morbidity and wellbeing through Web-based survey.
Pat Lindsay: Undertaking an ethnographic study in a maternity setting: some issues and challenges.
Sue Woodward: Reflexology for women with idiopathic constipation.
Ann Wilkinson: Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure ICT skills, experiences and attitudes to e-learning of nursing students.
For the latest information on upcoming research events, visit:
www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/nursing/research/news/meetings.html