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20/06/2012
UU Nurses Score RCN Success
University of Ulster students and staff have scored successes at the Royal College of Nursing awards.
Undergraduate student Michelle Doherty won the Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland Student Nurse of the Year award and said it was "the best feeling in the world to get some recognition for what I've been doing".
She was on the Adult Nursing bachelor's degree.
Lecturer Dr David Chaney scooped the RCN's N.I. Nursing Research Award for a programme aimed at helping young people with Type One diabetes improve their blood-glucose control.
He said the fact that his 'Choice' scheme is now being rolled out across the island of Ireland is "absolutely wonderful".
Dr Chaney said: "My hope was to have a PhD that wouldn’t just sit on a shelf but would be of use in a practical way."
Two School of Nursing students also came runner-up in the research side of awards.
The awards are a further boost to the School of Nursing and the Institute of Nursing Research which finished in the top three of all UK universities in the last National Research Assessment exercise.
Professor Owen Barr, Head of the School of Nursing, said: "This was a very positive and a very public showcase for the work of the School. Many people commented to me during the evening about the high quality of the entries submitted from the University of Ulster. I congratulate the individuals who won awards and those who were runners-up. Their success is the School’s success, and a tribute to the internationally acknowledged quality of teaching and research in Nursing at this University."
(NE)
Undergraduate student Michelle Doherty won the Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland Student Nurse of the Year award and said it was "the best feeling in the world to get some recognition for what I've been doing".
She was on the Adult Nursing bachelor's degree.
Lecturer Dr David Chaney scooped the RCN's N.I. Nursing Research Award for a programme aimed at helping young people with Type One diabetes improve their blood-glucose control.
He said the fact that his 'Choice' scheme is now being rolled out across the island of Ireland is "absolutely wonderful".
Dr Chaney said: "My hope was to have a PhD that wouldn’t just sit on a shelf but would be of use in a practical way."
Two School of Nursing students also came runner-up in the research side of awards.
The awards are a further boost to the School of Nursing and the Institute of Nursing Research which finished in the top three of all UK universities in the last National Research Assessment exercise.
Professor Owen Barr, Head of the School of Nursing, said: "This was a very positive and a very public showcase for the work of the School. Many people commented to me during the evening about the high quality of the entries submitted from the University of Ulster. I congratulate the individuals who won awards and those who were runners-up. Their success is the School’s success, and a tribute to the internationally acknowledged quality of teaching and research in Nursing at this University."
(NE)
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