A competition was run by Global Research Nurses' Network, between August and October 2013. The prize was to attend the RCN International Research Nursing Conference in Glasgow in April 2014. Nurses were asked to answer the question:
"With reference to a research study that you have worked on, describe how nurses contribute to clinical research and discuss what support is needed to enable greater involvement for nurses in clinical research."
The winner, Athira Rani, comes from Kerala. She flew to Glasgow and attended the three day conference, where she presented a concurrent event and participated in many sessions and events.
Other winners were Bertha Maseko from Malawi and Priyanka Tiwari from Nepal. They each won a one year online subscription to 2 Nursing Journals from Wiley & Co.
Here are Athira's comments about the event;
"I am so much fortunate to be the member of Global Health Research Nurses Network.Being winner of the competition I benefited a lot.It is very interesting to see what is happening around us so that we can reflect and will be able to realize that where we are.I am talking about the RCN conference.I could meet many stalwarts of RCN and research nurses across the globe.The most important thing which I got from the conference is that I got many research ideas,discussion with few members leads some initial threads for collaborative research.And I was able to understand the research priorities of different countries and how they intervene a research question.
Most challenging was the concurrent sessions there were 9 at a time.We have to be choosy."
While she was in Glasgow, Athira gave an inteview to Kelly Gleason, for Clinfield. This is her interview.
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Priyanka Tiwari wrote this about her prize of one year's subscription to two online journals.
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ALL OF THE ENTRIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THIS PAGE, COMPETITION PAGE FOR YOU TO READ
CLICK ON THE NAME BELOW TO READ THE ENTRY SENT BY EACH COMPETITION ENTRANT:
We received 10 entries from Kenya:
There were 10 entries from Uganda
Sylivia Ogwang (not eligible because in UK)
Jerome Ambanibe entered, from Cameroon
Bertha Maseko from Malawi won a second prize and was awarded a one year subscription to two online journals by Wiley & Co.
Her entry is shown below.
Other entries from Malawi came from
Our winner comes from India, and will be attending the Conference in April 2014. Four other entries also came from India and were of a high standard. They came from
10 entries came from South Africa:
3 entries came from Jordan:
Articles also came from
Hermine Iita sent an article from Namibia
Dr Refat Rezapour sent an article from Iran
Matilda Komainde sent an artilcle from Papua New Guinea
Elisabeth Msoka sent an article from Tanzania
Nantaka Kongstan sent an article from Thailand
Violet Mambo sent an article from Zimbabwe
Jerome Ambinibe sent an artilce from Cameroon
Mehtab Jaffer sent an article from Pakistan - photographed below at an award ceremony at The Aga Khan University, Karachi
5 entries were received from The Philippines:
Jean Redi Briones wrote about 'Nurse Researchers: Game Changers in Health Care Systems'
Aeron Coronado wrote about 'Nursing Research: Defining the borders of quality patient care'
We also recieved articles from Bryiane Pasua Medina , Gloria Yang and Roberto Sombrillo, answering the question: 'With reference to a research study that you have worked on, describe how nurses contribute to clinical research and discuss what support is neeeded to enable greater involvement for nurses in clinincal research.'
4 entries from Nigeria
Amah Okezie is now featured on our Features Participant page. He is a Nursing Officer, with experience in Resrach, and a commitment to improvingthe situation of nurses in Nigeria.
Of the other entries to the competition, 4 came from Nigeria. They were sent in by Amah Okezie, Olayinka Aremu, Uzoegew Rita Oluchukwu and Charity Maina.
Charity Maina gave a clear explanation of why clinical research is important in providing evidence for practice. She described in detail how nurses are involved at every stage of the research process. Charity showed that she understands how clinical research is conducted and what is required of nurses.
Charity suggested that nurses are held back from being part of the research team because they have a poor foundation in theory and therefore lack understanding of research. She thought that nurses could be more involved in research if they received a better grounding during initial nurse education, and identifies poor ratio of teachers:nurses as a factor in failure to prepare nurses for a research environment.
Charity did not refer to a specific research study, but the detail of her description and the relevance of her arguments demonstrated understanding of what research is, how nurses can contribute to it and the difficulties that restrict the involvement of nurses in research.
Rita's article also gave a good discussion of the role of the research nurse.
COMPETITION WINNERS
We received 60 entries to the Global Research Nurses’ competition, they came from 17 countries. One entry was disallowed as the writer is currently working in the UK. Two entries were significantly over the word count.
All entries were read by members of the Global Health team, and a short list of 16 was selected for consideration for the prizes. The short listed entries were sent to a panel of 3 independent judges. They came from Jordan, UK and Kenya, but unfortunatley, the judge from Kenya had to withdraw before judging was done. The judges considered each entry against criteria based on the competition question. The criteria were that the article show
- An understanding of the research process
- A description of the role and responsibilities of the nurse in the research team
- Clear points about the importance of nursing skills for the research team
- Identification of and insight into challenges faced by research nurses
- A well-structured and thoughtful discussion presenting original ideas about how nurses can be more involved in clinical research
The judges identified entries that they thought were most deserving of a prize. There was a lively discussion via Skype, to discuss and agree the winning entries.
The winning articles were sent by
IST PRIZE:
ATHIRARANI MR FROM KERALA
https://globalresearchnurses.tghn.org/site_media/media/articles/athirarani_competition.pdf
Athirarani was born at the picturesque town of Chirayinkeezhu in Kerala. She graduated from Nursing from Govt. College of Nursing Thiruvananthapuram in March 1999 with first class. She took her post graduation in Community Health Nursing from the same institution in September 2004 with distinction. Later she pursued M Phil in clinical epidemiology from Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram in July 2010 with A grade. Now she is a PhD scholar in University of Kerala.
Currently she is working as Assistant Professor in Govt. College of Nursing, Thiruvanathapuram. She has been a teacher for more than 13 years. She is also Consultant faculty, Clinical Epidemiology Resource & Training Centre, Thiruvananthapuram , Research Committee member, Clinical Epidemiology Resource & Training Centre, Thiruvananthapuram., Research Committee member, Govt. College of Nursing, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and Member of Scientific committee, International Journal of Nursing Care. She has many national and international publications in her credit. She also undertook projects in State Board of Medical Research and Kerala State Science and Technology. She had two articles in national journal and two article in international journal under her credit and presented one paper each in state, national and international conferences.
Athirarani is a life time member in Trained Nurses Association of India, National Research Society India and Nutrition society of India.
2ND PRIZES
The winners will receive a one year subscription to two online journals:
Journal of Advanced Nursing and the Journal of Clinical Nursing, published by Wiley.
The winners are -
BERTHA MASEKO from MALAWI
https://globalresearchnurses.tghn.org/site_media/media/articles/THE_COMPETITION_2.pdf
Bertha is already featured on our website as one of our Featured Participants. She took part in a Skills Sharing workshop in Lilongwe in October 2012 and has been an active member of the network since that time.
AND
PRIYANKA TIWARI from NEPAL
https://globalresearchnurses.tghn.org/site_media/media/articles/Article.pdf
Priyanka joined the network recently, and has been collaborating with the network to discuss arrangements for a series of study days and workshops to take place in Nepal in February 2014.
Priyanka completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 2009 from B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. She worked for two years as a nursing instructor at a private nursing college and since December 4, 2011, has been working as a Clinical Research Nurse at OUCRU-NP. She is currently studying for a Masters in Pediatric Nursing at Maharajgunj Nursing Campus, Institute of medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Congratulations to you all.
Also, many thanks to everyone who entered. We will keep you informed about future opportunities, and we will also tell you about the Conference in April.
A Competition for a Research Nurse to attend the International Nursing Research Conference in Glasgow, UK, April 2014
TO WIN - WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE RESEARCH NURSE
First Prize
Attendance at the Royal College of Nursing (UK) International Nursing Research Conference, April 2nd – 4th 2014. The Conference provides an opportunity for the winner to network with nurse researchers from across the globe and to share understanding of international nursing research.
The prize will cover:
- Registration for the Conference
- Attendance at Conference dinner
- A British Airways return flight from nearest airport to winner’s home served by British Airways to Glasgow, economy ticket, with specified BA luggage allowance
(Global Research Nurses' network cannot cover the cost of connecting flights to join the BA flight to Glasgow)
- Single accommodation in Glasgow, for 4 nights, as provided by Global Research Nurses’ network, 1st – 5th April 2014
- Expenses to cover i) visa, £80, ii) transfer to and from airport, approx. £40, iii) living expenses to a maximum of £25 per day for 5 days - refunded within 30 days on production of receipts
Second prizes:
There will be two additional prizes of one year online subscriptions to both the Journal of Advanced Nursing and the Journal of Clinical Nursing, published by Wiley.
Terms and Conditions
