National HIV Nurses Association
NHIVNA Award Winners 2009
Krattinger Rennison Award
Abstract O2
“A study examining the experiences of patients who attend for medical investigation during acute HIV seroconversion”
Scott Mullaney
Imperial College
London
NHIVNA / Boehringer Ingelheim Clinical Practice Award
1st prize:
Abstract P19
“3 cases of late adverse events with poly-l-lactic acid treatment in a nurse-delivered service: recommendations for practice”
Alice Armstrong and Enrique Castro-Sanchez
Mortimer Market Centre,
London
2nd Prize:
Abstract P1
“Customer Care Questionnaire”
Clare Cody
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
NHIVNA/BMS Best Poster Award
Abstract P11
“Hepatitis C (HCV) Co-infection: Using an audit of patient experience to identify and address nursing competencies”
Duncan Scott
Barts and The London NHS Trust
Nicky Perry Academic Award
Awarded to
David Whiteley
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
David will commence his masters degree in sexual health in September 2009.
NHIVNA/Gilead HIV Nursing Award
Awarded to
Maxine Owen
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
NHIVNA 2009 Scholarships
NHIVNA Student Nurse Registration Concession Awards
NHIVNA are pleased to offer up to ten NHIVNA Student Nurse Registration Concession Awards to assist student nurses to attend the NHIVNA Annual Conference. To be eligible for a scholarship, student nurses need to apply in writing when submitting their registration form to the Conference Organiser by 27 March 2009. Successful applicants will be eligible to register at the reduced registration rate of £50, and will be notified by 10 April 2009.
NHIVNA/Boehringer Ingelheim Junior Nurse Scholarships
NHIVNA and Boehringer Ingelheim are pleased to offer up to eight scholarships to attend the NHIVNA Annual Conference. The award includes free registration, a contribution of a maximum of £150 towards accommodation, and a maximum of £50 towards travel expenses. To be eligible for a scholarship you must not have been awarded this scholarship in 2008 and must have worked as a nurse in an acute or community setting, caring for people with HIV, for two years or less. Please send a biography and a supporting statement (no more than 250 words) of why you would like to attend the conference, signed by your manager, to the Conference Organisers by 27 March 2009. Places will be awarded by the NHIVNA Executive Committee and successful applicants will be notified by 10 April 2009.
Winners of the 2009 NHIVNA/Boehringer Ingelheim Junior Nurse Scholarships.
Clare Davidson.
Mathew Sidebottom.
Hazel Ridgers.
Holly Woolloff.
I am very pleased to have been able to attend the 2009 NHIVNA conference in Birmingham. I found it exciting and inspiring. The scholarship I gained made the event much more accessible to me and I think it is very useful for newer members of staff to have the opportunity to attend an event like this. I am very grateful to have received the funding.
There were many things which I enjoyed about attending the conference. I found the presentations by staff describing their approaches to HIV care, which were often innovative, very inspiring. The oral abstract presentations were great for the variety in the track and the quality of the presentation. I found listening to these a useful reminder of the different approaches to research and research methodology which I have not encountered much since leaving university.
I also enjoyed meeting nurses working in HIV care from different parts of the UK. Although this was only my first year at the conference I can see that being able to meet and share ideas with other health professionals regularly in this way could be very beneficial.
Clare.
Staff Nurse
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
First of all I would like to thank you for the opportunity to attend conference this year after being awarded the Junior Nurse Scholarship.
I am new to the field of HIV after being a Senior Staff Nurse in Intensive Care for a number of years. Having the opportunity to attend the conference has given me the chance to network with other HIV professionals and to share valuable information and experiences.
The varied program over the two days was both interesting and informative. I have certainly been encouraged to attend the conference next year as it is the most effective way of keeping up to date on advances in the field both nationally and internationally.
Once again, thank you for the opportunity to attend conference this year and I will be looking forward to Brighton next year!
Mathew.
HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Being awarded the NHIVNA/BI Junior Nurse Scholarship gave me a fantastic opportunity to attend my first NHIVNA conference and I got so much from it!
The conference was great, lots of food for thought about providing care across the lifespan; from the plenary sessions and lectures on transitional care of adolescents to the symposium on HIV and Aging, areas that present particular challenges as well as opportunities for innovative HIV nursing practice.
It was also great to see my own Imperial College colleagues shine on stage giving lectures and receiving awards. They were excellent and it made me feel very proud! And of course it was a great opportunity to meet other nurses from a wide range of settings as well as catch up with nurses that I had met on a previous NHIVNA study day at the Gala dinner over quite a few glasses of wine!
Feeding back to my colleagues who stayed at home to hold the fort was exciting too. We all felt really enthusiastic about some nurse led services presented in the posters. They gave us lots of ideas for future development!
Thank you for the experience!
Hazel.
Senior Staff Nurse
Wharfside HIV Outpatients Clinic
Imperial College Healthcare Trust
I was lucky enough to win one of the Junior Nurse Scholarships for this year’s NHIVNA’s conference. I had an enjoyable time, and learnt a lot from the variety of speakers present. As a novice nurse in this field it enabled me to broaden my understanding of the evolution of the virus and the combative medications available. Learning about the new challenges HIV nursing is facing, particularly with the aging population and those with Hepatitis C co-infection was also really eye-opening.
Listening to the talks from the different specialist nurses was very inspiring, and made me even more passionate about getting to the stage of having that much knowledge and understanding around HIV.
I am already looking forward to next year’s conference, and hope to maybe contribute a poster of my own!
Holly.
Staff Nurse
Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
NHIVNA Study Day Scholarships
NHIVNA is to hold a Pre-Conference Study Day in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals and Gilead Sciences. It is planned that NHIVNA Pre-conference Study Day Scholarships will be available.
For those who are able to attend, in full, both the NHIVNA Annual Conference on 25–26 June, and the NHIVNA Pre-Conference Study Day on Wednesday 24 June. There will be a maximum of 50.
Scholarships available and scholarships will cover a contribution of a maximum of £75 towards travel expenses, and a contribution of a maximum of £125 towards accommodation costs (24 & 25 June only).
To apply, please tick the appropriate box on the registration form when registering for the NHIVNA conference. Applications will be administered on a first come, first served basis. An acknowledgement will be sent to you confirming your registration and whether you have been allocated a scholarship place. Original receipts will be required post-conference in order for NHIVNA to be able to reimburse monies. Further details regarding how to register for the Pre-Conference Study Day will follow shortly under separate cover.
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