7th November 2007

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North and West Award for Excellence in the Care of Older People: Assumpta Ryan, University of Ulster, and winner Jennie Shiels

Final-year nursing students from the University of Ulster have been presented with their professional awards at a ceremony on the Coleraine campus. 

Nine students also received special awards in recognition of outstanding achievement and dedication. 

Speaking at the event, Dr Owen Barr, Head of the School of Nursing said: “We celebrate an important day with our awarding students as they enter the nursing profession after three years of dedication and hard work. We are also delighted to welcome representatives from Health and Social Care Trusts throughout Northern Ireland who, in partnership with the University, facilitate 50 percent of the student learning experience.   

“In addition to the presentation of the professional awards, the School is delighted to facilitate the presentation of prestigious, sponsored awards to nursing students completing their course this year.  These awards signify achievements in many aspects of nursing.

“We are celebrating nursing and all that it means. Caring, as a professional attribute, is fundamental to the ethos of the School and we hope, as the students go forward from today, that not only will they use their new-found academic and clinical knowledge, but also that they will embrace the most fundamental aspect of nursing - caring about people.”   

The award-winning students include:

• Princess Macha Award, Western Health and Social Care Trust: Lorraine McAleese 
• Northern Bank Shield: Sandra McKeeman
• Bank of Ireland Award: Brian McGinn
• Donald Dawson Memorial Trust: Edith McLaughlin and Michelle Carroll
• Western Health and Social Care Trust Management Award: Rebecca Renfrew
• North and West Award for Excellence in the Care of Older People: Jennie Shiels
• Cardiac Services Award for Graduate Diploma Student of the Year: Eileen Quinn
• Professor Robert Bowman Memorial Award for Leadership in Nursing: Olivia Gray
• Maura Hamill-McKenna Memorial Cup Award: Lesley Dornan

For further information, please contact:

Trina Porter
Telephone: 028 71675511
Email: Trina Porter