Three student nurses selected for Nursing Times awards

Three student nurses Emma Hogan, Lauren Ramoth and Theresa Mason have been selected for Nursing Times Student Awards Pictured left to right: Emma Hogan, Lauren Ramoth and Theresa Mason are in the final shortlist for the 2014 Nursing Times Student Awards.

Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:04:00 GMT

Winners announced at 1 May ceremony 

NURSING and midwifery students at the University of Huddersfield are in line for major awards from one of the country’s most respected journals. 

The final shortlist for the 2014 Nursing Times Student Awards has been announced.  Emma Hogan, completing the final year of her degree at Huddersfield, is a candidate in the child nursing category. And two student midwives, Theresa Mason and Lauren Ramoth, are both up for the award in their discipline. 

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 1 May.  But before then, Emma, Lauren and Theresa must travel to London for 20-minute interviews with the award judges during which they will be asked about their work and achievements so far. 

All three of the Huddersfield nominees have plentiful material to bolster their case.  When Emma Hogan – who has consistently scored high marks in her course work – went on her child nursing work placement at a hospital in Manchester, she was so impressive that a parent of one of the young patients wrote a letter of praise to the city’s Medical Officer. 

“Throughout the three years of the course, Emma has shown consistent development in her professionalism and her aptitude for nursing,” said her module leader, Senior Lecturer Fiona Wondergem, who made the nomination for the Nursing Times award. 

“In child nursing you must be adaptable and be able to use your own initiative.  And we are using a lot of new technology, you must have the kind of mind that can take that on as well.  Emma takes it all in her stride.” 

Theresa Mason and Lauren Ramoth are final-year midwifery students at the University of Huddersfield and have made their mark jointly by forming a thriving Midwifery Society for students and qualified midwives.  It organises special events and invites guest experts to the University. 

They were nominated for the Nursing Times award by midwifery lecturer Jayne Samples.  “One of the criteria for the award is a demonstration that they are able to support other students.  By organising the Society, they have been able to show that quite clearly,” she said. 

“In addition, the feedback from mentors has been really supportive of their ability to work with health professionals in practice settings and with women and their families as well.”

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