Louise Brent was awarded this year’s CJ Coleman award. The title of her research project was ‘Improving Hip Fracture Care in Ireland: The collaboration of the Irish Hip Fracture Database (IHFD) and the Development of a National Integrated Care Pathway for hip fracture’.

Louise is an arthroplasty nurse co-ordinator in Waterford Regional Hospital and is the lead clinical nurse for the HSE’s National Clinical Programme for Orthopaedics and Trauma.

CJ Coleman Award Pictured at the annual delegate conference in Kilkenny last month were (l-r): Nancy Layton-Cook, director at CJ Coleman & Co Ltd; Claire Mahon, INMO president; Louise Brent , recipient of the 2014 CJ Coleman Award; and Liam Doran, INMO general secretary

CJ Coleman Insurance Brokers, have generously been sponsoring this research award for INMO members over the past decade. A bursary of €1,000 is awarded for a completed and previously unpublished research project that promotes and improves the quality of patient care and/ or staff working conditions in an innovative way.

An evaluation panel selects the winner by scoring the projects independently, against a criteria matrix.

ADC - Waterford nurse wins CJ Coleman Award with research on Irish hip fracture care