CARING student award at NI2009 Helsinki, Finland.

CARING generously donated $1,200 for student awards at NI2009, Helsinki, Finland. Diane Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, Aurora, CO and Michelle Honey, PhD, RGON, Mphil, BA, Grafton Auckland, NZ judged the awards. Three winners were selected out of the 12 student posters. The awards were presented Wednesday July 1, 2009 at the closing session. The winners were from Japan, Taiwan, Sweden, and Norway.

Congratulations to the top winners plus all the poster presenters.

#1 Gold--Prize of 500 Euros

Peer Support from Online Community on the Internet among Patients with Breast Cancer in Japan

Setoyama, Yoko; Nakayama, Kazuhiro; Yamazaki, Yoshihiko, JAPAN

#2 Silver--Prize of Conference Proceedings

Developing a Visualized Patient-centered, Flow-based and Objective-oriented Care Path of Cardiac CATH Examination

Kuo, Ming Chuan; Chang, Polun, TAIWAN.

#3 Bronze--Prize of Conference Proceedings

Clinical Decision Support Systems to Prevent and Treat Pressure Ulcers and Under-nutrition in Nursing Homes

Fossum, Mariann (1); Terjesen, Solbjorg (2); Odegaard, Marit (2); Sneltvedt, Unni (2); Andreassen, Lene (2)

Ehnfors, Margareta1; Ehrenberg, Anna (1),

By Susan K Newbold, PhD RN-BC FAAN FHIMSS