PROFISSIONAL ISSUES

MPEA´s graduate student nurse wins the first intensive care congress prize from the intensive care society of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, for testing pressure ulcers risk scales

Simone Pereira Machado's research was astounding because it question the validity of Braden and Cubbin and Jackson scales to prevent pressure ulcers for patients at the ICU. This is important because this kind of research often provides the basis for the development of new, knowledge-based nursing care and high-standards professional patterns.

RIO DE JANEIRO – BRAZIL – July , 2005 –The X Intensive Care Congress First Prize was won by Simone Pereira Machado, graduate student in Professional Master in Nursing Program/Fluminense Federal University, who lead the research related to the use of risk scales for pressure ulcers (Utilização de escalas de risco para úlcera de pressão – relato de experiência de treinamento de enfermeiros) along with her advisors: Dra. Selma Castilho and Dra. Beatriz Guitton. The award was presented on July 29th during the 2005  Intensive Care Society of Rio de Janeiro Conference.

This award is so important for us because  it confirms  that  high-quality scientific research for professional problems goes hand in hand with high-quality university education.

This research is supported by the Hospital de Clínicas de Niterói (HCN).

Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing August 2005; 4 (2)