Joana Bragança, a nurse at Hospital da Luz Lisboa (HLL), was the big winner of the prize awarded annually by NANDA-I Grant Foundation , with the research project "Terminal syndrome in end-of-life adults: diagnosis accuracy study". The project, which the HLL nurse is developing as part of her PhD in nursing at the Catholic University - under the guidance of Prof. Doctor Sílvia Caldeira and Prof. Doctor Lurdes Martins - was chosen among five applications from nurses from different countries. The award is a funding for research and was announced at the dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of NANDA-International, at Boston College, an event that was part of the organization's annual conference, which took place from June 14 to 16 in Boston, U.S. Joana Bragança participated in this international meeting of nurses with the presentation of a poster and a free communication, in which nurses Carlos Rodrigues and Pedro Tavares, also from Hospital da Luz Lisboa, were co-authors. This is in addition to being nominated for the main prize with your research project. NANDA-I is a nursing organization that supports research and the development of knowledge and skills in the field of nursing and brings together professionals from around the world. In addition to recognizing the merit of projects such as Joana Bragança's, the foundation associated with NANDA-I offers funding for research studies in nursing, related to standardized language and the development of nursing diagnoses. For the HLL nurse, this award is thus a recognition of the prestige of Portuguese nursing in the world and an “important support, in the completion of my research project”. Joana Bragança is part of the team at the Continuing and Palliative Care Unit (UCCP) at Hospital da Luz Lisboa , as are Carlos Rodrigues and Pedro Tavares, who co-authored one of the communications for the event. Congratulations to nurse Joana. To the entire nursing team at UCCP and Hospital da Luz Lisboa, we wish you every success. In the photo : Joana Bragança, left, with Shigemi Kamitsuru, president of the NANDA Foundation, and Sílvia Caldeira, professor at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
