The Elizabeth Fearon Scholarship is an annual endowment provided by The Royal Children's Hospital League of Former Trainees and Associates to support the integration of research processes into nursing practice at RCH to support improved outcomes for paediatric patients.

The scholarship is awarded in memory of Elizabeth Fearon who commenced her training at RCH in 1948 and was a ward sister in hospital at Pelham Street Carlton and was instrumental in the opening of the first Day Surgery Unit in 1977. Elizabeth was greatly respected not only for her kindness, but her wisdom and learning. This scholarship is given in her name as an appropriate memorial to her legacy.

The scholarship is available to current RCH nurses and advertised through the Nursing Research Team. Nursing Research : Scholarships and research funding

Donations

Donations are tax deductible.

EFT – Electronic funds transfer

ACCOUNT: Royal Children's Hospital
NAME: League of Former Trainees
BANK: Commonwealth BANK – CBA
BSB: 063 113
ACCT 10134344

Please use the first three letters of your surname ad the first 3 letters of your give name as a reference.

Cheque

Cheque payable to:

RCH LOFT & Assoc
PO BOX 7163
Hawthorn North
Vic 3122

Scholarship recipients

2021

Belinda Tominc, Clinical Nurse Consultant for Youth Health Immunisation Outreach.
Project – Outreach nursing: Improving immunisation access for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

2020

Chantelle Di Gregorio, Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Children’s Cancer Centre
Project – Bone Marrow Transplantation Nursing Orientation

2019

Lauren Jorgensen, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Recovery.
Project – Management of patients requiring isolation in the perioperative department

2018

Tara Doyle, Associate Nurse Unit Manager/Clinical Nurse Specialist for Butterfly Ward.
Project – Enhancing Breastfeeding Support and Promotion

2017

Melissa Maxey, ANUM for Dolphin
Project – Reducing harm and pressure areas to hands caused by mitten restraints: A simple nursing innovation

2016

Brenda Savill, NUM for Wallaby HITH
Project – Unplanned EOC from the RCH HITH program; who is coming back?

2015

Amy Johansen, Clinical Nurse Consultant for Rosella PICU
Project – Evaluation of an ECLS nurse-led anticoagulation protocol

2014

Charlie Bowes, Clinical Nurse Consultant for Aggression Management.
Project – Identification of precipitating factors in clinical aggression and violence in paediatrics.

2013

Sacha Petersen, Clinical Nurse Consultant for Intrathecal baclofen
Project – Assessment of overnight carte and comfort needs of children with Cerebral Palsy compared with typically developing children.

2012

Helen Jowett, Nurse Manager for Trauma Service
Project – Advancing spinal cord injury nursing knowledge.