By Eleanor Roberts 

The Western Cape Research Forum held an informative and successful annual Research Day at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town on 15 August 2015 where nurses presented their research finding on various topics on the day. The feeling among nurses, especially DENOSA members, was that building research-oriented nurses should be seen as a priority in all spheres of the profession. Nurses grapple with many challenges in their work of managing, treating and preventing illnesses.