Tuğçe Atak Meriç (MSN) from our colleagues received the 1st prize with Verbal Presentation of the thesis about “The Effects of the Distraction Method to the Emotional and Physiological Manifestations of the Preschool Children During Venipuncture with Two Different Toys…..” which has completed with the counseling of our academic member Associate Prof. Filiz Arslan on 5th Innovation Symposium in Nursing which was organized in University of Health Sciences on 24th of May in 2017. Meriç, received the prize from the head of our department Professor Hediye Arslan Özkan. We congratulate Meriç, and wish contiuned success to her.