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Call for Nominations for 14 American Nurses Association
Awards

Consider nominating an informatics nurse or other nurse colleague for an
award in 2008.

Since the early 1900s, the American Nurses Association has presented
awards to prominent registered nurses to recognize their outstanding
contributions to the nursing profession and the field of health care.
The awards program was established to pay special tribute to those
individuals who, through distinguished service to the nursing
profession: work for the improvement of health standards and the
availability of healthcare services to all people, foster high standards
of nursing, and/or stimulate and promote the professional development of
registered nurses and advance their economic and general welfare.

A primary goal of the awards program is to inform members of the nursing
profession, other health professionals, government officials , and the
public of the outstanding accomplishments and significant achievements
of individual registered nurse in the delivery of health care. In
addition, the awards program assists the public in gaining a better
understanding of the role of nursing and its significant contribution to
the delivery of health care.

The award descriptions, criteria and forms are available on NursingWorld
(www.nursingworld.org/awards). The deadline for receipt of complete
nominee packets by the ANA Committee on Honorary Awards is September 14,
2007. Fourteen national awards will be presented in 2008:

* ANA HALL OF FAME AWARD, to recognize the lifelong commitment of
individual nurses to the field of nursing and their impact on the health
and/or social history of the United States;

* BARBARA THOMAN CURTIS AWARD, for significant contributions to nursing
practice and health policy through political and legislative activity;

* DISTINGUISHED MEMBERSHIP AWARD, for outstanding leadership and
participation in the American Nurses Association;

* HILDEGARD PEPLAU AWARD, to honor the field of psychiatric nursing;

* HONORARY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, for outstanding commitment to human
rights and exemplifying the essence of nursing's philosophy about
humanity;

* HONORARY NURSING PRACTICE AWARD, for outstanding direct patient care;

* HONORARY RECOGNITION AWARD, for distinguished national or
international service to the nursing profession;

* JESSIE M. SCOTT AWARD, for demonstration of the interdependent
relationships among nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing
research;

* LUTHER CHRISTMAN AWARD, to recognize the contributions that individual
men in nursing have made to the profession of nursing.

* MARY ELLEN PATTON STAFF NURSE LEADERSHIP AWARD, to recognize
significant contributions to the professional advancement of staff
nurses and improvement of the general welfare of staff nurses;

* MARY MAHONEY AWARD, for significant contribution to opening and
advancing equal opportunities in nursing to members of minority groups;

* PEARL MCIVER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AWARD, for significant contributions
to public health nursing;

* SHIRLEY TITUS AWARD, for outstanding contributions to the ANA economic
and general welfare program;

* STAFF NURSE ADVOCACY AWARD, for excellence in patient advocacy for
staff nurses providing patient care.