Call for Nominations

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

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

(http://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.