Editor's Note
Vote
of confidence
Nominate
an outstanding colleague for Nurseweek's 2001 Excellence
Awards
Beth Ulrich, Ed.D.,
RN, South Central Editor
March
19, 2001
Which
of your colleagues constantly astounds you? Who inspires
you by how he or she teaches, leads or advocates for patients?
Who consistently gives the kind of clinical care you would
want if you were the patient? Who serves as a great mentor,
charts new paths and improves the nursing profession?
NurseWeek
is offering you the opportunity to recognize these individuals
and celebrate their accomplishments.
We are
opening the nominations process for the 2001 NurseWeek
Nursing Excellence Awards. These awards, which began
several years ago in California, took place for the first
time in Texas last year. This year, we will host three awards
events––one for registered nurses who receive
our California edition, one for those who receive our Mountain
West edition, and one for you who receive this South Central
edition.
The
Nursing Excellence Awards for the South Central region (Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana) will take place Oct. 5
in Dallas. NurseWeek will bring all South Central
finalists to Dallas as our guests for a gala awards event,
during which the winners will be announced. The finalists
will be chosen from nominations submitted by you. Nominations
(with the identities of the nominees and their organizations
removed) will be reviewed by a panel of registered nurse
judges who will select the finalists in each category and
the winners.
Anyone
can submit a nomination simply by completing the nomination
form on the back page or online at www.nurseweek.com/excel.
The
eight nomination categories are:
-
Clinical
Care: Excellence in direct care delivery
-
Innovation:
Innovators, entrepreneurs, inventors, researchers
or nurse scientists who have contributed to improvements
in patient care
-
Advancing
the Profession: Advancing and strengthening nursing
-
Community
Service: Significant contributions in public health,
community-based settings or community outreach efforts
-
Leadership:
Exceptional leadership of nursing or patient care
services in any setting
-
Mentoring:
Providing a positive professional influence, guidance
and support of other nurses in any setting
-
Teaching:
Exceptional educators who are educating and shaping
future nursing professionals
-
Patient
Advocacy: Nurses who go beyond the call of duty to
advocate for patients, by shaping attitudes, changing
policies or reminding others of health care’s central
mission
Nominations
must be received by June 29. That sounds far away, but you
know how time flies, so get started soon. You may nominate
as many people as you’d like, but you may nominate each
person only once.
NurseWeek
is looking for nurses who make us all proud to be their
colleagues and who inspire us by their dedication, commitment,
perseverance and drive. We are looking for nurses who push
the boundaries and move our horizons to places previously
unknown. You know who they are. Help us honor their accomplishments
by nominating them for the 2001 NurseWeek Nursing
Excellence Awards.
