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APNA Award For Excellence In Education

DESCRIPTION

The APNA Award for Excellence in Education recognizes an APNA member who, in their setting, has fostered the professional growth of psychiatric-mental health nurses through imparting knowledge, skill, and critical analysis to the field. The individual must have been a member of APNA for at least two years.

CRITERIA

  • Educates nurses or nursing students in current role, through student instruction and/or staff development (e.g. faculty member or nurse educator).
  • Uses innovative methods in the delivery of new PMH nursing knowledge to improve learner outcomes.
  • Strengthens the profession through collaboration to broadly disseminate knowledge that shapes interprofessional care.
  • Fosters the development of the next generation of psychiatric-mental health nurses through positive mentoring to peers, new nurses, and/or students.

View past APNA Awards recipients here. 

APNA Annual Awards Nominations are Now Closed

How to Submit Your Nomination
  • Click here when the call for nominations opens. On the next screen click the black Login button and log in with your APNA username and password.
  • Review the instructions on the submission page and click Add Another Submission.
  • Complete the online nomination form.
    • Fill in your information and the information for your nominee.
    • Select the award name from the drop down on the following page.
    • When completing the form, be sure to include specific examples of how the nominee has achieved excellence in his/her practice, what makes the nominee stand out in the profession, and what the nominee has accomplished that meets the criteria.
  • Find a reference to complete the form.
    • On the reference page of your nomination submission, enter a contact’s name and email address to generate an email that will include a link to submit their reference.
    • In order to be considered, each nomination must have both a nominator and a reference.
  • Once your nomination is complete, click the Submit button.