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APNA Award for Excellence in Leadership - RN

DESCRIPTION

The APNA Award for Excellence in Leadership – RN recognizes an APNA member who demonstrates unique leadership qualities through significant contributions to an organization, a community, the psychiatric-mental health nursing specialty or the nursing profession. The individual must have been a member of APNA for at least two years.

CRITERIA

  • Demonstrates leadership in psychiatric-mental health nursing practice, management, or education.
  • Participates in the improvement of organizational performance to positively impact patient care.
  • Mentors others in their development as psychiatric-mental health nurses by example.
  • Educates peers and other health care workers in work settings and organizational settings.
  • Advocates for the psychiatric-mental health nursing profession and issues important to PMH care.

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.

View past APNA Annual Awards recipients here. 

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