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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 has distinguished themselves as an exceptional nursing leader through their impact on practice, patient outcomes, a community, workforce development, organizational performance, or access to care. The individual must have been a member of APNA for at least two years.

CRITERIA

  • Leads evidence-informed innovation or change to improve nursing practice, quality, safety, patient engagement, nurse well-being, or access to care.
  • Demonstrates measurable impact through leadership in a management, supervisory, or executive role, advancing the delivery, quality, or standing of psychiatric-mental health nursing care.
  • Mentors others in their development as psychiatric-mental health nurses.
  • Advances and leads peers by fostering the growth and development of colleagues and the psychiatric-mental health nursing team.
  • Serves as a role model for other PMH nurses through sustained leadership that embodies one or more of APNA’s core values.

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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