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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. 

Call for Nominations Closed

How to Submit Your Nomination
  • Log in with your APNA username and password.
  • On the My Dashboard screen, select APNA Annual Awards from the dropdown menu and then press the Launch Application button. (If you do not see the dropdown menu, please click My Dashboard in your navigation.)
  • Complete the online nomination form.
    • Use the tabs to navigate through each section of the form and remember to hit the Save as draft button as you go.
    • 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 tab 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, press the Submit Final Nomination button.

View past APNA Annual Awards recipients here. 

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