HARRISBURG - Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania (NAP) is accepting applications for its nursing awards.
Because Nightingale's goal is to promote nursing, they have expanded categories to be more inclusive of all the different nursing roles in Pennsylvania. Nominations may be submitted by anyone who wishes to recognize excellence in nursing. To be eligible, the nominated individual must be practicing as a nurse in Pennsylvania.
Applications must be postmarked by midnight May 31. The awards will be presented at the 24th anniversary of the Nightingale Awards Gala, to be held October 25 at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center in Camp Hill.
Categories are: advanced clinical practice, clinical practice RN, clinical practice LPN, nursing research, community nursing LPN or RN, nurse educator - academia, nurse educator - staff, nursing administration - executive (CNO level), nursing administration-leader/manager and patient choice award.
A non-profit organization, Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania (NAP) was established in 1989 to honor nurses employed in Pennsylvania. The foundation's purpose is "to recognize the exceptional nurses of today and to recruit the nurses of tomorrow."
The organization is led by a Board of Trustees who volunteer their time and services.
Financial support has been received from healthcare institutions, professional organizations and individuals throughout the state. Interest from the Nightingale Awards and Scholarship Fund is used to enhance efforts to recognize, recruit and retain nurses throughout Pennsylvania.
Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania has presented scholarships to Pennsylvanians pursuing nursing education that prepares them to become practical or registered nurses or earn an advanced nursing practice degree.
Nomination forms can obtained directly at www.nightingaleawards.org or by contacting the NAP headquarters at 801 East Park Drive, Suite 100, Harrisburg 17111, (717) 909-0350 or ruth@pronursingresources.