Nomination Categories
Includes
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Certified nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, or nurse midwives.
COMMUNITY HEALTH
Nurses providing services in homes, ambulatory care settings, schools, occupational health
settings, residential institutions, and the community at large.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Nurses who work with individuals, groups, families and populations in clinical or non-clinical
settings to improve the overall health of communities. May be involved in planning and
implementing public health programs; advising communities; and arranging for
immunizations, health screening, or helping to contain the spread of disease in communities.
EDUCATION
Faculty in colleges, universities, schools, hospital-based schools of nursing, technical schools,
or staff development educators in health care facilities and teacher-practitioners.
NEONATAL
Neonatal nurses (RNs) and neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) may work in clinics,
community-based settings, hospitals or neonatal intensive care units.
NURSE RESEARCHER
Nurses who conduct research, analyze data, solve clinical problems, write grants, and share
their findings with the larger healthcare community (e.g. peer-reviewed articles, posters and
presentations).
ADMINISTRATION
Consultants, CNE’s, CNO’s, VP’s, Administrative Directors, and Department
Directors/Managers. Performance Improvement, Quality Management, Risk Management,
Informatics, Patient Safety, in the Community and/or Hospital. Includes nurses in general
medical/surgical or specialty unit area of nursing who function in the Charge Nurse role.
PEDIATRIC
Nursery, general pediatric units, pediatric clinics, pediatric ICU, surgical, and NICU with
intermediate care units.
FAMILY MEDICINE
Providing primary care services to families and patients of various ages, may be a registered
nurse(RN) or family practice nurse practitioner (FNP).
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Nurses specializing in issues pertaining to women’s health including Obstetrics, and
Gynecology, or providing services pertinent to women’s health such as well-woman visits,
prenatal or postpartum care, and acute or chronic gender-related disease management.
STUDENT NURSE
A student who demonstrates academic excellence, is involved in student/professional nurse
organizations, shows a commitment to giving back to the program at their school of nursing
and the greater nursing profession. May include undergraduate or graduate level students.
MATERNAL NEWBORN
Demonstrates outstanding service to child-bearing families, including direct patient care of
mothers and neonates; education; administration; or research of issues related to the
postpartum/neonatal period.
LABOR & DELIVERY
Provides outstanding care to patients in labor who have uncomplicated or complicated
deliveries, this includes high risk obstetrics and OR (Scrub/Circulating) nurses.
ANTEPARTUM
Provides outstanding care to patients who have complications of pregnancy requiring
hospitalization prior to delivery.