Honor a Wyoming Nurse
Nominations are due by August 1, 2016.
We want to recognize and celebrate nurses from all across Wyoming. WNA has created five (5) new awards for 2016.
Plan to nominate a nursing colleague for an award from the Wyoming Nurses Association as there is no easier way to bring the honor that they deserve.The celebration and presentation of awards will be held on Friday, September 23, 2016 at the Ramkota Hotel in Caper, Wyoming at the Award Luncheon held in conjunction with the Wyoming Nursing Summit and WNA Convention.
Download the WNA Award Packet
2016 Nurse Recognition Awards
Excellence in the Workplace
This award is conferred on a Registered Nurse who has developed an innovative unique approach to nursing theory and knowledge in any practice setting. The award may be given to a Nurse Administrator, Educator or a Nurse who provides direct nursing care. They will be recognized as a ROLE MODEL OF CONSISTENT HIGH QUALITY NURSING PRACTICE. This nurse will have created an environment of professional autonomy and control over their nursing practice. The nomination can come from a peer, patient, or supervisor. A letter of one page or less describing the attributes and examples of Quality, Professionalism or a Description of a Specific Event in which the Nurse was exceptional will nominate the nurse for this award!
Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing
This award is conferred on an Advance Practice Nurse who has developed an innovative and unique approach to the provision of nursing in their practice setting. The APRN can be nominated for providing a positive impact to patients or peers in the work setting, or for the provision of autonomous practices. This nurse will have served as a role model for other APRNs. A letter of one page or less describing the attributes of the nurse will be required to nominate the Advance Practice Nurse.
Nightingale Award for Excellence
This award is conferred on a WNA member who, during their career, has provided support to the values of the Wyoming Nursing Association and the profession of nursing in the state of Wyoming. A letter of nomination should include examples of the activities of the nominee which would show lifetime achievement in quality, caring, service and/or dedication to innovation or provision of patient care.
New Nurses for the Future
This award is given to one nurse from each Wyoming Region who has been licensed as a Registered Nurse for 5 years or less. The nominee will have become known in that time of practice since graduation for innovative practice, service in the community, or a specific program that will serve the public in the area where they practice. At least one nominee will be suggested by the leaders of the WNA Region and other nominees can be solicited from peers, nursing supervisors or patients of the New Nurse. A letter of one page or less describing the attributes of the nurse will be required to nominate a new nurse for this important award.
President’s Award
This award is awarded periodically at the discretion of the President of the Wyoming Nurses Association in recognition of achievements of significance to the profession or special service to, or on behalf of, the Wyoming Nurses Association or of the nursing profession. Examples of this award category might be a newly-designed program or a collaborative effort in the state for improvements or exceptional provision of services to the citizens of Wyoming.
How to Make A Nomination
- Each nomination and supporting documentation must be submitted by August 1, 2016.
- Download a nomination form
- Nominations may be made of an individual, group or an organization. Each nomination must include the following:
- Identification of the nominator, title, address, telephone and email address.
- Identification of the award for which nomination is made and name and title of nominee.
- A narrative statement by the nominator outlining the accomplishments of the nominee and how these meet the established criteria for the award. The statements should describe the nominee’s compliance with the established criteria for the award as explicitly and concisely as possible.
- Nominators must supply at least one, but no more than two letters of support for the nomination.
- All nominations must be typed.
- WNA reserves the right to request further information related to a nomination. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
- Awardees will be notified of the Committee’s decision by September 1, 2016.
- Awards will be presented at the Award Luncheon, which will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting on Friday, September 23, 2016 at the Ramkota Hotel in Caper, Wyoming