2011 Nurse of the Year (Laura Haynes)
2011 President’s Award (Sue Dalton)
2010 NCAPAN Recruiter of the Year (Angela McClendon)
2011 NC Great 100 Nurses from NCAPAN
Sitting L-R Claire Way, RN, CAPA, Teresa Morgan, RN, BSN, CAPA, and Standing Sheila Reagan, RN, BSN, NE-BC
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PeriAnesthesia Nurse of the Year Award:
The competition is designed to recognize a PeriAnesthesia Nurse in North Carolina who has:
- Demonstrated excellence in the practice, management or teaching of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.
- Promotes the high standards of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.
AWARD:
Registration and lodging for the annual NCAPAN seminar; a plaque or other similar personal award of recognition presented at the NCAPAN seminar; nomination to the NC Great 100, ASPAN Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, and dinner and one night lodging the following year to attend the annual NCNA Awards Banquet.
ENTRY PROCESS:
- Candidate must be a registered nurse in North Carolina actively employed in the practice, management or teaching of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.
- Membership in the North Carolina Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses for a minimum of one year is required.
- Nominations for the award may come from any source, i.e. consumers, supervisors, constituent associations, peers, etc. A nurse may self-nominate.
- The nominations form and a resume/list of professional accomplishments must be provided by the nominee or persons knowledgeable of the professional contributions of the candidate, i.e. supervisor, peer, anesthesiologist, committee chair person if participating on a committee.
SELECTION:
- Selection will be based on responses to written materials requested.
- The award will be given at the discretion of the selection committee and may not be presented every year.
ENTRY DEADLINE: August 1.
The Selection Committee reviews nomination packets for specific activities. Examples of these activities include, but are not limited to:
- Certified in PeriAnesthesia and/or Ambulatory Surgery Nursing, other certifications.
- Designed/evaluated/revised a PACU/ASU flow sheet.
- Developed patient/pre-operative instruction program.
- Regularly functioned in the charge nurse role for one year.
- Coordinated unit orientation program.
- Functioned as preceptor to new staff nurse/nursing student.
- Coordinated unit based quality improvement program for one year.
- Monitored clinical activities related to quality improvement for one year.
- Served on a QI committee for one year.
- Served on a standards committee for one year.
- Coordinated continuing education program for unit for one year.
- Provided unit-based or hospital-wide inservice on perianesthesia nursing.
- Provided lecture on perianesthesia nursing locally or regionally.
- Conducted/published/participated in research contributing to perianesthesia nursing.
- Published article on perianesthesia nursing in civic, hospital or specialty newsletter, nursing journal.
- Received award/recognition for excellence in patient care, i.e. Nurse of the Year.
- Served as a member/chairperson of a NCAPAN Committee for one year.
- Served as an officer of the NCAPAN or district of NCAPAN for one year.
Please provide:
- Print and Complete Nomination form.
- Resume/professional work history, including accomplishments in and contributions to Perianesthesia Nursing.
- Two letters of recommendation from persons knowledgeable of the candidates accomplishments in and contributions to PeriAnesthesia Nursing (or one letter signed by two persons.)
Send completed packets to:
Sue Dalton
6606 Heatherwood Lane
Charlotte, NC 28227