Excellence in Advanced Nursing Practice Award
Process:
Nominations are accepted during a 6 week period beginning mid-January each year. Current members of the Awards and Recognition Committee are not eligible to be award recipients. Nomination exemplars must have a minimum of 300 words and include specific examples in order to be eligible. Nominations are de-identified and assigned by category to committee members for review. Members may not participate in the review and selection of a category that includes a nominee that is a co-worker or other relation that poses a conflict of interest. The selection committee scores nominations ranking them based on evidence provided within the nomination exemplar.
Award recipients are announced at a presentation event during Nurses' Week each year in May.
Purpose:
To recognize an advanced practice nurse who demonstrates the highest level of professional practice. He or she is recognized within the organization for their stellar performance and the application of their professional role with patients and family members, communities and the interdisciplinary teams and whose practice inspires others.
Eligibility:
- Nominee must have been employed by the Medical Center, UPG, UVA School of Nursing, or UVA School of Medicine for at least 6 months at time of nomination submission.
- Nominee must be an APN that carries a title of Nurse Practitioner, CNS, Nurse Midwife, or CRNA.
Criteria:
Specific examples of advanced nursing practice must be cited for nominations to be considered. These examples should have occurred within the last 12 months and be written as narratives or stories consistent with the award criteria. They should also demonstrate the nominee’s involvement in patient care activities. Nominations will only be considered if they include specific examples. A specific example must be submitted for each criterion in order to be considered complete and valid. Any clinical acts referenced must be consistent with policies and procedures outlined by UVA Health. Written nominations should demonstrate:
- CLINICAL EXPERTISE: Demonstrates expertise within the specialty area or patient population through application of advanced nursing therapies
- MENTORSHIP: Mentors others and demonstrates knowledge of evidence based resources
- NURSING PROFESSIONALISM: Advances the nursing profession through exemplary practice and outreach through the community and professional organizations
- ACCOUNTABILITY: Accountable for clinical decision making and outcomes and practices autonomously within the organization.