Excellence in Relationship-Based Caring 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 a nurse who demonstrates practice of relationship-based care. To recognize the nurse that demonstrates compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and uniqueness of every individual, in all professional relationships, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems.
Eligibility:
- Nominees must have been employed by UVA Health for at least 12 months.
- Nominees must have completed their area orientation by time of submission.
- The nominee’s manager/direct supervisor must support the nomination.
- Any Medical Center employee, NPGO Member, or UVA School of Nursing student may nominate an RN for this award.
Criteria:
A specific example must be submitted for each criterion below in order to be considered complete and valid. Examples provided must have occurred within the last 12 months, be consistent with the mission and values of UVA Health, and be consistent with our care delivery system, relationship-based care. Any letters of recommendation must provide specific examples of caring acts and also demonstrate the nominee’s involvement in patient care. Documentation submitted should describe caring that goes beyond the expected behaviors associated with providing competent and compassionate nursing care. In order to submit a robust and competitive nomination, please ensure to elaborate as much as possible with specific examples of behaviors identified. Providing more than one example and telling a story is strongly encouraged and will elevate the quality of your nomination. .
Nominees for this award should demonstrate the following:
- COMPASSION - Demonstrates exceptional acts of caring that go beyond the expected behaviors associated with providing competent and compassionate nursing care.
- ALIGNMENT WITH RBC: Demonstrates caring that goes beyond expectations in relationships with patients, colleagues, and self. Successfully advocates for resources to support elements of relationship based care. Actively partners with patients and families to assess needs related to the patient experience, and employs problem-solving techniques to influence change within the organization. Our care delivery model, Relationship-based Care (RBC), is evident in their practice.
- PROMOTES POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURE: Nominee demonstrates a dedication to a Culture of Patient Safety and error prevention.
- CULTURAL COMPETENCE: Demonstrates sensitivity to diversity and the ability to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs and behaviors. Applies available resources to meet patients’ social, cultural, and linguistic needs.