Each year, Nurse.com calls upon our readers to nominate an exceptional nurse colleague for our Nursing Excellence program. For more than a decade, we have received thousands of entries that contain stories of phenomenal nurse leaders, mentors and clinicians. This year has proven no different. The nurses nominated for our 2012 Nursing Excellence program have proven true nursing excellence is alive and well.
Meet the West region's California and Mountain West finalists:
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ABOUT THE AWARDS
The peers of these exceptional nursing professionals sent detailed nominations for Nurse.com’s Nursing Excellence Awards. The nominees included staff nurses, specialists, nurse practitioners, vice presidents and nurse executives who work in settings as disparate as occupational health, education, intensive care, cardiology, med/surg and pediatrics. No matter the role or setting, these nurses have found ways to raise the bar for their peers and for the quality of life of their patients. Nurse.com hopes their stories will inspire all of our readers to reach for excellence.
ADVANCING AND LEADING THE PROFESSION: Well-known and respected RNs who are visionary, innovative leaders and change agents who have moved the profession forward through work in patient care administration, education or research, or who have strengthened it through other professional activities, endeavors or contributions.
CLINICAL NURSING, INPATIENT: RNs who have demonstrated superior clinical nursing knowledge and expert skills, and who have applied both in ways that have affected quality of care measurably and improved patient care outcomes in any inpatient clinical setting or nursing specialty.
EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP: RNs who have contributed to nursing’s body of knowledge through formal nursing education, skills training or continuing education, or who have guided, supported or influenced nurses’ career development in meaningful, measurable ways through the art of professional nursing mentorship.
HOME, COMMUNITY AND AMBULATORY CARE: RNs who have exemplified outstanding clinical knowledge and nursing expertise in caring for patients in settings outside the hospital in professional home care nursing, home hospice, subacute and intermediate care, or in other ambulatory community, industrial or school nurse roles.
PATIENT AND STAFF MANAGEMENT: RNs who have made significant contributions to the management, supervision or direction of the environment of care and the performance of staff, demonstrating an ability to lead, influence and improve outcomes of care in any inpatient or outpatient setting.
VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE: RNs who have given of themselves in outstanding humanitarian or heroic ways by providing nursing care, skills and expertise in outreach to the community, either at home or abroad, to improve the lives, well-being and healthcare of others.
The peers of these exceptional nursing professionals sent detailed nominations for Nurse.com’s Nursing Excellence Awards. The nominees included staff nurses, specialists, nurse practitioners, vice presidents and nurse executives who work in settings as disparate as occupational health, education, intensive care, cardiology, med/surg and pediatrics. No matter the role or setting, these nurses have found ways to raise the bar for their peers and for the quality of life of their patients. Nurse.com hopes their stories will inspire all of our readers to reach for excellence.
ADVANCING AND LEADING THE PROFESSION: Well-known and respected RNs who are visionary, innovative leaders and change agents who have moved the profession forward through work in patient care administration, education or research, or who have strengthened it through other professional activities, endeavors or contributions.
CLINICAL NURSING, INPATIENT: RNs who have demonstrated superior clinical nursing knowledge and expert skills, and who have applied both in ways that have affected quality of care measurably and improved patient care outcomes in any inpatient clinical setting or nursing specialty.
EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP: RNs who have contributed to nursing’s body of knowledge through formal nursing education, skills training or continuing education, or who have guided, supported or influenced nurses’ career development in meaningful, measurable ways through the art of professional nursing mentorship.
HOME, COMMUNITY AND AMBULATORY CARE: RNs who have exemplified outstanding clinical knowledge and nursing expertise in caring for patients in settings outside the hospital in professional home care nursing, home hospice, subacute and intermediate care, or in other ambulatory community, industrial or school nurse roles.
PATIENT AND STAFF MANAGEMENT: RNs who have made significant contributions to the management, supervision or direction of the environment of care and the performance of staff, demonstrating an ability to lead, influence and improve outcomes of care in any inpatient or outpatient setting.
VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE: RNs who have given of themselves in outstanding humanitarian or heroic ways by providing nursing care, skills and expertise in outreach to the community, either at home or abroad, to improve the lives, well-being and healthcare of others.
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Karen Schmidt, RN, is a freelance writer. Post a comment or send a letter to editorWest@nurse.com.
