title: Recognizing excellence. Giving your AWE.
abstract: Nursing and hospital administrators have several methods of recognizing individual achievements. We developed an awards program to recognize excellence for an entire nursing unit. Our Award of Excellence uses rating factors to measure one unit against another. In a much heralded quarterly reception, strongly supported, funded, and attended by senior executives, the staff on the winning unit are complimented for their accomplishment. This program has reduced overtime, while improving productivity and quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Highland Drive Veterans Administration Medical Center.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tour
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hurt
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: van Kammen
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012308:Risk Management; D012449:Safety