Celebrating excellence in nursing practice.
The "Nursing Excellence in Practice Awards" encourages nurses to share their research, evidence-based projects, practice innovations, publishing successes, and patient education programs with their colleagues. All projects are presented in poster format, and evaluation teams judge each poster. Cash prizes are awarded to the best projects in each category in this annual Nurses Week celebration. In addition, a pin and certificate are awarded to each participant, and a compendium is printed with the summaries of all projects. The author will describe the planning, funding, educational resources, evaluation criteria, recognition ceremony, and challenges of this program in the community hospital.
Kennedy
Kimberly A
KA
Education Department at Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan, USA. kkennedy@beaumonthospitals.com
D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States