Awards
Tribute Awards

Tribute Awards Event

Connect with colleagues at the Tribute Awards Event. This ticketed luncheon recognizes individuals and organizations for their achievements and dedication to improving healthcare through technology, education, leadership, media and communications, and research and practice.

Event Details:
Sunday, 8 November
12:30-1:45 p.m. (1230-1345)
Ironwood Ballroom

Chapter Awards Recognition

Chapter Awards Recognition Event

The Chapter Awards Recognition Event recognizes chapters and chapter leaders for their continued success in membership engagement and programming. Also, chapters with 25, 50, 75 or 100 year anniversaries this biennium will be celebrated.

Event Details:
Monday, 9 November
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (1130-1245)
Ironwood Ballroom

Founders Awards Celebration

Founders Awards Celebration

The Founders Awards Celebration is one of the most prestigious events at convention! The Founders Awards have a long tradition and have honored a number of esteemed nurses and other individuals from around the world. This is a ticketed, formal dinner and cocktail attire is strongly suggested.

Event Details:
Monday, 9 November
6:30-9:00 p.m. (1830-2100)
Ironwood Ballroom

Awards Presentations

The following awards were presented at the 43rd Biennial Convention. Visit http://www.nursingsociety.org/Awards to learn more about the award recipients.

  • Founders Awards
    • Dorothy Garrigus Adams Award for Excellence in Fostering Professional Standards
    • Edith Moore Copeland Award for Excellence in Creativity
    • Ethel Palmer Clarke Award for Chapter Excellence
    • Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research
    • Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education
    • Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice
    • Mary Tolle Wright Award for Excellence in Leadership
  • Nell J. Watts Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award
  • Dorothy Ford Buschmann Presidential Award
  • Lucie S. Kelly Mentor Award Archon Awards
  • Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Audrey Hepburn Award
  • Evidence-Based Practice Award
  • Research Awards
    • Research Dissemination
    • Research Dissertation
  • Publishing Awards
    • Best of WORLDviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
    • Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship – Clinical Scholarship
    • Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship – Profession, World Health, and Health Systems
    • Capstone International Nursing Book Award
  • Media Awards
    • Nursing Print
    • Nursing Other (Electronic, Photography, Art, etc.)
  • Technology Awards
    • Best Practice in Technology Award
  • Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award
  • Daniel J. Pesut Spirit of Renewal Award
  • Virginia K. Saba Nursing Informatics Leadership Award
  • Amy J. Berman Geriatric Nursing Leadership Award
  • Practice/Academe Innovative Collaboration Award
  • Clinical Partnership Award
    • 1) Academic Health/Medical Center
    • 2) Large Hospital more than 200 beds
    • 3) Small Hospital less than 200 beds
    • 4) Long Term Care
    • 5) Primary/Community/Outpatient/Ambulatory Care etc.
  • Hester C. Klopper Global Health Award
  • Chapter Key Awards
  • Chapter Anniversaries
  • Chapter Research Advancement Award
  • Chapter Communications and Publicity Award
  • New Member Pillar Award
  • Melanie C. Dreher Outstanding Dean