2010 Nurse of the Year Award Information and Requirements

This Award is for a NAHN nurse who has developed a creative and innovative program, intervention, or strategy in one of the following areas:

Improving the quality of health care in the Hispanic community (narrowing health care disparity).
Recruitment, retention, professional career development (increasing the number of Hispanic nurses at all educational and professional levels).
NAHN organizational development at local, state, and/or the national level (growth, effectiveness, and communication within NAHN organizations, and with the community it serves).

The evaluative criteria are as follows:

Contribution to improving the health care of the Hispanic community across the life span, birth to end-of-life, in any health care environment.
Innovation
Creativity
Leadership
Advocacy

Specific Requirements:

Active member of NAHN
A typed letter by a NAHN member using 12 font Times New Roman nominating the individual or self nomination, which includes a written description of the program, intervention, or strategy
Two additional letters of recommendation
Current curriculum vitae, past five (5) years

Send award nominations to:

JUAN F. PEREZ, R.N. B.S.N.

CHAIRAWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC NURSES

1455 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Suite 400

Washington, DC 20004

ALL NOMINATIONS FOR AWARDS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY February 26, 2010.
NO EXCEPTIONS.