ANA National Awards Descriptions
Please note:
A number of changes have been made in the criteria of several awards. Submitters must be sure to use the 2008 forms and information packet.
- ANA HALL OF FAME AWARD, to recognize the lifelong commitment of individual nurses to the field of nursing and their impact on the health and/or social history of the United States;
- BARBARA THOMAN CURTIS AWARD, for significant contributions to nursing practice and health policy through political and legislative activity;
- DISTINGUISHED MEMBERSHIP AWARD, for outstanding leadership and participation in the American Nurses Association;
- HILDEGARD PEPLAU AWARD, to honor the field of psychiatric nursing;
- HONORARY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, for outstanding commitment to human rights and exemplifying the essence of nursing's philosophy about humanity;
- HONORARY NURSING PRACTICE AWARD, for outstanding direct patient care;
- HONORARY RECOGNITION AWARD, for distinguished national or international service to the nursing profession;
- JESSIE M. SCOTT AWARD, for demonstration of the interdependent relationships among nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing research;
- LUTHER CHRISTMAN AWARD, to recognize the contributions that individual men in nursing have made to the profession of nursing.
- MARY ELLEN PATTON STAFF NURSE LEADERSHIP AWARD, to recognize significant contributions to the professional advancement of staff nurses and improvement of the general welfare of staff nurses;
- MARY MAHONEY AWARD, for significant contribution to opening and advancing equal opportunities in nursing to members of minority groups;
- PEARL MCIVER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AWARD, for significant contributions to public health nursing;
- SHIRLEY TITUS AWARD, for outstanding contributions to the ANA economic and general welfare program;
- STAFF NURSE ADVOCACY AWARD, for excellence in patient advocacy for staff nurses providing patient care.