AORN awards to be presented at Congress: Saturday, April 20, 2002 - Congress Awards - Association of Operating Room Nurses - Brief Article

The AORN awards for outstanding accomplishments during the past year will be presented during Congress at the Awards Dinner to be held Saturday, April 20, at 6:30 PM at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, Calif. For more information regarding the dinner, please see "Congress Highlights" in this issue of the Journal. Recipients of individual outstanding achievement, chapter, and writers awards will be recognized.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The outstanding achievement awards this year recognize

* Cynthia C. Spry, RN, MSN, MA, CNOR--Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing;

* Lauralee S. Krabill, RN, BSN, MBA, CNOR, C--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Academic Nursing Education;

* Sister Gertrude O'Connor, RN, MEd, MSN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Education;

* Deborah A. Alpers, RN, MS, MBA, CNOR, CNA--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Nursing Management; and

* Florence T. Wilson, RN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Mentorship.

For more information about these awards, please contact Lorrie Briggs, director of membership development, at (800) 755-2676 x 367 or by e-mail at lbriggs@aorn.org.

CHAPTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

For the 2002 Congress, members of the Membership, Legislative, and Research Committees and the National Committee on Education selected five categories for chapters to compete in for the Chapter of the Year Awards. These categories include membership, research, newsletter, outstanding achievement in continuing education, and legislative. Committee members solicited chapters to complete individual surveys, scored the surveys, and submitted the point scores to the Awards Committee. Members of the Awards Committee collated and evaluated points and used composite points to determine the award recipients. Chapter of the Year Awards recognize winners in each chapter size category (ie, small, medium, intermediate, large). Each category may have a gold, silver, and bronze winner. A chapter may be the recipient of the Chapter of the Year Award (ie, gold) in its size category only once every three years; however, chapters may be selected for silver or bronze awards in consecutive years. For more information on these awards, contact Lorrie Briggs, director of membership development, at (800) 755-2676 x 367 or by e-mail at lbriggs@aorn.org.

WRITERS CONTEST AWARDS

The Writers Contest Awards recognize authors of quality AORN Journal articles. There are four categories for this contest--clinical/ambulatory, research, education, and management. At least one author of a manuscript must be an AORN member for the article to be considered for an award. All AORN Journal articles that meet this requirement and are published during the calendar year preceding Congress are eligible for the contest.

Winning articles in each category are chosen based on points awarded to the articles by Journal editors, Editorial Board members, and independent judges. Winners share award money provided by Ethicon, Inc. Each winner of the Writers Contest also receives a certificate of achievement.

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