AORN awards to be presented at Congress

AORN Journal,  Jan, 2005  

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Saturday, April 2, 2005

The AORN awards for outstanding accomplishments during the past year will be presented during Congress at the Awards Dinner on Saturday, April 2, 2005, at 6:30 PM in Grand Ballroom C-D at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Recipients of individual outstanding achievement, chapter, and writing awards will be recognized. For more information about the Awards Dinner, see "Congress Highlights" on page 22 in this issue of the Journal.

Outstanding Achievement Awards

The outstanding achievement awards this year recognize

* Ruth Vaiden, RN, CNOR, CRNFA(E)--Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing;

* Sheri Voss, RN, MS, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Mentorship;

* Robert B. Dybec, RN, MS, CPSN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Education;

* Estelle M. Harrington, RN, BSN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Practice;

* Victoria J. Barnett, RN, MSN, CNOR; and Martha D. Stratton, RN, MSN, MHA, CNOR (tie)--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Nursing Management;

* V. Doreen Wagner, RN, MSN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Nursing Research; and

* Sharon A. Van Wicklin, RN, BSN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in the Application of Perioperative Clinical Research.

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

Chapter of the Year Awards

For the 2005 Congress, members of the Membership, Legislative, and Research Committees and the National Committee on Education selected five areas for chapters to compete in for the Chapter of the Year Awards. These areas include membership, research, newsletter, outstanding achievement in continuing education, and legislative involvement.

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 used composite points to determine award recipients. Chapter of the Year Awards recognize winners in each of the chapter size categories (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 about these awards, contact Lorrie Briggs by telephone 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 article categories in this contest--clinical/ambulatory, education, research, and management. For an article to be considered, at least one author of a manuscript must be an RN and an AORN member. All Journal authors who meet this requirement and whose articles are published during the calendar year preceding Congress are eligible for the contest. Winning articles in each category are chosen based on points awarded by Journal editors, Review Panel members, and Editorial Board members. Winners will share award money provided by Medi-Flex, Inc, Leawood, Kan. Each winner of the Writers Contest also receives a certificate of achievement.

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