AORN awards

AORN Journal, Jan, 2006

Saturday, March 18, 2006

The AORN awards for outstanding accomplishments during the past year will be presented at the Congress Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 18, 2006, at 6:30 PM in the Washington Convention Center. Recipients of individual outstanding achievement, chapter, and writing awards will be recognized. For more information about the Awards Dinner, see page 68 in this issue of the Journal.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The outstanding achievement awards this year recognize

* Brenda Ulmer, RN, MSN, CNOR--Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing;

* Rhonda Anders, RN, BSN, MSM, CNOR--Next Generation Achievement Award;

* Darin Prescott, RN, CNOR, C, CASC--Next Generation Achievement Award;

* Cecil King, RN, MS, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Academic Nursing Education;

* Marilyn Sanderson, RN, BSN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Patient Education;

* Nancymarie Phillips, RN, BSN, MEd, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Education; and

* Linda Slone, RN, CNOR--Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Practice.

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

CHAPTER EXCELLENCE AWARDS

A new Chapter Excellence Awards program will debut at the 2006 Congress. Members from each chapter applying for an award have developed presentations in the format of their choosing that best tells the story of their outstanding project, activity, service, program, or collection of activities. Submissions reflect activities or programs conducted between April 1, 2005, and Feb 1, 2006. Entries were judged by representatives of the Awards, Membership, Legislative, Research, and Continuing Education Approval Committees.

Chapter Excellence presentations are should convey the effect or outcome of the project or activity on the chapter, the community, or the profession of perioperative nursing. Projects that can be replicated by other chapters also are encouraged. Bronze, silver, and gold awards are given in each chapter size category (ie, small, medium, intermediate, large). One chapter overall will be selected as Chapter of the Year, representing the best submission among all size categories. For more information about the Chapter Excellence 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. Four article categories are included in this contest--clinical/ ambulatory, education, management, and research. 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.