AAACN Annual Scholarship and Awards Program: Application deadline: January 15

AAACN's scholarship and awards program offers members an opportunity to advance their education, become certified, attend a conference, conduct research, and be recognized for excellence in administrative, clinical, and geriatric ambulatory nursing through the following awards:

Research Award*

Funded through Silent Auction fund raising, personal, and corporate donations.

Nurses who have been members for a minimum of 2 years, who submit a research abstract and proof of acceptance of the research study, and agree to present the research findings at the AAACN Annual Conference and/or publish an article in Viewpoint, may be awarded funding for a research project.

Excellence Awards

Sponsored by the Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. Nursing Economics Foundation

Two nurse members will be recognized by AAACN as positive role models for mentoring, sharing expertise, effective management of rapidly changing situations, and improving patient care outcomes. Two awards of $500 will be given, one for Excellence in Administrative Ambulatory Nursing and one for Excellence in Clinical Ambulatory Nursing Practice.

Scholarship Award*

Funded through Silent Auction fund raising, personal, and corporate donations.

Nurses who have been members for a minimum of 2 years may receive an award for payment of tuition, books, academic supplies, the ANCC Ambulatory Nursing Certification Examination, the NCC Telephone Nursing Practice Examination, or attendance at AAACN Review Courses/Conference.

All applications receive a blind review and are scored on an objective point system.

* You can download award applications from the AAACN Web site. Click on "About AAACN/Awards."

* Candidates for the Excellence awards may be nominated by a colleague, supervisor, or may be self-nominated.

* Deadline date for all awards: January 15, 2006.

* All awards will be presented at the AAACN Annual Conference, March 23-27, 2006, in Atlanta, GA.

Please consider supporting the AAACN Scholarship/Awards program. Honor a colleague, family member, or support your specialty. Donations are tax deductible and may be sent to: AAACN Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 56, Pitman, NJ 08071-0056.

* Number of awards given and amount ($100-51000) based on number of applications and funds available in scholarship account.

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