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Rona F. Levin Evidence-Based Practice Improvement Award (EBPI) Award
The Foundation of New York State Nurses Cathryne A. Welch Center for Nursing Research invites nominations for the Rona F. Levin Evidence-Based Practice Improvement Award, heretofore known as the EBPI Award. This award, sponsored by the Foundation of New York State Nurses, is designed to recognize excellence in implementing research in the practice setting. This award will be given to a group using best evidence to make a practice change that results in demonstrated improvement in outcomes for the patient and family, staff, community, or organization.
Eligibility for the award includes:
- One of the leaders of the evidence-based practice (EBP) project must be a registered nurse, licensed in NYS. Teams can self-nominate.
- The evidence-based practice project that is the basis for submission must have been completed within the past two years or completed within the past five years with re- evaluation of outcomes within the past two years.
- Institutions which have won the EBP or Clinical Practice Improvement Award in the past two (2) years are not eligible.
The following resources are available to you to assist with your application:
Critical Appraisal Tools for EBP
SAMPLE TOE: Preoperative Fasting
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Rising Nurse Researcher Award
The Foundation of New York State Nurses Cathryne A. Welch Center for Nursing Research invites nominations, including self-nominations, for the Rising Nurse Researcher Award. This award, sponsored by the Foundation of New York State Nurses, is designed to recognize excellence in nursing research.
Criteria for the award include:
- Evidence of a coherent research program;
- Evidence of leadership in health care research;
- Quality of research;
- Contribution to the science and art of nursing and health care; and
- Dissemination of research to the scientific and clinical communities
Rising Nurse Researcher
- Registered professional nurse licensed in New York who is doctorally prepared and has obtained at least one degree, either baccalaureate or higher in nursing;
- Has data-based publications in peer reviewed journals/publications which demonstrate a coherent research program
- Demonstrates quality and leadership in health care research which contribute to the science and art of nursing and health care;
- Disseminates the findings of her/his research to the scientific and clinical communities;
- As principal investigator, has consistently received substantial funding since completion of the doctorate.
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The Nightingale Award
The Nightingale Award is given annually by the Board of Directors of the Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses to an individual or organization whose actions mirror the legacy and accomplishments of Florence Nightingale: leader, mentor, educator, researcher, a woman before her time, organizer, developer, bold in the face of adversity, and passionate about nursing and patient care.
- 2024 Ryleigh Hotaling and Greta Marino
- 2023 American Nurses Association New York (ANA-NY)
- 2022 Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN
- 2019 Loretta C. Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN, FAANP
- 2018 New York Organization of Nurse Executives & Leaders (NYONEL)
- 2017 Bellevue School of Nursing Alumnae Association
- 2016 Bonnie and Mark Barnes, Co-founders of the DAISY Foundation
- 2015 Barbara and Donald Jonas, Founders of the Jonas Center
Veronica M. Driscoll Award
The Driscoll Award is given annually by the Board of Directors of the Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses to an individual or organization who stands out through their dedication and determination in supporting the mission of the Center for Nursing in their efforts to increase public knowledge and understanding of nursing, the nursing profession, and the arts and sciences on which human health depends. The Driscoll Award will honor excellence in nursing history, education or research and seeks to recognize those who epitomize the standards and values for which Veronica M. Driscoll stood.
- 2023 Deborah C. Stamps, EdD, MBA, MS, RN, GN, NE-BC, CDE
- 2022 John A. Hartford Foundation
- 2019 Springer Publishing Company
- 2018 Dianne Cooney Miner, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN
- 2017 Rona F. Levin, PhD, RN
- 2016 Mary J. Finnin, MS, RN
- 2015 Barbara Zittel, PhD, RN
- 2012 Robert V. Piemonte, EdD, RN
- 2011 Margaret C. Heagarty, MD, HonDMS
- 2009 Linda D. Sickler, AAS
- 2008 Cecilia F. Mulvey, PhD, RN
- 2007 Janet P. Mance, MN, RN & M. Janice Nelson, EdD, RN
- 2006 Margeret G. Tyson, EdD, RN
- 2005 Beatrice M. Latremore, MS, RN
- 2004 Erline McGriff, EdD, RN, FAAN & Laura Simms, EdD, RN
- 2003 Catherine Leach, RN
- 2002 Cathryne A. Welch, EdD, RN