Joan Anne McHugh Long-Term Care Nursing Academy

The McHugh Long-Term Care Nursing Academy was established at IFAS in 2005 to support quality nurse managers in long-term care settings.

The Academy created the Joan Anne McHugh Award for Leadership in Long-Term Care Nursing, which was awarded for the first time in 2006. This annual award recognizes an outstanding nurse who demonstrates:

• Clinical excellence in long-term care nursing.
• Leadership in long-term care nursing.
• Commitment to the profession of long-term care caring.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2008 McHugh Award. Download McHugh Award nominations brochure. The nomination deadline is July 11, 2008.

To guide its activities, the Academy has published, Scanning the Field: Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care. The report explores management training and leadership development programs and highlights major observations, cross-cutting themes, promising practices and issues for future consideration and action.

Contact Alisha Sanders about this project.

Project Activity

• Scanning the Field: Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care