Nurse Leadership Award Call for Nominations

Posted: March 26, 2008

The Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 3rd Annual Joan Anne McHugh Award for Leadership in Long-Term Care Nursing. This award recognizes nurses who provide excellent clinical care, while demonstrating leadership and a commitment to the field of long-term care nursing. Nurses working for AAHSA member organizations and meeting other eligibility criteria may be nominated. The winner receives a $1,000 professional development award and national recognition at AAHSA's 2008 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

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.

For more information contact Alisha Sanders, 202-508-1211.