2025 Hawaiʻi-ANA Nursing Excellence Awards: Nominations are now open!

Do you know a Registered Nurse who has made a difference in nursing or healthcare in Hawaiʻi?

Complete this Nominations Form to self-nominate or to nominate a nurse for their excellence.

Awards will be made at the 2025 Annual Hawaiʻi-ANA and Hawaiʻi-ANAFoundation Conference 09/27/2025. 

Deadline for receipt of submissions is August 31, 2025.

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Criteria for Nomination for Hawaiʻi-ANA Nursing Excellence Awards 2025

Do you know a Registered Nurse who has made a difference in nursing or healthcare in Hawaiʻi?  We are looking for nominations for a: 

•  Distinguished Direct Patient Care Award
• This award exemplifies the qualities of a staff nurse leader through their service to their patients, staff, and State
• Provides exemplary direct patient care
•  Contributes to the advancement of nursing practice
•  Serves as a mentor to other staff nurses across the state. 
•  Foundations of Nursing Practice Award
•  This award is for outstanding accomplishments in nursing research, nursing education, or nursing practice
•  Promotes the interdependence of these three elements in enhancing nursing education 
•  Promotes evidence-based nursing practice
• Public Health Service Award
•  For exceptional leadership and outstanding professional contributions to shaping the role and advancing the practice of public health nursing
• Promoting and protecting the health of people in communities 
• Diversity Award
• Is for the individual who has a long-standing commitment to advancing the diversity and inclusion within the nursing profession.   

General Guidelines:

1. Awardees must be a member of Hawaiʻi-ANA. Nominees who are not members will have the opportunity to join Hawaiʻi-ANA. 
2. Each nominee must meet all the specific award criteria. Nominees who do not meet the award criteria will not be considered.
3. Current members of the Hawaiʻi- ANA Board of Directors and ANA staff may not be nominated for an award. 
4.  Award nominations may be accepted from, but not limited to:    Individual HI-ANA members                           Nursing Leaders throughout Hawaiʻi                        Sister organizations such as PNAA, AANP, AONL                        Patients                            Employers                                              Community members
5.  Letters of support and other forms of validation (e.g. publications, newspaper articles, previous awards, letters of reference, etc.) should accurately describe how each of the nominee’s professional achievements or contributions meets the specific award. 
6. Nominators may be required to verify the accuracy of the information included in the nomination.  

A complete award nomination consists of the following:

Submission of an online nomination form that includes responses for all required fields, including at least one letter of support.  

Deadline for receipt of submissions is August 31, 2025.

Nominators are encouraged to check each nomination for completeness and accuracy.  Nominators will receive confirmation of receipt of the nomination.  Collaboration amongst sister organizations and other interested parties in the submission of a nomination is highly encouraged.