RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Awards 2013

Published: 23 April 2013

RCN in Wales launches 2nd Annual Nurse of the Year Awards

 

We are proud to announce the official launch of the RCN in Wales Nurse of the Year Awards for 2013.

The Awards were officially launched at a reception for RCN Welsh members attending the annual RCN Congress, which is being held in Liverpool this week. The Nurse of the Year Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner will be held on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at City Hall, Cardiff.

These awards are intended to demonstrate the value of nursing and to honour best practice within the nursing community. The awards ceremony provides a showcase, highlighting how valuable the nursing contribution is within healthcare. It demonstrates that nurses are prolific care givers, consistently contributing positively to patient care.

Christine Thomas, Chair of the Welsh Board of the RCN and RCN Council member for Wales said: "These awards are about recognising and rewarding the significant, essential and invaluable contribution that nurse make to healthcare. The everyday heroism of nurses is often an expectation that goes unrecognised and unrewarded. That needs to be put right, and these awards contribute to such redress. The way that nurses in Wales, on a daily basis, make the best use of limited resources to provide continuously improving care is an inspiration. These are achievements that need to be celebrated."

There are 14 awards categories this year, each with a winner and a runner up. In addition to the prestige associated with winning an award, category winners will receive a monetary reward and a trophy, and the overall winner will receive the accolade of becoming RCN in Wales Nurse of the Year Award for 2013.

Christine Thomas, Chair of the RCN Welsh Board added: "The inaugural RCN in Wales Nurse of the Year Awards influenced and changed the nursing agenda in Wales and I am very excited about continuing on from last year’s success with the event this year. I urge you all to nominate a nurse or healthcare assistant based in Wales who you feel deserves recognition for their work. It is a great way to acknowledge all the fantastic work carried out by nurses and healthcare assistants in Wales."

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Award categories:

· RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Award

· Chief Nursing Officer for Wales Award

· Health Care Support Worker Award

· Nursing Student Award

· Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Award

· Children and Midwifery Award

· Clinical Nurse Specialist Award

· Community Nursing Award

· Registered Nurse (Adult) Award

· Nursing Research Award

· Nursing Innovation Award

· Nurse Education Award

· Commissioner for Older Persons Award

· Humanitarian Relief Award

New Award - RCN in Wales Lifetime Achievement Award

This Award aims to recognise an inspirational nurse who has made a significant positive impact on the nursing profession or health care provision over a sustained period of time. We welcome nominations from those who wish to highlight a nurse from the NHS or independent sector who they believe merits this recognition.