The awards offer nurses, midwives, nursing students and nursing support workers a chance to share their innovations and expertise and celebrate their contribution to improving patient care and outcomes.
There are 12 categories open to nursing staff across Scotland. The categories are:
- Adult Nursing Award
- Children & Midwifery Nursing Award
- Mental Health Nursing Award
- Learning Disability Nursing Award
- Nursing Support Worker of the Year Award
- Nursing Student of the Year Award
- Nursing Team of the Year Award
- Care Home Nursing Award
- Inspiring Excellence – Nursing Innovation and Research Award
- Learning in Practice Award
- Nursing Leadership Award
- People’s Choice Award
The People’s Choice category, gives patients, care home residents and service users the opportunity to nominate a nurse, midwife or nursing support worker who has made a difference to their lives.
The prestigious RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Award will be selected from the registered nurse winners from the other award categories. The awards are open to all nursing staff in Scotland and you do not have to be an RCN member to be nominated.
The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony taking place in the Grand Gallery in the national Museum of Scotland on St Andrew’s Night (30 November 2022).
Colin Poolman, RCN Scotland Director said: “Our awards are an outstanding opportunity for some well-deserved and long-overdue recognition of the excellence of nursing staff in Scotland. I encourage nursing staff and their colleagues to take 30minutes out of their day to submit and nomination and gain recognition for the amazing work they do day in day out.”
