ANA-New York Future Nurse Leader Award
Nurses with strong leadership skills are vital to the future of the nursing profession and health care. As part of ANA-New York’s commitment to encouraging new nurses to be professional, successful leaders, we have established an award program to recognize nursing student leaders each year.
The ANA-New York Future Nurse Leader Award, sponsored by ANA-NY, recognizes new graduates who, as nursing students, display strong leadership abilities.
Criteria for Student Nomination
The ANA-New York Future Nurse Leader should be a graduating senior from an undergraduate nursing program who:
- Is nominated by a full-time faculty/staff member of the school who is a current ANA-NY member.
- Each undergraduate nursing program can nominate one student per graduating class .
- Creates a positive learning/working environment
- Embodies the ethics and values of nursing
- Demonstrates leadership:
- Motivates and supports other students as leaders
- Participates in community/school activities and gives back to others
- Mentors fellow students
- Promotes activity in nursing and student organizations
- Creates opportunities for engagement and involvement
Nomination Process
- Schools will receive an email with the Future Nurse Leader nomination application, criteria, and deadlines.
- The application, criteria, and deadlines will also be available on the ANA-New York website.
- The nomination must be made by a full-time faculty/staff person at the school who is a current ANA-New York member.
- The nomination will include a statement from the nominator describing how the nominee meets the award criteria.
- The nomination must include the student’s updated CV.
- Nominations must be submitted before the deadline to be considered.
- The award will be given to the student at the program graduation or award ceremony by the ANA-NY faculty nominator or other designated ANA-NY member.