Award Categories

Acute Care - Critical Care
This category is reserved for any nurse who works in an intensive-acute-care setting such the ICU, CCU, PICU, PACU, ER, NICU, etc.

Acute Care - Medical/Surgical/Maternal Child
This category is reserved for any nurse who works in an acute-care setting.

Advanced Practice
This category is reserved for RNs licensed as either nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.

Community Health
Community health nursing is an umbrella term used for all nurses who work in the community, in any of the following settings: public health, community health, county health departments, home health, schools, employee health departments, clinics, occupational health, hospice, work sites, etc.

Education
This category is reserved for nurses whose primary focus is student, staff, or patient education. This setting may be within academia or within a healthcare facility.

Innovation
This category recognizes any nurse who has completed an extraordinary project to improve patient care or healthcare delivery in any healthcare setting.

Leadership
This category is reserved for any nurse who has been a catalyst for positive change within a healthcare facility or within the community.

Licensed Practical Nursing
This category is reserved for LPNs working in any healthcare setting.

Lifetime Achievement
Established in 2002, this category is reserved for nurses who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in nursing for 25 years or more. Eligible nurses must also demonstrate significant contributions to nursing in Northern Nevada. Retired nurses are eligible for nomination.

Long-term Care/Rehabilitation
This category is reserved for nurses who work in long-term care or rehabilitation settings.

Office/Outpatient
This category is reserved for nurses who work in physician offices, clinics, and/or urgent-care settings.

Patient Advocacy
This category is reserved for any nurse who promotes positive patient-care outcomes in any healthcare setting. The focus may be on an individual patient or a patient population. Patient advocates may operate at a local, state, or national level.

Rural Health
This category is reserved for nurses who work in small communities or townships in Northern Nevada.