RCN Nursing Awards 2022: more time to enter as deadline extended
You now have until 20 April to enter the prestigious awards that share innovative practice and celebrate nursing excellence
Do you know a nurse whose hard work and dedication to the profession deserves to be recognised? The deadline for entering the prestigious RCN Nursing Awards has been extended until 20 April.
Enter the RCN Nursing Awards 2022 hereThe awards offer nurses, nursing students and healthcare assistants a chance to share their innovations and expertise, and celebrate their contribution to improving patient care and outcomes.
Find the awards category that’s right for you
Entries are open to individuals and teams in 14 categories – as well as the RCN Nurse of the Year 2022 – that capture the diversity of nursing.
The Patient’s Choice category, which gives patients the opportunity to nominate a nurse, health visitor or nursing support worker who has made a difference to their lives, is decided by public vote.
The RCN Nurse of the Year 2022 will be chosen from the category winners and announced at the awards ceremony at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London on 6 October.
Consultants and managers can nominate a fantastic nurse or team to recognise their contribution and show appreciation of their efforts.
Awards can ‘highlight an overlooked group of people and their needs’
Foundation of Nursing Studies chief executive Joanne Bosanquet, who will chair the judging panel, said nurses were incredibly busy at the moment, which is why the deadline for entries had been extended to allow them more time to enter.
‘Finalists and winners are featured in local, regional and national media, and RCNi’s nursing journals, so entering these awards can also shine a spotlight on the particular challenges a specialty might face, or highlight an overlooked group of people and their needs,’ she said.
‘You now have more time, so please share your examples of nursing excellence with us so we can share it UK-wide.’
RCN Nursing Awards 2022 categories
There are 14 awards categories this year:
Child health
Commitment to carers – sponsored by NHS England and NHS Improvement
Community and GP nursing – sponsored by NHS England
Excellence in cancer research nursing – sponsored by Cancer Research UK
Greener nursing practice – sponsored by Greener NHS
Innovations in your specialty – sponsored by Nursing and Midwifery Council
Leadership – sponsored by Lloyds Pharmacy Clinical Homecare
Learning disability nursing
Mental health nursing – sponsored by NHS Professionals
Nursing older people – sponsored by Aquarate
Nursing student
Nursing support worker
Patient’s choice - sponsored by Alexandra
Team of the year – sponsored by LV=
Enter the RCN Nursing Awards 2022 here
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