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2021 NLN Awards

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The annual NLN Awards recognizes and honor individuals of stature and distinction for their outstanding contributions to nursing education and the wider area of American health care.

The NLN Mary Adelaide Nutting Award for Outstanding Teaching or Leadership in Nursing Education recognizes an individual who:

Demonstrates outstanding teaching
Contributes as a leader in nursing education
Encourages creative interactions with students from diverse backgrounds
Mentors and serves as role model for junior faculty.
Publishes scholarly works that advance nursing education knowledge or provides support for educational levels where they are engaged

The NLN Isabel Hampton Robb Award for Outstanding Leadership in Clinical Practice recognizes the outstanding contributions of an individual who:

Inspires passion for clinical nursing
Promotes evidence-based practice by building practice-education partnerships
Encourages clinical expertise and inter-professional practice
Challenges students to expand their clinical knowledge base in innovative ways
Conducts scholarly research to assess learning outcomes that improve patient care
Fosters development of clinical reasoning in the culture of patient care

NLN Lillian Wald Humanitarian Award recognizes an Individual who improves the lives of those in need through selfless, courageous, creative, and compassionate acts, and who:

Meets the ethical responsibilities of the nursing profession in keeping with the NLN core values of caring, integrity, diversity, and excellence
Cares for others above and beyond their roles regardless of personal risk or compensation
Embraces common moral decencies such as altruism, integrity, freedom, justice, honesty, truthfulness, responsibility, and compassion
Respects and values human diversity