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The National League for Nursing offers professional development, networking opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to nearly 45,000 individual and over 1,000 institutional members. NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education, and health care organizations and agencies.

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The National League for Nursing earned national honors in the 2025 Hermes Creative Awards:

• Platinum Winner: NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted in the Podcast Series category
• Gold Winner: NLN Education Summit 2024 App in the Mobile App category
• Gold Winner: Focus on NLN 4-Day Work Week in the Television Placement category
• Gold Winner: Nurse Practitioners Provide Safe, Reliable Care to Millions of Americans in the Media Response category
• Honorable Mention: CNEA Corner in the E-Newsletter category
• Honorable Mention: Four-Day Flex Work a Win-Win for Nursing Association and Its Staff in the Online Placement category

The National League for Nursing earned national recognition in the 2025 AVA Digital Awards:

• Gold Winner: CNEA Corner in the E-Newsletter category
• Honorable Mention: NLN.org in the Nonprofit Website category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted in the Podcast Series category

The National League for Nursing earned national recognition in the 2024 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence:

• Award of Excellence: NLN CNEA Website in the Websites - Most Improved category
• Award of Excellence: Celebrating Leadership in Nursing & Nursing Education Brochure in the Print Media - Marketing & Public Relations category
• Award of Excellence: NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing Highlights Infographic in the Design & Illustration - Infographics category

The National League for Nursing and CNEA earned national honors in the 2024 Hermes Creative Awards:

• Platinum Winner: NLN CNEA Advantage: Resources for Accreditation in the Web-Based Training category
• Gold Winner: NLN CNEA Website in the Website Overall - Nonprofit category
• Gold Winner: NLN CNEA Website in the Website Overall - Redesign category
• Gold Winner: Celebrating Leadership in Nursing & Nursing Education Brochure in the Brochure category
• Gold Winner: NLN on LinkedIn in the Social Media - LinkedIn category
• Honorable Mention: Preserving NLN History Postcard in the Postcard category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Education Summit 2024 Website in the Microsite category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing Highlights Infographic in the Infographic category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Foundation for Nursing Education 2023 Impact Infographic in the Infographic category
  

A Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Nursing Programs, 2nd edition, edited by Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, awarded first place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Nursing Education/Professional Development category.

Clinical Simulations in Nursing Education: Advanced Concepts, Trends, and Opportunities, 2nd edition, edited by Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, awarded second place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Adult Primary Care category and third place in the Nursing Education/Professional Development category.

The NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted podcast earned Honorable Mention in the 2023 PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards in the Podcast category. 

The National League for Nursing earned national recognition in the 2023 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence:

• Grand Award: NLN.org in the Website - Most Improved category
• Award of Excellence: NLN.org in the Websites category
• Award of Excellence: NLN Member Update in the Newsletters - Electronic & Email category

The National League for Nursing earned national honors in the 2023 Hermes Creative Awards:

• Gold Winner: NLN.org in the Website Overall - Nonprofit category
• Gold Winner: NLN.org in the Website Overall - Redesign category
• Gold Winner: NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted podcast in the Podcast Series category
• Gold Winner: NLN Accelerator in the E-Newsletter category
• Honorable Mention: NLN.org Home Page in the Home Page category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Education Summit Website in the Microsite category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Member Update in the E-Newsletter category
• Honorable Mention: NLN Look Ahead in the E-Newsletter category
  

The National League for Nursing earned national acclaim in the 2022 PR Daily Awards:

• Honorable Mention: NLN.org for the Website category
• Honorable Mention: Taking Aim: Addressing Structural Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Implicit Bias & Social Justice in the DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Communications category
• Honorable Mention: NLN.org for the Website category in the PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards

The 2022 Power of Association Gold Award Winner designation was presented to the National League for Nursing by the America Society for Association Executives (ASAE) for Taking Aim: Addressing Structural Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Implicit Bias & Social Justice.

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