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• Submit An Award Nominations

  • When
    July 31, 2024
  • Location
    Connecticut Nurses Association

  Award Nominations are Open!
  Deadline is July 31st

  
  

  Connecticut Nurses' Association's Awards Program celebrates accomplishments of individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to nursing, health care policy, media presentations of nurses and nursing and to the association.

  CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION 
  

  To learn more about the Awards click links below.
  

  1. Diamond Jubilee Awards
     1. Contributions to Nursing Education
     2. Contributions to Nursing Research
     3. Contributions to Nursing Administration
     4. Contributions to Nursing through Political Action
     5. Contributions to Nursing Practice
     6. Contributions and Service to CT Nurses Association
        
     7. Lifetime Achievement Award

    2. Connecticut Nurses Association Awards

  1. Excellence in the Workplace

  2. President's Award

  3. Media Award

  4. Public Service Award
  

  Award nominations application include the submission of the following documents. Please be sure to have all documents before you submit the nomination.

  CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION 
  

  Award Nomination Procedure

  1. Each nomination and its supporting documentation must be submitted by July 31st
  2. Nominations may be made of an individual, group or an organization.
  3. Each nomination must include the following TYPED information:
     • For an individual - a C.V., which includes the candidate’s educational and professional background; professional and community activities; and other pertinent biographical information, must be submitted.
     • In the case of a group of individuals or an organization as nominees, a description of the group or the organization, its history, purpose and function, must be submitted.
     • A narrative statement by the sponsor/nominator outlining the accomplishments of the nominee and how these meet the established criteria for the award.
     • Nominators must supply at least one, but no more than three letters of support for the nomination.
  4. All nominations become the property of the Connecticut Nurses’ Association.
  5. CNA reserves the right to request further information related to a nomination.
  6. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
  7. Nominators will be notified of the Committee’s decision, and offered opportunity to register for AWARDS event to present the AWARD.
  8. Award does not have to be given every year, but when candidate(s) is identified or recommended for recognition.
  9. More than one award may be given in a calendar year.

  
  

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• Summer 2024: New School Nurse Orientation

  • When
    August 09, 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Courtyard Marriott, Cromwell

  Register

  Summer 2024:
  New School Nurse Orientation 

  In-Person Courtyard Marriott, Cromwell

  Friday August 9, 2024

  9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  Registration begins at 8:30 am

  Orientation includes access to 4 (four)
  Online Self- Paced Modules

  for New School Nurses
  

  
  

  Continental breakfast and Lunch are included

  This Event will NOT be on Zoom nor be Recorded

  
  

  Presented by
  Dr. Stephanie Knutson, RN, School Health Expert 

  This professional learning opportunity, designed specifically for school nurses, will provide an overview of legal requirements, standards of practice and competencies for school nurses, supervisory issues, and the school nurse’s role in student achievement, special education, and academic success. Participants will learn state laws and regulations regarding school health; medication regulations; state mandates for immunizations, health assessments, and screenings; documentation in school health services; special education; and Section 504.

  Audience

  • School Nurses
  • Early career school nurses
  • School nurse supervisor
  • Lead school nurses
  • Directors of special education/pupil services
  • School medical advisors

  
  

                          

  Professional Development Contact Hours will be be awarded upon attendance and completion of evaluation

  
  

  
  

  ^Disclosures:

  •To obtain contact hours, participants must:

  => Check in and Pick up your badge 
  => Attend 90% of the workshop 
  => Complete the evaluation

  •There are no relevant financial relationships for any individual in a position to control content for this activity

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

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• Mastering the ANCC criteria - Fall 2024 update

  • When
    November 01, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Albertus Magnus College 700 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511

    

  Mastering the ANCC criteria - Fall 2024 update
  IN-PERSON!

  
  

  

  
  Date TBD

  9:00 am - 3:30 pm 

  Location TBD

  
  

  this workshop will provide:
  

  • Relative Financial Relationship
  • Content integrity standards
  • Commercial support criteria 
  • Updated American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accreditation criteria 
  • Strategies to develop and improve activity design 
  • Approaches to improve provider unit operations

  
  

  Who should attend?

  • Hospital educators
  • Nurse planners who provide workshops for other nurses
  • Faculty educators
  • Independent educators
  • Primary Nurse Planners
  • Approved Provider Unit Planners

  
  

  What does it included?

  • Continental Breakfast
  • Coffee/Tea station throughout the day
  • Lunch with dessert

  5 Nursing Continuing Professional Development Contact Hours
  

  will be awarded 

                     

  
  

     

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Professional Development contact hours will be awarded

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

  
  

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