黑料吃瓜王

This inaugural award recognizes 黑料吃瓜王 member institutions that have successfully implemented recommended strategies from 黑料吃瓜王's report Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing. This award was presented for the first time at the 2017 黑料吃瓜王 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (formerly Fall Semiannual Meeting) in Washington, D.C.

The call for award applications will be announced in October 2023, with the nomination application packets due May 15, 2023.

• The academic nursing partnership demonstrates an innovative and sustained relationship that meets one of the following six New Era report recommendations:
  1. Embrace a New Vision of Academic Nursing,
  2. Enhance the Clinical Practice of Academic Nursing,
  3. Partner in Preparing the Nurses of the Future,
  4. Partner in the Implementation of Accountable Care,
  5. Invest in Nursing Research Programs and Better Integrate Research into Clinical Practice,
  6. Implement an Advocacy Agenda in Support of a New Era for Academic Nursing.
• The joint partnership exemplifies one of the following ideal six characteristics:
  1. Shared Governance and Open Communication,
  2. Alignment of Vision, Goals, and Strategy,
  3. Supportive Resources and Infrastructure,
  4. Integrative Research Programs,
  5. Interprofessional Collaboration,
  6. Focus on Improved Community Health Outcomes.
• The exemplary partnership demonstrates positive outcomes that are measurable.
• The strong partnership is currently in place and has future plans for sustainability.

The awards committee is looking for submissions that represent the full spectrum of 黑料吃瓜王 member institutions, including nominations from small schools and private schools. All nominations will be reviewed by an awards review committee and approved by the 黑料吃瓜王 Board of Directors. The review committee reserves the right not to recommend an award in any given year.

Schools may submit only one award nomination in any given year.

2023 nominations are closed.

• 500-word summary of how your partnership’s collaborative work relates to at least one of the New Era report recommendations
• 500-word summary of how your academic-practice partnership exemplifies at least one of the six ideal characteristics
• Organizational Self-Assessment Document [word doc]
• Recommendations and Outcomes Metrics Worksheet [word doc]

The dean/director of the program receiving the award and the clinical practice representative will be recognized at the 黑料吃瓜王 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference and highlighted in 黑料吃瓜王 newsletters and press releases as well as on the 黑料吃瓜王 Web site. A plaque will be provided to both the dean and the practice partner.

2023 Winner

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cizik School of Nursing and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

2022 Winner

University of Florida College of Nursing and their practice partner University of Florida Health System

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2021 Winner

University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing and their practice partner University of Illinois Chicago Health System (UI Health) 

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2020 Winner

Columbia University School of Nursing and their practice partner New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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2019 Winner

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and their practice partner Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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2018 Winner

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing and their practice partner University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

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2017 Winners

University of Utah College of Nursing and their practice partner University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics

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The Northeast Region VA Nursing Alliance (NERVANA)

• Boston College Williams F. Connell School of Nursing 
• Northeastern University School of Nursing 
• Regis College School of Nursing 
• Simmons College School of Nursing and Health Sciences 
• University of Massachusetts-Lowell Solomont School of Nursing 
• University of Massachusetts-Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences 
• Boston Bedford VA
   
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