Awards To Honour Victoria's Top Nurses
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Community - Health Press Release28th January 2010, 08:00am - Views: 718
Awards to Honour Victoria's Top Nurses
Those living in Victoria are being urged to nominate the state's most accomplished and dedicated nurses, midwives, personal care attendants and assistants in nursing for the 2010 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards.
"If you know a remarkable Victorian nurse, I urge you to take the time to enter them for these awards before nominations close at the end of February," HESTA CEO Anne-Marie Corboy said.
"This is a great way for the community to thank the dedicated Victorian nurses who are the heart of our health system."
"These awards recognise the skill, inventiveness and courage to be found in the nursing profession. They also acknowledge the extraordinary work nurses do every day, to support people through the highs and lows in their lives."
With a prize pool of $25,000 across the categories of Nurse of the Year, Innovation in Nursing and Graduate Nurse of the Year, the HESTA Australian Nursing Awards are one of Australia's most prestigious nursing awards.
Ms Corboy said 1,400 nurses had been nominated since the awards were founded four years ago, and the calibre of the nominations continued to impress.
"The standard of nominations for the Awards has traditionally been fantastic and we are looking forward to another great year of inspiring entries," Ms Corboy said.
In last year's awards, Nurse of the Year went to Victorian midwife Lyn Olsen for her work to ensure that every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child, in her care, begins life at the starting line and not behind.
Melbourne Health's Jamie Rutherford took out the $10,000 Innovation in Nursing award for slashing dialysis times for ABO incompatible transplant patients.
Victorian finalists were Melbourne paediatric heart transplant coordinator Anne Shipp, who has been involved in 89 transplants and was nominated by the mother of an organ recipient, and Royal Melbourne Hospital's Suzi Wong, who helped keep a busy emergency ward operating during a temporary relocation as part of renovations.
Nominations for the Nurse of the Year category can be made by nurses, colleagues, patients and patients' families, while teams and individuals usually self-nominate for the Innovation in Nursing category. Graduate Nurse Coordinators may nominate their most promising graduates for the Graduate Nurse of the Year category.
The Nurse of the Year wins $10,000 in education and travel grants, the Innovation in Nursing winner receives a $10,000 grant for their service or program and the Graduate Nurse of the Year receives $5000 in education and travel grants. The prize money is provided by ME Bank, who is supporting the awards for the third consecutive year.
"Our judging panel of trained nurses, academics and industry representatives looks forward to learning about another group of amazing nurses in 2010," Ms Corboy said.
"Whether they work in midwifery, palliative care, aged care, community nursing, emergency care or another area we want to hear about them."
Every person making a nomination will receive a certificate to present to the nurse they nominate, so that even nurses who don't make it through to the finals of the awards know their work is appreciated.
Nominations close on 28 February 2010 and finalists will be announced in April. Those from interstate will be flown to Melbourne for a gala awards ceremony, at the Crown Entertainment Complex, on Thursday 13 May 2010.
The Awards program and event is coordinated by HESTA, one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. HESTA has more than 650,000 members and is the industry super fund for those working in the health and community services sector.
Visit www.hestanursingawards.com to make a nomination and to purchase tickets for the awards ceremony.
Media inquiries:
Ingrid Svendsen
(03) 9993 6400 / 0409 007 530
SOURCE: HESTA
Those living in Victoria are being urged to nominate the state's most accomplished and dedicated nurses, midwives, personal care attendants and assistants in nursing for the 2010 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards.
"If you know a remarkable Victorian nurse, I urge you to take the time to enter them for these awards before nominations close at the end of February," HESTA CEO Anne-Marie Corboy said.
"This is a great way for the community to thank the dedicated Victorian nurses who are the heart of our health system."
"These awards recognise the skill, inventiveness and courage to be found in the nursing profession. They also acknowledge the extraordinary work nurses do every day, to support people through the highs and lows in their lives."
With a prize pool of $25,000 across the categories of Nurse of the Year, Innovation in Nursing and Graduate Nurse of the Year, the HESTA Australian Nursing Awards are one of Australia's most prestigious nursing awards.
Ms Corboy said 1,400 nurses had been nominated since the awards were founded four years ago, and the calibre of the nominations continued to impress.
"The standard of nominations for the Awards has traditionally been fantastic and we are looking forward to another great year of inspiring entries," Ms Corboy said.
In last year's awards, Nurse of the Year went to Victorian midwife Lyn Olsen for her work to ensure that every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child, in her care, begins life at the starting line and not behind.
Melbourne Health's Jamie Rutherford took out the $10,000 Innovation in Nursing award for slashing dialysis times for ABO incompatible transplant patients.
Victorian finalists were Melbourne paediatric heart transplant coordinator Anne Shipp, who has been involved in 89 transplants and was nominated by the mother of an organ recipient, and Royal Melbourne Hospital's Suzi Wong, who helped keep a busy emergency ward operating during a temporary relocation as part of renovations.
Nominations for the Nurse of the Year category can be made by nurses, colleagues, patients and patients' families, while teams and individuals usually self-nominate for the Innovation in Nursing category. Graduate Nurse Coordinators may nominate their most promising graduates for the Graduate Nurse of the Year category.
The Nurse of the Year wins $10,000 in education and travel grants, the Innovation in Nursing winner receives a $10,000 grant for their service or program and the Graduate Nurse of the Year receives $5000 in education and travel grants. The prize money is provided by ME Bank, who is supporting the awards for the third consecutive year.
"Our judging panel of trained nurses, academics and industry representatives looks forward to learning about another group of amazing nurses in 2010," Ms Corboy said.
"Whether they work in midwifery, palliative care, aged care, community nursing, emergency care or another area we want to hear about them."
Every person making a nomination will receive a certificate to present to the nurse they nominate, so that even nurses who don't make it through to the finals of the awards know their work is appreciated.
Nominations close on 28 February 2010 and finalists will be announced in April. Those from interstate will be flown to Melbourne for a gala awards ceremony, at the Crown Entertainment Complex, on Thursday 13 May 2010.
The Awards program and event is coordinated by HESTA, one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. HESTA has more than 650,000 members and is the industry super fund for those working in the health and community services sector.
Visit www.hestanursingawards.com to make a nomination and to purchase tickets for the awards ceremony.
Media inquiries:
Ingrid Svendsen
(03) 9993 6400 / 0409 007 530
SOURCE: HESTA
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