The Awards sub-committee reviews, processes, and identifies awards for U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) nurses and Federal civilian nurses in varied work settings which include clinical, agency and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters positions. The sub-committee’s responsibility is also to review and process annually the following awards: the Nurse Responder of the Year award; the Minnegerode Awards for Nursing Excellence (MANE) awards; the Commissioned Officers Association (COA) Awards; and the Publication awards and others. Awards brochure here.

Awards Sub-Committee Goals  

• Facilitate and support efforts that ensure nurses are recognized for their outstanding contributions and noteworthy accomplishments
• Facilitate and congratulate DHHS wide nurses who have demonstrated exemplary and consistent service.
• Recognize the value of public acknowledgement of a ward presentations.

Awards Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
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• Hasselmeyer Award for Research Initiatives   example
• McLaughlin Award for Clinical Services   example
• Petry Leone Award for Health Promotion and Education   example
• Gregg Group Award for Teamwork   example
• Hanzel Award for Administrative Activities    example

Publication Awards -- Submissions must be received ELECTRONICALLY by March 5th, 2010. example

• Faye G. Abdellah Publication Award for Nursing Research
• O. Marie Henry Publication Award for Clinical Nursing Practice
• Julia R. Plotnick Publication Award for Health/Nursing Policy

Commissioned Officer Association (COA) Awards

• Lucille Woodville Award - Any federal nurse midwife or a maternal/child health nurse who has made a significant impact.
• Mabel May Wagner Award (Cash Award of $1000) - Any federal nurse who accomplish the mission of the PHS; professional and technical skills and competence raising the quality of nursing; exceptional ability to apply nursing standards of practice.

Nurse Responder of the Year
Established in 2005, acknowledges active duty retired, and Inactive Reserve Corps nurse officers in the US Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps who have made outstanding achievements and contributions in emergency preparedness and disaster response to national or international public health threats.

• Nurse Responder of the Year plaque is presented by the Chief Nurse Officer during Nurse Category Day at the annual COF Scientific Symposium

Carruth-Wagner Awards *****Effective 2009, there are 5 new monetary awards open to all civilian, tribal, Corps nurses.

• Carruth Wagner Advanced Practice Nurse Award  example
• Carruth Wagner Nursing Support Award
• Carruth Wagner Innovative Collaboration in Public Health Award  example
• Carruth Wagner Nurse Leadership Award
• Carruth Wagner Nurse of the Year Award  example

Chief Nurse Officer Award

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