2010 NANDA-I Award Recipients Announced

GREEN BAY, Wis., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- NANDA International (NANDA-I), an international association of nursing professionals, has announced the recipients of its 2010 NANDA-I awards.  The awards were presented at the May 2010 NANDA-I / AENTDE Congress in Madrid, Spain, to recognize outstanding contributions to NANDA-I and standardized nursing language in the areas of clinical practice, nursing education, administration, informatics and research.

"I would like to congratulate all of our award recipients," said Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, President of NANDA-I.  "These individuals come from a variety of backgrounds and stages of their careers, ranging from students to experienced professionals," he explained.  "However, they all have one thing in common: a belief in and commitment to raising the standard of clinical excellence and to providing high quality, safe patient care."  

Award recipients include:

Mentor's Awards

• Dr. Margaret Lunney, New York, United States
• Dr. Anne Perry, Missouri, United States

Professor Weir-Hughes said Drs. Lunney and Perry deserve special recognition for their exceptional contributions to nursing language, education and practice. "Through excellence and mentorship, Dr. Anne Perry and Dr. Margaret Lunney, are true examples of the values of the NANDA-I organization," he stated.

Student Article Contest – Madrid Conference Scholarship Award

• Constantinos Christodoulous, Limassol, Cyprus

Dr. T. Heather Herdman Nursing Scholarships

• Ruth America Aliaga Sanchez, Peru
• Monisola Oginni, Nigeria
• Anita Collins, India
• Rosario Meza, Peru
• Lisiane Pruinelli , Brasil

NANDA-I Conference Scholarship Award

• Roxanna Obando Zegarra, Peru

Editor's Award

A 10-Year Retrospective Study of Teaching Nursing Diagnosis to Baccalaureate Students In Italy

• Alvisa Palese, Italy
• Daniele de Sailvestre, Italy
• Graziella Valoppi, Italy
• Marco Tomietto, Italy

Unique Contribution Awards

• Dr. Arlene Farren, United States
• Dr. Jane Flanagan, United States

Founder's Awards

• Dr. Shigemi Kamitsuru, Japan
• Dra. Dina de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz, Brasil
• Dr. Judy Carlson, United States

For more information about NANDA-I, go to: www.nanda.org.

NANDA International (NANDA-I) is an organization of nursing professionals from more than 20 countries, that develops, refines and publishes terminology accurately reflecting nurses' clinical judgments.  NANDA-I's unique, evidence-based perspective contributes to improved nursing outcomes and patient safety, through holistic, quality nursing care. The NANDA-I standardized nursing language is used in 32 countries worldwide.  To learn more, go to:  www.nanda.org  

SOURCE NANDA International