Awards - Health Advocacy

HEALTH ADVOCACY AWARD

Application
Deadline: February 19, 2027

Theme - “Turning Passion into Progress”

Instructions: Before beginning, this application, scroll down to view the information requested. You may want to type out your longer responses first on a separate document so that you can easily copy and paste the information when you are ready to complete the form.

Health Advocacy Award: This distinguished award rewards extraordinary student nurses at both the school chapter and state chapter level for their exceptional skills in health advocacy. The award underscores efforts by student nurses toward promoting or improving the well-being and health of patients, either through specific actions or continued advocacy. This award inspires student nurses to become active advocates for better health policies and procedures while treating patients with empathy and care.

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Project Level
State
State Association, or state of school campus
Official Constituent Name
State or School
School City
- Contact Person
  
  First NameLast Name
- NSNA Membership #
  Contact person's NSNA membership number
- Expiration
  When does contact's membership expire?
- Phone
  
  Area CodePhone Number
- Email
- Address
  
  Street Address
  
  Street Address Line 2
  
  CityState / Province
  
  Postal / Zip Code
- Advisor/Consultant
  
  First NameLast Name
- Advisor/Consultant Email
- Project Committee Chairperson
  
  First NameLast Name
- Project Title
- Project Date(s)
- Project Site(s)
- NSNA Members
  How many NSNA members were involved?
- In Attendance
  Number of people attending (if applicable)
- Non-Nursing Students
  If non-nursing students collaborated, please describe.
- Community Organizations
  List any community organizations that assisted with project (if applicable).
- Budget
- Cost of Project
  Enter budget
- Cost Spreadsheet
  
  Upload a File
  XLS, XLSX, or CSV files for budget only. Upload other files below. Cancelof
- Continued Next Year?
- Academic Recognition for NSNA Members
- Describe Recognition
  eg, independent study; course credit (give name of course, certificate, etc)
- Project Goal(s)
  Copy/paste or type project goals, explaining what extent goals were accomplished.
- Method
  Briefly describe how the project was conducted.
- What Was Learned?
  Describe what was learned from the project that would be beneficial to others.
- Describe below how the project was advertised/publicized/promoted in all forms of media (eg, newpaper, radio, website, television). Include any media coverage of the event. Use the upload button below to attach any promotional materials. File types accepted: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, csv, txt, rtf, html, zip, mp3, m4a, aac, m4v, wma, mpg, avi, jpg, jpeg, png, gif, ppt, pptx, psd
- Promotion
- Upload Publicity Materials (250 MB limit)
  
  Upload a File
  Multiple file upload permitted. Cancelof
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HEALTH ADVOCACY AWARD