Call for Nominations – Nurse PAC Seeking Nominations for the
Minnegerode Awards for Nursing Excellence (MANE)
Deadline Date: 5 March 2010
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The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Professional Advisory Committee for Nursing (N-PAC) is
seeking nominations for the Minnegerode Awards for Nursing Excellence (MANE). These awards
recognize and honor contribution(s) by nurse officers of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S.
Public Health Service (Corps), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Civil Service nurses,
and Tribal Direct Hire nurses of an outstanding and sustained nature, which have had a substantial
impact on the mission of the PHS.
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MANE AWARDS
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The MANE awards will be presented to each award recipient by the Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) at the annual Nursing Recognition Day.
Eligibility: HHS nurses (Civil Service, Corps, or Tribal Direct Hire; Licensed Practical Nurse, Licensed Vocational Nurse,
Registered Nurse, or Advanced Practice Nurse).
Criteria: Nominee(s) must demonstrate through innovation and creativity, outstanding nursing contributions with measurable benefits.
HHS nurses may be nominated for any one of the following MANE awards:
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McLaughlin Award for Clinical Services- Exemplary leadership and skill resulting in noteworthy
accomplishments as a clinician over a period of time focusing on the timely and ethical delivery of health care
in a direct care setting. The provision of services improve health outcomes and/or services for patients/clients
as well as enhance employee and/or patient/client relationships, productivity, quality, work methods and timeliness
of health care delivery.
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Hanzel Award for Administrative Activities - Exemplary leadership as a nurse executive resulting
in noteworthy accomplishments, such as:
- Management of a health care program;
- Development or improvement of methods of delivery of services;
- Enhancement of employee and/or patient/client relationships, productivity, quality,
work methods and timeliness of health care delivery;
- Organization or implementation of a program demonstrating creative utilization of resources; or
- Development, modification or implementation of health and regulatory policy.
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Hasselmeyer Award for Research Initiatives - Exemplary leadership resulting in noteworthy accomplishments
in conducting nursing research and clinical investigation which stimulates the development of new knowledge and practice
in nursing and/or the health professions.
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Petry Leone Award for Health Promotion and Education - Exemplary leadership resulting in noteworthy
accomplishments in patient/client or professional education, which informs and educates consumers and/or health care
practitioners about significant health related issues and promotes healthy lifestyles.
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Gregg Group Award for Teamwork -- Exemplary leadership contributions by a team of nurses resulting
in noteworthy accomplishments and positive outcomes towards the attainment of PHS goals. Describe how the nominated
nurse functioned as a team with other members of the group, the nature of the nursing leadership and participation,
and the level of the nurse's contribution. Explain how nursing participation and input enhanced the accomplishments,
outcomes and impact of the work done.
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Examples include:
- Contributions to the health of individuals, families and/ or communities through initiatives implemented at
the local, state and/or national level;
- Coordination or participation in the development of new program(s) and/or establishing new standards of care;
- Coordination or participation in the development and/or implementation of interdisciplinary health care initiative(s); and
- Contributions to interdisciplinary efforts (or the work of multiple disciplines) in achieving common health care goals.
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Nomination Procedure: Anyone may nominate an eligible nurse/team for service that meets the purpose for
which these awards have been established. All nominations submitted should:
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Describe the degree of impact on the public health mission of the PHS by a nurse (or team of
nurses for the Gregg Group Award for Teamwork).
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Describe how the nominee(s) exceeds normal performance requirements.
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Be submitted or endorsed by the nominee's first line supervisor.
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Nominations will be reviewed by the N-PAC Awards Subcommittee and forwarded to the CNO with recommendations.
All Corps officers must be Office of Force Readiness and Deployment qualified. Final selection and presentation
will be made by the CNO. More than one award may be given in each category, but an award in every category may
not be given every year. Selection will be based solely on the submitted nominations.
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Examples of templates can be obtained by e-mailing CAPT Bonnie Warner, MANE Award Team leader, at bonnie-warner@cherokee.org.
Scoring is based on the listed criteria. Please follow the templates.
Submissions must be received electronically by 5 March 2010, and should be sent to CAPT Warner at bonnie-warner@cherokee.org
and copied to Susan Erwin at Seerwin@SouthcentralFoundation.com
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Please include contact information for the nominator and nominee. Provide current e-mail, physical
mailing address, PHS serial number (if nominee is a Corps officer), and phone number of both the nominator
and nominee. All submissions must be limited to two pages. Nominations will be forwarded to the N-PAC
Repository and Mentorship Subcommittee for inclusion in the N-PAC publications database.
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