This award recognises individual nurses or teams of nurses who have implemented new projects or initiated innovative processes that have resulted in a real difference to patient care within any specialty or nursing environment.
Who can enter? Entries are accepted from nurses nominating themselves or their own teams or can be submitted on behalf of another nurse or nursing team. Non-nursing colleagues such as managers or consultants may also nominate their nursing colleagues for this award. Entrants do not need to be a member of the Royal College of Nursing.
How to enter: Entries must be submitted online via the ‘enter now’ button. We highly recommend you write the body of your entry in a word document and then cut and paste it into the online entry form to prevent work being lost.
Find out more about who can enter and the entry process here.
Entry questions for the Innovations in your Specialty Award 2018:
1. Initiative title (25 words)
Please give your initiative a title.
2. Key aims and reasons (150 words)
Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind the implementation?
3. Key roles (150 words)
Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and implementation.
4. Team or individual entry?
If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
For example:
John Smith - Staff Nurse – Responsible for evaluating the results of the project.
Karen Jones – Staff Nurse – Responsible for the implementation of the project.
5. Challenges (150 words)
What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
6. Evaluation (150 words)
Please describe how the initiative has or will be formally evaluated. Please include how the initiative has improved patient experience, health outcomes and nursing practice.
7. Sharing best practice (150 words)
Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
1. How creative/innovative is the initiative? How much has the project contributed to nursing knowledge?
2. How instrumental was the entrant in setting up and leading the initiative?
3. Consider the level of obstacles the entrant overcame to get the initiative up and running
4. Consider the impact the initiative has had on patient experience, health outcomes, nursing practice
5. What level of evaluation has been undertaken / is planned?
6. To what extent has the entrant disseminated / plans to disseminate their initiative?