Categories and criteria

This award celebrates individual nurses or teams who have used their initiative, insight and skills to improve the health and well-being of children and young people.

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 this award’ 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.

Entry questions for the Child Health Award 2019:

1. Initiative title
Please give your initiative a title.
(15 words)   

2. Key aims and reasons
Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
(200 words)   

3. Key roles
Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and its implementation.
(200 words)

4. Team or individual entry?
If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the correct full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.

5. Challenges
What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
(200 words)    

6. Evaluation
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.
(300 words)

7. Sharing best practice
Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
(200 words)
 

8. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

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 their initiative?

This award recognises individual nurses or teams who work in community, primary care and public health roles. Whether you work in a health centre, general practice, care home, school or in patients' homes, we want to hear about your innovations and excellent practice.

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 this award’ 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.

Entry questions for the Community and General Practice Nursing Award 2019:

1. Initiative title
   Please give your initiative a title.
   (15 words)
    

2. Key aims and reasons
   Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
   (200 words)
    

3. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and its implementation.
   (200 words)
    

4. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    

5. Challenges
   What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
   (200 words)
    

6. Evaluation
   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.
   (300 words)
    

7. Sharing best practice
   Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
   (200 words)
    

8. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.
   

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 their initiative?

This award recognises individual cancer research nurses or research teams who are involved in clinical trials research to discover new ways to prevent, diagnose or treat cancer and improve patient outcomes. Applications are welcomed from those working on clinical trials in cancer, those entering as or on behalf of a clinical research nurse, or as part of a research team that includes cancer nurses.

Who can enter?
This category is only open to either those entering as or on behalf of a) a clinical research nurse working on cancer trials, or b) part of a cancer trial research team that includes clinical research nurses.

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.

Entry questions for the Excellence in Cancer Research Award 2019:

1. Research title
   Please give your entry a title.
   (15 words)
    
2. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant played in this research.
   (200 words)
    
3. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    
4. Description
   Please describe the research.
   (200 words)
    
5. Aims
   What were / are the key aims of the research?
   (200 words)
    
6. Implementation of the research
   How was the research implemented?
   (200 words)
    
7. Challenges
   What were the challenges in implementing the research and how were they overcome?
   (200 words)
    
8. Evaluation
   Please describe how the research has or will be formally evaluated
   (300 words)
    
9. Sharing your innovation
   How have you disseminated your research or what plans do you have to do this?
   (200 words)
    
10. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

1. How innovative was the entrant in delivering clinical research, setting up/leading an initiative or overcoming challenges?                                                               
2. How instrumental was the entrant in delivering the clinical research (for example, protocol development, patient recruitment, patient care or trial management) or in setting up and leading an initiative to raise awareness of clinical research or improve the patient experience?                                          
3. Consider the level of obstacles the entrant overcame in delivering the clinical research or initiative.
4. Consider the impact the clinical research or initiative has had on improving the patient experience, patient outcomes, treatment discovery or nursing practice.
5. What level of evaluation has been undertaken / is planned?
6. To what extent has the entrant their findings or knowledge?

This award rewards individuals working in a healthcare support role such as healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant practitioners (APs) who work under the guidance of a registered nurse, health visitor or midwife.

Who can enter?
Entries for this category are accepted from individual HCAs and APs. HCAs and APs can also be nominated by colleagues such as nurses, managers or consultants. Team entries are not accepted for this category. 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 this award’ 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.

Entry questions for the Healthcare Assistant Award 2019:

1. Entry title
   Please give your entry a title.
   (15 words)
    
2. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant played in this entry.
   (200 words)
    
3. Your reasons for entering
   Describe why you want to nominate yourself / the entrant for the award.
   (200 words)
    
4. Above and beyond
   How have you / the entrant gone above and beyond the expectations of healthcare assistants?
   (200 words)
    
5. Patient Care
   Please give a specific example of the difference you / the entrant has made to patient care.
   (200 words)
    
6. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

1. Consider the level of contribution the entrant makes / has made to the team.
2. What impact has the entrant’s contribution made to patient or client care?
3. Consider specific examples cited to illustrate the difference the entrant makes/made to patient care.
4. Has entrant applied learning in practice to improve patient care?

This award recognises individual nurses or teams who have implemented new projects or processes that have resulted in a real difference to patient care in 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.

Entry questions for the Innovations in your Specialty Award 2019:

1. Initiative title
   Please give your initiative a title.
   (15 words)    
    
2. Key aims and reasons
   Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
   (200 words)    
    
3. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and its implementation.
   (200 words)
    
4. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    
5. Challenges
   What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
   (200 words)  
    
6. Evaluation
   How has the initiative improved patient experience, health outcomes and nursing practice.
   (300 words)
    
7. Sharing best practice
   Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
   (200 words)
    
8. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

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 their initiative?

This award recognises individual nurses or teams who have used their initiative, insight and skills to make a real difference to the health, well-being and social inclusion of people with learning disabilities.

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 this award’ 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.

Entry questions for the Learning Disability Nursing Award 2019:

1. Initiative title
   Please give your initiative a title.
   (15 words)
    
2. Key aims and reasons
   Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
   (200 words)    
    
3. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and its implementation.
   (200 words)
    
4. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    
5. Challenges
   What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
   (200 words)    
    
6. Evaluation
   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.
   (300 words)
    
7. Sharing best practice
   Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
   (200 words)
    
8. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

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 their initiative?

This award recognises individual nurses or teams who have enabled older people to live independently at home for as long as possible, improved their experience in residential and/or care homes, or improved their care in acute settings.

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 this award’ 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.

Entry questions for the Nursing Older People Award 2019:

1. Initiative title
   Please give your initiative a title.
   (15 words)    
    
2. Key aims and reasons
   Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
   (200 words)    
    
3. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and its implementation.
   (200 words)
    
4. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    
5. Challenges
   What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
   (200 words)    
    
6. Evaluation
   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.
   (300 words)
    
7. Sharing best practice
   Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
   (200 words)
    
8. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

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 their initiative?

This award aims to recognise and reward the excellent work that individual nurses and nurse teams across all specialties do to improve the care, experience and quality of life for patients through their innovative approaches to continence care.

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.

Entry questions for the Promoting Continence Award 2019:

1. Initiative title
   Please give your initiative a title.
   (15 words)    
    
2. Key aims and reasons
   Please describe the key aims of the initiative. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
   (200 words)    
    
3. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant had in leading the initiative and its implementation.
   (200 words)
    
4. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    
5. Challenges
   What were the challenges in implementing the initiative and how were they overcome?
   (200 words)    
    
6. Evaluation
   How has the initiative improved patient experience, health outcomes and nursing practice.
   (300 words)
    
7. Sharing best practice
   Do you have plans to disseminate your initiative and share your innovation?
   (200 words)
    
8. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

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 their initiative?

This award is for individual nursing students or teams who can demonstrate that their nursing practice, perceptions or interactions with patients changed as a result of an incident or experience during training.

Who can enter?
Student nurses must submit their own entry. Nominations for this award are not accepted. Student team entries are accepted.

How to enter:
Entries must be submitted online via the ‘enter this award’ 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.

Entry questions for the Student Nurse Award 2019:

1. Entry title
   Please give your entry a title.
   (15 words)
    
2. Key roles
   Please clearly explain the role you played in this entry.
   (200 words)
    
3. Team or individual entry?
   If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team) please double-check and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
    
4. Your reasons for entering
   Describe the incident or experience where, by applying your learning, you were able to make a real difference to patient care.
   (200 words)
    
5. Above and beyond
   How does the project demonstrate that you have gone above and beyond the expectations of nursing students?
   (300 words)
    
6. Best practice
   How did the incident / experience affect your nursing practice? Please reflect on the changes and outcomes created as a result of the entry.
   (300 words)    
    
7. If you wish to attach a supporting file to your entry, please do so here. Please note:

• Your document must be a PDF.
• You can only upload one document.
• You can include images, graphs and any information that will support your submission.
• The maximum size you can upload is 5MB.

1. To what extent does the entrant demonstrate an ability to assess the situation, use their initiative and leadership skills to bring about change?
2. Does the student stand out from the crowd as a patient champion or future leader?