PNAQ Inc. AWARDS

 

The PNAQ Inc. is delighted to be able to present the hard working nurses throughout Queensland with Annual PNAQ Awards.  These Awards were developed to assist the ongoing promotion of excellence in the specialist field of Perioperative Nursing.  The Awards will be presented each year at the Awards Dinner during the PNAQ Annual State Conference.

Why have the Awards?

PNAQ Inc. believe that the Awards will assist in the creation of a common vision for achieving Perioperative excellence through:

· providing professional credibility for Perioperative Nurses

· recognising individual and team efforts of Perioperative Nurses at a local level

· recognising PNAQ Inc. as a professional body which promotes Perioperative excellence.

Benefit to Patients

Patients receive improved outcomes from innovative, evidence based practice as a result of extending practitioners into new realms of Perioperative clinical service.

Benefit to Perioperative Nurses

· Recognition for service, effort, dedication and initiative

· Personal satisfaction for those who strive for improvement

· Recognition for professional and career profile

· Professional development and growth

· Validation of worth to the organisation

· Experience in the application of the EQUIP domains of practice and principles

Benefit to Individual Practice Settings

· Recognition for the promotion of proactive and innovative clinical practice

· Enhances a positive morale within the practice setting

· Promotion of Perioperative nursing as a career path

· Recognition as a preferred place of employment

· Fosters renewed commitment from staff towards professional practice

· Evidence of quality outcomes

· Unifies the application of EQUIP domains of practice and principles

Benefit to Sponsors of the PNAQ Inc. Awards

· Raised profile of organisation to individual Perioperative Nurses

· Fosters associations with your organisation and individual expert clinicians

· Promotes excellence in the organisation

· Recognises and promotes service development

· Unifies the direction for excellent clinical practice outcomes between organisations and Perioperative Nurses

· Promotes Perioperative nursing as a career path

· Unifies the application of the EQUIP domains of practice and principles

Benefit to PNAQ Inc.

· Promotion of the advancement of Perioperative Nursing

· Raises the overall standard of Perioperative Nursing practice

· Promotion of Perioperative nursing as a career path

· Raises the profile of the association

Awards Categories

· Novice/Beginner Award

· Team Award

· Excellence Award

See Awards Nomination Form For More Details