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The NLN Awards annually recognize and honor individuals of stature and
distinction for their outstanding contributions to nursing education and
the broader space of health care
Individuals selected for these awards exemplify the NLN's Core Values
The NLN Awardees are recognized at the annual NLN Education Summit during the Honors Convocation ceremony.
The NLN Mary Adelaide Nutting Award for Outstanding Teaching or Leadership in Nursing Education recognizes an individual who:
- Contributes as a leader in nursing education
- Encourages creative interactions with students from diverse backgrounds
- Mentors and serves as role model for junior faculty.
- Publishes scholarly works that advance nursing education knowledge or provides support for educational levels where they are engaged
- Demonstrates outstanding teaching
The 2024 NLN Mary Adelaide Nutting Awardee for Outstanding Teaching or Leadership in Nursing Education, Dr. Angela McNelis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, CNE
The NLN Isabel Hampton Robb Award for Outstanding Leadership in Clinical Practice recognizes the outstanding contributions of an individual who:
- Inspires passion for clinical nursing
- Promotes evidence-based practice by building practice-education partnerships
- Encourages clinical expertise and inter-professional practice
- Challenges students to expand their clinical knowledge base in innovative ways
- Conducts scholarly research to assess learning outcomes that improve patient care
- Fosters development of clinical reasoning in the culture of patient care
The 2024 NLN Isabel Hampton Robb Awardee for Outstanding Leadership in Clinical Practice, Dr. Sharon Y. Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FASPEN
The NLN Lillian Wald Humanitarian Award recognizes an individual who improves the lives of those in need through selfless, courageous, creative, and compassionate acts, and who:
- Meets the ethical responsibilities of the nursing profession in keeping with the NLN core values of caring, integrity, diversity and inclusion, and excellence
- Enhances the lives of people through unselfish dedication to humanity
- Cares for others above and beyond their roles regardless of personal risk or compensation
- Embodies common moral decencies such as altruism, integrity, freedom, justice, honesty, truthfulness, responsibility, and compassion
- Respects and embraces human diversity
The 2024 NLN Lillian Wald Humanitarian Awardee, Dr. Marie T. O'Toole, EdD, RN, FAAN