The Hartford/NOLF award was established to recognize specialty nursing organizations that demonstrate initiative in ensuring that members acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to help individuals age with optimal function, comfort, and dignity. The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing was founded in 1996, and is the only nursing institute in the country setting a national agenda and shaping the quality of care of older Americans through education, practice, research, and policy initiatives. The Nursing Organization Liaison Forum is a formal part of the American Nurses Association (ANA) that serves as a platform for addressing important issues that affect nursing and health care in general.

The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University’s Division of Nursing, in collaboration with the National Organization Liaison Forum (NOLF), announce an annual award for nursing associations that demonstrate exceptional effort in bringing geriatric nursing best practices to specialty nurses.

Eligibility
National specialty nursing associations that are members of NOLF or NFSNO.

Selection
Criteria for selection involves implementing activities of the Specialty Nursing Activities Criteria Partnership Program (SNAPP) such as:

Promoting sustained commitment to distribution of geriatric best practices information in various formats

Establishing geriatric focus/interest groups

Organizing geriatric keynote speaker(s) and/or geriatric workshops for conferences

Disseminating best practices in geriatric nursing (e.g., Hartford Institute’s Try This: Best Practices series) to membership through association publications

Displaying the Hartford Institute’s Resource Center for Care of Older Adults (exhibit) at yearly national conference

Linking geriatric-related websites (e.g., Hartford Institute’s site) to specialty association website

Awards
Selected associations each receive $500 and a plaque for display.  Recognition for the award takes place at both the associations’ national conferences and the annual NOLF meeting. In addition, selected associations receive substantial publicity.
 

• National Association of Orthopaedic Nursing
• National Nursing Staff Development Organization
• Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Nick Nurses
• Society of urologic Nurses and Associates

• American Psychiatric Nurses Association
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
• American Society of Pain Management Nurses
• Association of periOperative Nurses

• The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
• The Emergency Nurses Association

• The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• The American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses