2021 Key Dates and Information

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It's the Patient's Choice - Nominate YOUR Special Nurse or Nursing Team!
We encourage patients and their family members to nominate a nurse OR nursing team for our Patient Choice Award!
Nominations due June 2, 2021
Visit the Patient Choice Award page for the details about the award and how to easily nominate your incredible nurse. 

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Call for Nightingale Award Nominations:
4/1/21 through 6/2/21

• The online application will be posted on 4/1/21.
• Visit our Awards page for details about the criteria.
• Download our Awards Poster and Patient Choice Poster. 
• Award finalists to be announced in July 2021.

Call for Scholarship Applications:
1/25/21 through 3/31/21

• Scholarship application window now closed.
• Scholarship recipients to be announced in May 2021.
• Visit our Scholarships page for details about the criteria.
• Applications will be accepted again in January 2022.

Sponsorships and Gala Program Acknowledgements Due:
9/20/21

• Sponsor a Nursing Award or Scholarship.
• Place a half- or full-page ad in our Gala program booklet.
• Submit a tax-deductible donation.
• Visit our Support Us page for details.

Nightingale Awards Gala

• Friday, October 22, 2021
• Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel
• Later in the year, we'll have details on the Awards Gala page.
• Everyone is invited to celebrate nursing with us!

NEW in 2021!
View the Details

Our Virtual Awards Gala was a Success!
If you missed it,
WATCH THE GALA HERE
View the Program Book​
View the Award Winners

THANK YOU TO OUR 
2020 GALA PRESENTING SPONSOR
WELLSPAN HEALTH!

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In 1989, Jayne (Carson) Felgen, Chief Nursing Officer at (the former) Osteopathic Hospital in Lancaster, recognized the need to promote and support nursing in Pennsylvania, as an essential strategy to recruit and retain nurses, in order to meet the state's future healthcare needs. Jayne and other visionary nurse leaders were the driving force behind the establishment of the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania (NAP) -- a statewide, non-profit organization, focused on recognizing exemplary nursing practice, and granting scholarships to students pursuing degrees in nursing at all levels. A volunteer Board of Trustees, consisting of individuals who are leaders in nursing, business, industry, and other healthcare fields, has guided the organization since its inception. Over the past thirty-two years, NAP has provided more than 200 nursing scholarships totaling over $380,000 and has honored more than 800 Pennsylvania nurses at its annual gala. 
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"The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel."
Florence Nightingale