Our Awards Gala will be Virtual this Year!
October 23, 2020
Stay tuned! More information will be communicated in the coming weeks. 

Thank you to our 2020 Gala Presenting Sponsor
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​Do you need a pick-me-up?

Watch this 3-minute video from the International Council of Nurses. It's a song for all the world's nurses, titled, "I am a nurse." Enjoy!

Key Information for 2020

Nursing Award Nominations

• The nomination window is now closed (July 15).
• Award finalists will be announced in August.
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Scholarship Recipients Announced

• Congratulations to our 2020 Scholarship Recipients!
• Download the printable announcement. 

​Sponsorships and Gala Program Book Acknowledgements

• Due September 25, 2020
• Visit the Support Us page for details.
• Options:
  • Sponsor a Nursing Award or Scholarship.
  • Place a half- or full-page ad in our gala program book.
  • Submit a tax-deductible donation.

31st Annual Awards Gala
Friday, October 23, 2020 | Location - Virtual/Online
Visit the Awards Gala page for details.
Join us to celebrate nursing in Pennsylvania!

Please Consider Supporting Us

2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, as proclaimed by the World Health Organization. Unfortunately, it has also been a year of a world-wide pandemic, economic distress, and social unrest. The Board of Trustees of the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania (NAP) remains dedicated to its mission of recognizing nursing excellence in Pennsylvania and supporting nursing education, especially this year!

NAP needs financial support to honor nurses and provide nursing scholarships. We can't do it without you! With the decision to hold the annual Awards Gala virtually this year, we've made adjustments to the sponsorship/contribution levels. Visit the Support Us page for all the details. The NAP Board greatly appreciates the community’s support of its mission!  

Remembering Sara Jean "Sally" Mapstone

On July 15, 2020, we lost one of our founding board members, Sally Mapstone. Sally brought her passion for nursing and her leadership skills to the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania (NAP) and was instrumental is helping the organization become what it is today. She chaired the Scholarship Committee for several years and was a huge mentor and supporter of board members who joined after her. Join us in remembering Sally and her contributions to nursing and to NAP.
Read Sally's obituary.

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.  Through the past thirty years, NAP has provided close to 200 nursing scholarships totaling over $330,000 and has honored over 550 Pennsylvania nurses at its annual gala. 

"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