Nominations Open
NHNPA Annual Awards
Each year, NHNPA celebrates APRNs, advocates, and leaders whose clinical excellence, service, advocacy, mentorship, and professional contributions strengthen APRN practice and improve healthcare in New Hampshire.
Help us recognize the people whose work moves APRN practice forward and strengthens the communities we serve.
The Awards
Award Categories
Nominate a person whose work reflects excellence, leadership, advocacy, or sustained service to advanced practice nursing.
NP of the Year
Recognizes an APRN member in good standing who has made a significant contribution to the nurse practitioner role at the state or national level through clinical practice, legislative advocacy, education, or research.
Advocate of the Year
Recognizes an APRN or non-APRN who has increased awareness and recognition of nurse practitioners through leadership, precepting, policy, politics, research, education, or community affairs.
Lifetime of Service
Recognizes an NP whose professional career reflects significant contributions to the role, scope, and development of nurse practitioners in New Hampshire.
Who can nominate
Speak to the nominee’s impact
Nominations may come from colleagues, peers, employers, students, community partners, or others who know the nominee’s work and can describe their contributions.
Plan before you nominate
Gather the essentials
- Nominee’s name and award category
- Credentials, if available
- Your contact information
- Nominee CV or résumé, highly recommended but not required
- Supporting documents, when helpful
The nomination form
Nomination Questions
- Evidence describing how the nominee meets the award criteria
- A description of the nominee’s qualifications and accomplishments
- Two key achievements that highlight the nominee’s impact
Strong nominations are specific. Include examples showing how the nominee has advanced APRN practice, supported NHNPA’s mission, strengthened healthcare in New Hampshire, or served patients, students, colleagues, or communities.
Review process
Show the full picture
Nominations are reviewed according to the award category and the nominee’s documented contributions. Include enough detail for the review committee to understand the nominee’s qualifications, accomplishments, and impact.
Ready to Nominate?
Help us recognize excellence in New Hampshire’s APRN community.
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