Award Nominations 2017 Safe Patient Handling and Mobility/Falls Conference Renaissance Glendale, Glendale Arizona April 10-14, 2017 Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals Advocacy Award Audrey Nelson Best Practices In Safe Patient Handling Award Bernice Owen Research Award
2017 Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals Advocacy Award There are those persons who have stepped up and gone beyond the efforts of others to promote the practice of safe patient handling and mobility. Some have made a meaningful impact in a short time through their dedicated service and others have worked for years to make a different. We need your assistance to identify the person whose efforts and service have made a valuable impact on the industry that person who deserves to be identified and acknowledged by their peers. Please use the following form to nominate an individual for consideration as the 2017 recipient of the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals Advocacy Award. Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals Advocacy Award
Selection Criteria: Scope of activities (one facility, one healthcare system, national in scope) Interprofessional scope of activities (one profession, limited professions, multidisciplinary with significant inclusion) Impact of advocacy activities on Quality of Care/Patient Safety (anecdotal evidence, limited outcomes measured, strong measurement of outcomes) Impact of advocacy activities on Cost of Care (anecdotal evidence, limited outcomes measured, strong measurement of outcomes) Short term impacts (new methods, etc.) (limited to one facility, one healthcare system, national in scope) Long term adoption [repeatable, sustainable change] (one facility, one healthcare system, national in scope) Please describe this person s SPHM achievements based on the above criteria (No page limit, but keep a reasonable length)
2017 Audrey Nelson Best Practices in Safe Patient Handling Award Please use the following form to nominate an individual for consideration as the 2017 recipient of the Audrey Nelson Best Practices in Safe Patient Handling Award. Audrey Nelson Best Practices in Safe Patient Handling Award attn.: Valerie Kelleher Name:... Please answer the following questions, as appropriate, and be as specific as possible. Include additional pages as necessary. (No page limit, but keep a reasonable length) 1. What specifically has the nominee done to achieve excellence in safe patient handling? 2. Give examples of the methods used and specific outcomes achieved. 3. How has the nominee shared their success with the healthcare community? 4. Please include anything else you would like us to know about this candidate.
2017 Bernice Owen Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Research Award Please use the following form to nominate an individual for consideration as the 2017 recipient of the Bernice Owen Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Research Award. Bernice Owen Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Research Award attn.: Valerie Kelleher Name:... Please answer the following questions, as appropriate, and be as specific as possible. Include additional pages as necessary. (No page limit, but keep a reasonable length) 1. What specifically has the nominee done to achieve excellence in safe patient handling research? 2. Give examples of the methods used and specific outcomes achieved. 3. How has the nominee shared their success with the healthcare community? 4. Please include anything else you would like us to know about this candidate.