Awards

The Nightingale Award

The Nightingale Award is given annually by the Board of Directors of the Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses to an individual or organization whose actions mirror the legacy and accomplishments of Florence Nightingale: leader, mentor, educator, researcher, a woman before her time, organizer, developer, bold in the face of adversity, and passionate about nursing and patient care.

2019 Loretta C. Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN, FAANP
2018 New York Organization of Nurse Executives & Leaders (NYONEL)
2017 Bellevue School of Nursing Alumnae Association
2016 Bonnie and Mark Barnes, Co-founders of the DAISY Foundation
2015 Barbara and Donald Jonas, Founders of the Jonas Center

Veronica M. Driscoll Award

The Driscoll Award is given annually by the Board of Directors of the Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses to an individual or organization who stands out through their dedication and determination in supporting the mission of the Center for Nursing in their efforts to increase public knowledge and understanding of nursing, the nursing profession, and the arts and sciences on which human health depends. The Driscoll Award will honor excellence in nursing history, education or research and seeks to recognize those who epitomize the standards and values for which Veronica M. Driscoll stood.

2019 Springer Publishing Company
2018 Dianne Cooney Miner, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN
2017 Rona F. Levin, PhD, RN
2016 Mary J. Finnin, MS, RN
2015 Barbara Zittel, PhD, RN
2012 Robert V. Piemonte, EdD, RN
2011 Margaret C. Heagarty, MD, HonDMS
2009 Linda D. Sickler, AAS
2008 Cecilia F. Mulvey, PhD, RN
2007 Janet P. Mance, MN, RN & M. Janice Nelson, EdD, RN
2006 Margeret G. Tyson, EdD, RN
2005 Beatrice M. Latremore, MS, RN
2004 Erline McGriff, EdD, RN, FAAN & Laura Simms, EdD, RN
2003 Catherine Leach, RN
2002 Cathryne A. Welch, EdD, RN