ANCC Magnet® Nurse of the Year Awards

The 2024 ANCC Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards

The American Nurses Credentialing Center invites you to submit a nomination for the fourteenth annual Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards.

The Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards recognize the outstanding contributions of clinical nurses in Magnet® designated organizations by acknowledging nurse contributions exemplifying excellence in leadership, innovation, and professional risk-taking in the context of each of the five Magnet® Model Components:

  • Transformational Leadership
  • Structural Empowerment
  • Exemplary Professional Practice
  • New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements
  • Empirical Outcomes
Magnet Model

2024 ANCC Magnet Nurse of the Year Call for Nominations

  • Begins: 5:00pm ET on Monday, March 4, 2024
  • Ends: 10:00am ET on Monday, May 6, 2024

Eligibility Criteria

  • Only one nomination will be accepted from a given Magnet organization regardless of size, setting, or location
  • The nominee must be a clinical nurse - defined by the Magnet Program as a registered nurse who spends the majority (≧51%) of their time providing direct patient care
    • This includes advanced practice nurses (APRNs) who spend the majority of their time providing direct patient care and
    • The clinical nurse must be employed and practicing at a Magnet designated organization
  • The nominee may have a range of tenures, hours worked, and locations of employment within the Magnet designated organization.
  • Previous winners and their organizations are excluded from eligibility for 12 months (e.g., the organization with a 2023 MNOY recipient is not eligible to submit a 2024 nomination but may nominate a clinical nurse in 2025).

Online Submission Steps and Instructions:

  1. Fee

    None

  2. Award Agreement

    The nominating individual and/or CNO

    • Reads and acknowledges compliance with MNOY Eligibility Criteria.
    • Describes the nominee's involvement in direct patient care as well as the percentage of the nominees' time spent providing direct patient care in the organization.

    The nominating individual and/or CNO attests/warrants that

    • Submitting a nomination constitutes agreement that the nominating individual and CNO endorser agree to be bound by the rules of the Magnet Nurse of the Year Award program.
    • That the nominee is employed by a Magnet organization and meets the Magnet definition of a clinical nurse.
    • The MNOY recipient will be present to accept their Award at the ANCC National Magnet Conference®.
    • The MNOY recipient and nominating individual and/or CNO will attend the Magnet Nurse of the Year reception at the ANCC National Magnet Conference.

  3. Magnet® Model Component

    The nomination must be assigned to and be relevant to one of the five Magnet® Model Components.

  4. Nomination Title

    Enter the formal Nomination Title, nominator email address, and nominee qualifications.

    Required format for online entry Nomination Title: "Nominee's Full Name - Magnet Organization Name - Project/Contribution Title" [Example: Joe A. Doe - Sample Magnet Organization - Nurse Extraordinaire].

  5. People

    Information must be provided for three (3) people - the nominator, nominee, and CNO endorser

  6. Documents

    The nominator's online submission must include three (3) documents uploaded in .pdf format:

    • A narrative essay (500 words or less)

      • The nominator must
        • write the narrative essay on official organization letterhead
        • include his or her full contact information - nominator name, credentials, email address, direct phone number, and organization address, and
        • sign the nomination.
      • The narrative essay must demonstrate the following:
        • The contribution(s) the clinical nurse nominee has made in the context of the identified Magnet Model Component
        • Clearly delineate the timeline associated with the contributions(s) made by the clinical nurse nominee
        • How the clinical nurse nominee's contribution(s) exemplifies excellence in leadership, innovation, and professional risk-taking in the context of the identified Magnet Model Component
        • The resulting nursing impact in the organization, region, and/or nation or world

    • Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) letter of endorsement (250-words-or-less)

      • The CNO must write the letter of endorsement on official organization letterhead and must include his or her full contact information - CNO name, credentials, email address, direct phone number, and organization address. The CNO must sign the letter of endorsement.
      • The CNO of the nominating Magnet designated organization endorsement must include
        • The contribution(s) the nurse nominee has made in the designated Magnet Model category
        • The way(s) the nurse nominee's contribution(s) exemplifies excellence in the designated Magnet Model category
        • The resulting nursing impact in the organization, region, nation, and/or world

    • Nominee's resume (3-page maximum): Must include his or her

      • full contact information - nominee name, credentials, home address, email address, and direct phone number,
      • educational background,
      • work experience,
      • professional activities,
      • publications, presentations or projects.

  7. Confirmation

    You will have a chance to look over the online submission to make sure all is complete.

  8. Nomination Process and Deadline

    • Nominators must complete and submit nominations through the online submission website.
      • The online submission website details all nomination information required and walks nominators through the submission process step-by-step. Nominators will have a chance to look over the submission to make sure all is complete before submitting the nomination.
    • Please Note: ANCC will review only completed applications.
    • ANCC will notify winners no later than August 28, 2024

      2024 ANCC Magnet Nurse of the Year Call for Nominations

      • Begins: 5:00pm ET on Monday, March 4, 2024
      • Ends: 10:00am ET on Monday, May 6, 2024

  9. Rules

    • Submitting a nomination constitutes agreement that each representative submitting the nomination and their nominee agree to be bound by the rules of the Magnet Nurse of the Year Award program.
    • Previous winners and their organizations are excluded from eligibility for 12 months (e.g., a 2023 MNOY recipient and their organization are not eligible for 2024 but may apply in 2025)
    • The nominee must be employed by a Magnet organization and meet the Magnet definition of a clinical nurse.
    • The MNOY recipient will be present to accept their Award at the ANCC National Magnet Conference®.
    • The MNOY recipient and nominating individual and/or CNO will attend the Magnet Nurse of the Year reception at the ANCC National Magnet Conference
    • The CNO supports the MNOY recipient's attendance in scripting sessions, read-throughs, and an on-stage rehearsals scheduled to afford the opportunity to refine, practice, and perfect their acceptance speech.
    • The Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards Committee will consider only complete and properly submitted nominations and material submitted with or in support thereof.
    • Material submitted with or in support of any nomination shall be received on the condition that

      • The Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards Committee shall have permission to use and display submitted materials in any manner it deems appropriate and to not return such material or any portion thereof to the nominee or nominators.
      • The Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards Committee may make such disclosure of the names of the nominees and of the work disclosed in such material as the committee deems appropriate.
      • No claim shall be made and no action shall be brought against the American Nurses Credentialing Center, its board of directors, employees, or members of the Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards Committee arising out of the use made of such nomination material or of any such disclosure.

    • If the Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards Committee does not consider any nominations suitable in a given Magnet Component during a given year, ANCC shall not give a Magnet Nurse of the Year Award in that Component.
    • The decision of the Magnet Nurse of the Year Awards Committee is final.

  10. Award

    • The Magnet Nurse of the Year® recipients will receive a $1,500.00 stipend to use toward travel and miscellaneous expenses associated with attendance at the ANCC National Magnet Conference®
    • Presentation of the MNOY Awards during the ANCC National Magnet Conference
    • One complimentary, full conference registration fee for the 2024 ANCC National Magnet Conference®
    • Up to three (3) complementary guest passes for the Awards General Session (only) during the Conference
    • Recognition during the Magnet Nurse of the Year reception at the ANCC National Magnet Conference
    • Professional photos taken at the ANCC National Magnet Conference
    • Award announcements on the ANCC website and via local and national press releases

    2024 ANCC Magnet Nurse of the Year Call for Nominations

    • Begins: 5:00pm ET on Monday, March 4, 2024
    • Ends: 10:00am ET on Monday, May 6, 2024

Questions?

Email MNOY@ana.org or call 301.628.5102

Technical Support

For help in submitting an application online, Contact technical support .

ANCC will present the National Magnet Nurse of the Year awards during the ANCC National Magnet Conference®. In addition, ANCC will feature award announcements on the ANCC website and will publish them in local and national press releases.