NCPD Premier Award

The NCPD Premier Award, brought to you by the ANCC Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) Accreditation Program, recognizes accredited organizations that excel in NCPD – Accredited Providers. NCPD Premier Award recipients are organizations that stand out, excel, and function at a higher level, above and beyond their peers. These organizations are role models and serve as exemplars in the field of NCPD to assist others to advance to excellence.

The NCPD Premier Award is presented to one or more accredited providers annually and recognizes recipients as award winners for a two-year period. Organizations may apply annually unless they are awarded the recognition. If recognized for the NCPD Premier Award, we ask that the organization wait to reapply until after their recognition term of two years is over. Only organizations accredited in good standing are eligible to apply.

Criteria

Organizations must provide a description and example for 2 of the 4 Premier Award Criteria

1. Describe how the provider unit creates a culture of empowerment that engages nurses in shared decision making and interprofessional collaboration
  within the provider unit and its educational activities.
2. Describe strategies used by the provider unit to identify and address a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the provider unit and its
  educational activities.
3. Describe how the provider unit leverages nursing continuing professional development in order to impact human, material, and/or financial resources in
  alignment with the organizations’ strategic goals.
4. Describe how the provider unit creates and sustains a culture of evidence in alignment with public health initiatives and the organizations’ strategic
  goals.

Eligibility Requirement

The Premier Program Award is granted only once per calendar year.
The Premier Program Award will be awarded to organizations who meet eligibility requirements and demonstrate qualifications for the award
- Eligibility requirements include organizations who are currently accredited or accredited with distinction, are not provisionally accredited, and/or have not had progress reports required within twelve (12) months prior to application.
- Organizations must be in good financial standing with the ANCC
Organizations who receive the Premier Program Award are recognized for a two-year term and are not eligible to reapply until their 2-year term is complete.
Evidence to support the application must be from 18 months prior to the date application cycle opens.
Organizations that have received the Premier Award may not use previously submitted evidence in their 2024 submission.
- Organizations must demonstrate iterative growth and that initiatives have been expanded within the last 18 months.
- Of note: 2022 awardees are eligible to reapply in 2024 for the Premier Award.

Responsibilities of Premier Award Recipients:

Publish, present, and/or disseminate best practices in program updates and/or at the NCPD Summit.
Collaboration at the following year’s ANCC NCPD Accreditation Workshops will be strongly encouraged.

Benefits of Premier Award Recipients:

Recognition at the annual ANCC NCPD Summit where award and trophy are presented by ANCC.
Recognition on the ANCC web site and press release from ANCC.
Premier Program Award recipients will receive recognition for a two-year term

NCPD PREMIER AWARD CONTACT INFORMATION

NCPD Premier Award Application should be completed by the Accredited Provider Program Director (formerly known as Lead Nurse Planner)

1. Accredited Provider Unit Name *This question is required.

2. Name of Accredited Provider Program Director *This question is required.

3. Organization Name *This question is required.

4. Organization Address *This question is required.

5. Organization Phone Number *This question is required.

6. Organization Email Address *This question is required.

7. Electronic Signature and Date *This question is required.

NCPD PREMIER AWARD APPLICATION FORM

Application Instructions:

• Choose 2 of the 4 Premier Award criteria below to submit a description and specific exemplar. Applicants may not submit evidence for more than two criteria.
• Provide narrative response in description and exemplar text boxes below.
• Additional evidence (graphs, tables, images, etc) may be uploaded to support the narratives provided.
• Applicants may use the same exemplar for both criteria; however, you must provide a description supporting how the evidence fits each specific criterion.
• Applicants must submit their application through this application page.

8. Choose the two criteria you wish to address: *This question is required.

1. Describe how the provider unit creates a culture of empowerment that engages nurses in shared decision making and interprofessional collaboration within the provider unit and its educational activities.
2. Describe strategies used by the provider unit to identify and address a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the provider unit and its educational activities.
3. Describe how the provider unit leverages nursing continuing professional development in order to impact human, material, and/or financial resources in alignment with the organization’s strategic goals.
4. Describe how the provider unit creates and sustains a culture of evidence in alignment with public health initiatives and the organization’s strategic goals.

Criteria #1: Describe how the provider unit creates a culture of empowerment that engages nurses in shared decision making and interprofessional collaboration within the provider unit and its educational activities.

DESCRIPTION: *This question is required.

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CRITERIA #2: Describe strategies used by the provider unit to identify and address a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the provider unit and its educational activities.

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CRITERIA #3: Describe how the provider unit leverages nursing continuing professional development in order to impact human, material, and/or financial resources in alignment with the organization’s strategic goals.

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CRITERIA #4: Describe how the provider unit creates and sustains a culture of evidence in alignment with public health initiatives and the organization’s strategic goals.

DESCRIPTION: *This question is required.

EXEMPLAR: *This question is required.

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