Up to three exceptional individuals from the Circle of Excellence Society from 2008-2014 were selected to receive the Flame of Excellence award, which recognized sustained contributions of excellence in acute and critical care nursing.
Flame of Excellence award recipients are current AACN members and Circle of Excellence Society members who demonstrate outcomes associated with the award criteria at a high level and with broad reach in six categories.
Recipients exemplified the following:
Relentlessly promote patient-driven excellence
Model skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making and meaningful recognition
Transform thinking, structures and processes to address challenges and remove barriers to advance patient-driven excellence
Further AACN’s mission and key initiatives at influential forums
Enrich own and other organizations by influencing and mentoring others in achieving excellence
Achieve visible results that validate the impact of individual leadership contribution to organizational excellence
Past Flame of Excellence recipients have made significant contributions to our field.