AONL Prism Award

The AONL Prism Award recognizes an organization that is a leader in broadening roles within the nursing profession, a health care organization or its community while prioritizing nurses’ health, well-being, resiliency, and safety in the workplace.

The Prism Award winning-organization will receive a $5,000 donation.

Eligibility Criteria

An organization nomination must be submitted by a current AONL member.
Current members of the AONL Board of Directors and AONL staff are not eligible.

The Prism Award is sponsored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Nomination Process

Any AONL member may nominate an organization for the award by submitting a form including the following attachments:

Description summarizing the nominee's qualifications with respect to the award criteria listed in the application.

1000 word maximum

Letter of recommendation demonstrating the nominee's qualifications.

E.g. a letter from CEO, supervisor, mentee, etc.

Supporting materials demonstrating nominee's work.

Supporting materials include an overview of a program, additional letters of recommendation, articles, etc.

AONL staff or Award committee members may not submit a nomination.

Selection Process

The Awards committee will select the Prism award winner using a Likert scale and the below submission criteria (D1 – 4; C1 – 7):

AONL Guiding Principles

Creating practice environments of psychological safety ensures safe and effective patient-centered care.

Health care organizations will strive to develop internal and external resources that support patient-centered care and meet the needs of the patient and workforce populations served.

Partnerships play a pivotal role in advancing vision.

Health care organizations will partner with universities, schools of nursing and other organizations that educate nurses and leaders to support development and implementation of policies, procedures, programs, and learning environment that foster cultural intelligence and recruitment and retention of a student population that reflects the communities it serves.

Leveraging data, technology, and research will assist in achieving the desired goal.

In partnership with statisticians and health policy experts, health care organizations will leverage technology to collect and disseminate resources, research and information to improve patient care and track employee wellness.

AONL Nurse Executive Competencies

Maintains a work environment that recognizes and values staff, physicians, patients and communities.

Indicators exist for cultural competency and the individual monitors progress to goals.

Utilizes population data to identify cultural clusters and the application of culturally-based care.

Policies and processes are in place which incorporates cultural beliefs into care.

Serves as lead person (champion) in the dissemination of cultural competency principles.

Process exists for the application of evidence-based practice and incorporation of best practices in patient care and the reduction of health care disparities