AONL Announces Award Honorees

AONL this week announced Children’s Health, Dallas, will receive the AONL Prism Award for advancing diversity efforts. The hospital increased racial and ethnic diversity within its nursing workforce from 33% to 55% through an apprenticeship program assisting associate degree graduates to transition into their professional role while completing a baccalaureate bridge program and nurse residency. Lindsay Hong, MSN, RN, a nurse manager at the Brain Innovation Center at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, will receive the Pamela Austin Thompson Emerging Leader Award. Linda Talley, MS, RN, a senior vice president and CNO at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., will receive the AONL Exemplary Leadership Award. AONL will honor the recipients during its annual conference next week in New Orleans.