GAPNA Excellence Awards, Foundation Grants and Scholarships
Congratulations to the 2023 GAPNA Excellence, GAPNA Foundation, and Podium and Poster Awards Recipients. Recipients were announced at the 2023 GAPNA Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony at the 2023 Annual Conference in New Orleans. The free On-Demand recording of the 2023 Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Luncheon is available in the GAPNA Online Library.
GAPNA Excellence Awards
GAPNA Innovative Project Award
GAPNA Education Committee
Chapter Excellence Award
Great Lakes Chapter
Excellence Award in Community Service
Jennifer Young, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-C
Excellence Award in Clinical Practice
Amanda Federovich-Hogan, DNP, RN, NP-C, MBA, CNRN, ACHPN, GS-C
Excellence Award in Education
Sharon Stahl Wexler, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, FNGNA
Excellence Award in Leadership
Evelyn Duffy, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP
Excellence Award in Research
Candace C. Harrington, PhD, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CNE, FAAN
GAPNA Foundation Grants
GAPNA Foundation Grant
Dr. Lynn Roser, PhD, CNS, CIS, FAPIC
"Trajectories of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Long COVID-19/Post COVID-19 Infection"
Dr. Tracy Chan, PhD, ANP-BC
“Intra-professional Dementia Care Simulation"
GAPNA Foundation Clinical Project Grant Award
Ms. Annie Li Wong, MS, APRN, GNP
“Feasibility of Project Nurse Lead Social Prescription Program to Decrease Loneliness and Social Isolation in People with Parkinson's Disease”
Barbara Resnick Health Promotion Grant
Dr. Anna Forster, PhD, RN
"Validity and Feasibility of Affect Measures and Accelerometer Use in Older Adult Farmers to Improve Physical Activity”
GAPNA Foundation Virginia Lee Cora Research Grant
Dr. Candace C. Harrington, PhD, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CNE, FAAN
“Improving Transitions in Care from Long-Term Care to Home”
David Butler Spirit of GAPNA Award
Dr. Marianne Shaughnessy, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, GS-C, FAAN
AMDA Foundation Futures Educational Grant
Ms. Marci Beard, NP
Poster Awards
Funded by the GAPNA Foundation
1st Place - ADVANCED-Comfort: A Novel Model of Care to Promote Comfort and Quality of LifeRuth Lopez, PhD, FAAN
2nd Place - A Frailty Care Model to Inform Care of the Older Adult
Lee Anne Siegmund, PhD, RN, ACSM-CEP; Lorraine Novosel, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, AGPCNP-BC
3rd Place - Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Older Adult: Don’t Call Cardiac Clearance!
Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, NICHE
DNP/PHD Student Poster - Implementation of a Patient-Centered Care Tool on an Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit
Anna Caldwell, DNP, AGPCNP-C, GS-C
Podium Awards
1st Place - Perceived Effectiveness of Nursing Faculty of Clinical Video Simulation for Use in Nurse Practitioner Education
Laurie Kennedy-Malone, PhD, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA
2nd Place - Thinking Outside the Classroom: Development of an Interactive Pressure Injury Prevention Fair Notably of Older Adults Risk for Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Students
Autumn Henson, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, WCC
3rd Place - Academic Needs Assessment: Examining Post-Licensure Nursing Students Perceived Assessment and Reporting Elder Abuse Knowledge
Sally Mahmoud, DNP, MSN/MPH, RN, CNE
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