Awards & Scholarships - 2025
Indian Nurses Association of Illinois-Nurses Week Awards is Inviting Nominations for nursing awards in four categories and student scholarship awards, which will be presented at the INAI Nurses Week celebration on May 31st, 2025. Please see the categories and nominate online!
Nomination Deadline - May 23rd, 2025
Nominations
Best Clinical Nurse
The nominee should be an outstanding nurse who has shown his/her nursing excellence in the following criteria:
- Community Service (community involvement)
- Professional Development (i.e. Doing advanced education and certifications)
- Patient Care (i.e. Appreciation from a patient/Team)
- Promoting the Image of Nursing (Involvement in any nursing role)
Best Advanced Practice Nurse
The nominee should be an outstanding APN who has shown his/her Advance Practice Nursing excellence in the following criteria:
- Community Service (Community involvement)
- Professional Development (Advanced education and certifications)
- Practice (Outcome oriented practice, i.e. maintaining/improving the performance measures)
- Promoting the Image of Nursing (Involvement in any advanced role)
Best Nurse Leader
The nominee should be an outstanding Nurse Leader who showed excellence in the following criteria:
- Community Service
- Professional Development (Education and Certifications)
- Leadership Role
- Promoting the Image of Nursing
Outstanding Student Award
Indian Nurses Association of Illinois (INAI) will recognize three student nurses (LPN, Associate Degree, and BSN) who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and have made a significant contribution to their profession or to the community.
- Student must be in the program full-time during the year of nomination
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and above
- Significant contribution to the student’s chosen profession
- Must not be currently working as a licensed nursing professional
Lifetime Nurse Achievement Award
Indian Nurses Association of Illinois (INAI) will recognize the most experienced nurse in the United States (count only the years worked in the USA). Write a reflection on the below criteria’s
- Accomplishments in nursing career
- Achievements in nursing career
- Contributions to the nursing profession
Nursing Scholarship
The INAI scholarship program is designed to reward academic success, promote the nursing profession and career advancement for the next generation nurses. This opportunity is open to undergraduate LPN/RN program students of Indian origin. It’s not expected that the student be a member to qualify, but it is highly recommended to obtain a student membership to use the benefits
