NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025
Nursing Excellence Awards is an opportunity to reflect and recognize actively engaged professional RN’s, LVN’s and clinical care colleagues exemplifying practice to merit recognition from peers and other professional colleagues at UCSF Health. This includes all campuses (Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mt. Zion, Oakland, St. Mary’s and St. Francis, Langley Porter).
Direct questions to [email protected]
Process
- Submit a nomination form via the Nursing Excellence Nomination Portal for each nominee
- A single nominee can receive more than one nomination
- Each nominee will be scored based on the award criteria
- 800-character limit for each criteria entry
- Do not include identifying information (i.e., name, pronouns, unit/clinic names, specific councils, etc.)
Timeline
Nomination Window: Jan 29 – Feb 18, 2025
Voting Window: Feb 26 – Mar 19, 2025
Winner Notification: Mar 26 – Apr 16, 2025
Nursing Excellence Awards Ceremony (in-person):
May 09, 2025
1:00PM - 3:00PM
2001 The Embarcadero, 1st Floor, San Francisco
Eligibility
(some categories will have more eligibility guidelines)
- A career employee (appointment of ≥ 50%)
- Worked for a minimum of 2 years at UCSF Health
- Have a performance evaluation of at least a satisfactory rating
- Have not been a recipient of the same award category in the past
- SELECT SECTION FOR LIST OF WINNERS AND NOMINEES -
NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS
DISTINGUISHED NURSING AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
AMBULATORY NURSING
WINNER
NOMINEES
CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING - SHEILA MANN AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
COMMUNITY SERVICE NURSING AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
CRITICAL CARE NURSING - CLIFFORD K. & AVOLA WILSON MEMORIAL AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
EMERGENCY NURSING AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUE AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEE
NEUROSCIENCE NURSING - HELEN B. RIPPLE AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
NURSING LEADERSHIP AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
NURSING PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
ONCOLOGY NURSING - JEANNE YALON AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
PERINATAL NURSING AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
PERI-PROCEDURAL NURSING AWARD
WINNER
CLINICAL CARE PARTNERS AWARD
WINNERS
PRECEPTOR AWARD - ADULT SERVICES AWARD
WINNER
PRECEPTOR AWARD - PEDIATRIC SERVICES AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
DAISY AWARDS
2024-2025 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
WINNERS
NOMINEES
2025 NURSE LEADER AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
2025 TEAM AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEES
2025 ETHICS AWARD
WINNER
2025 HEALTH EQUITY AWARD
WINNER
2025 NURSE EDUCATOR AWARD
WINNER
NOMINEE
OTHER WAYS TO RECOGNIZE
Thank a colleauge using the UCSF Health Recognize Platform
Nominate a colleauge for a UCSF Health PRIDE Experience Award
Post a message on social media using #UCSFNurses
Tag @ucsfhealth or @ucsfchildrens or @UCSFHospitals (Twitter)
Patients can email [email protected]
Nominate a nurse for a DAISY Award in the West Bay and East Bay