NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2026
The Nursing Excellence Awards are opportunities to recognize and celebrate actively engaged professional RN’s, LVN’s and clinical care colleagues who exemplify practice and merit recognition from peers and other professional colleagues at UCSF Health. This includes all campuses (e.g., Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mt. Zion, Oakland, Hyde and Stanyan, Langley Porter).
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CONGRATULATIONS
2026 NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS!
DAISY AWARDS
2025-2026 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARDS PROCESS 2026
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
- Provide nominee details only in the nominee information section. Do not include any identifying information in the award criteria responses. (i.e., name, pronouns, unit/clinic names, specific councils, etc.)
Timeline
Nomination Window: Jan 20 – Feb 20, 2026
Voting Window: Mar 02 – Mar 27, 2026 (DNA Voting by Mar 13, 2026)
Winner Notification: Mar 30 – Apr 24, 2026
Nursing Excellence Awards Ceremony
May 08, 2026
2:00PM - 4:00PM
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
Recognition Toolkit
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