EiPN Team Award
The Excellence in Perioperative Nursing (EiPN) Team Award is presented to a perioperative nursing team who have made an outstanding contribution to one of the following:
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the delivery of patient care within their health care facility
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the promotion of perioperative nursing practice.
The award is one of high profile recognition with no monetary value.
The award is presented at the biennial national conference where the team receives a certificate of recognition.
The team may work collaboratively with the departments of surgery and anaesthetics, the Central Sterilising Unit and/or other health care units to achieve an outstanding contribution to the delivery of patient care.
Teams shall apply for the award.
Applications close on 31 May 2024.
Application guidelines
The team's contact person must have current full membership of their state or territory Local Association and identify all members of the team and those who are members of ACORN.
A perioperative team is defined as nurses working within an operating suite service. The team must comprise nurses from amongst the following ACORN membership categories:
Acute pain nurse
Anaesthetic nurse
Circulating nurse
Day of surgery admission nurse
Day surgery nurse
Instrument nurse
Perioperative educator
Perioperative Nurse Surgeon's Assistant
Perioperative researcher
Post Anaesthesia Care Unit nurse
The team will have demonstrated a contribution that meets outcomes from among the following criteria:
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an involvement in evidence-based research that supports an improvement to the delivery of patient care
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an outstanding contribution to the delivery of patient care
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an active promotion of perioperative nursing practice
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leadership in perioperative nursing
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promotion of the ACORN standards
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an involvement in broadening ACORN's membership base to include all nurses who practice perioperative procedures
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an ability to promote perioperative nursing and enhance recruitment to the specialty.
Application procedure
The call for applications will be advertised in The Oak from September in the year prior to the conference. Local Associations will be notified in October that applications are open.
Applications close on 31 January of the ACORN biennial conference year.
EiPN Team Award recipients
2016 St Vincent's Health Australia Perioperative Thermal Care Collaborative
2020 Lyell McEwin Perioperative Unit (SA)
