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Nursing Times Awards 2004
This year the NT awards include a category of infection control.

These prestigious annual awards recognise the incredible achievements of nurses and the contribution they make to health care. If you, your team or someone in your workplace is undertaking work or a project that is making a real difference to how nursing care is delivered then enter the Nursing Times Awards 2004. Make sure nursing gets the acknowledgment it deserves.

It is your chance to win �1000 in prize money and gain recognition for the work you undertake. The winners will be announced at a glittering awards evening taking place in a top London hotel this autumn.

Prize money

Each category winner (individual or team) will be awarded �1000 prize money, and up to four finalists will be awarded �100 each.
Winning entries will be published in Nursing Times.


The Nursing Times Awards are an opportunity to not only reward individuals and teams, but to raise the profile of your organisation and reflect the commitment it makes to achieving excellence in nursing care.

Categories: Cancer nursing, Continence, Infection control, Innovation in your specialty, Mental health, Nursing older people, Nutrition, Respiratory, Rising star, Team worker, Wound care.

ICNA is supporting the Infection Control Category.

For further details follow the link.


Nursing Times Awards 2004

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