Laurel More Wins AAACN’ s 2021 Presidential Above and Beyond Award
Laurel More, MS, RN, NPD-BC, CPN, ambulatory clinical education specialist, is a recipient of the American Association of Ambulatory Care Nursing’ s( AAACN) 2021 Presidential Above and Beyond Award. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the AAACN and recognizes AAACN members who, like More, dedicate a significant amount of their time to advance ambulatory nursing practice and exceed the expectations of their volunteer role.
More was recognized for the following professional contributions:
• Helping to develop and publish the AAACN’ s“ Nurse Residency Program: Transition to the Specialty of Ambulatory Care”
• Publishing“ Transition to Practice- Part 2 Implementing an Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program: Competency- It’ s Not Just a Task” in the Nursing Economics journal
• Serving as a co-chair of the AAACN’ s Academic-Practice Partnership Task Force, where she created guidelines for academic and practice settingsto strengthen ambulatory partnerships and provide more ambulatory clinical experiences for nursing students
“ It has been a very rewarding experience to work with other ambulatory care nursing leaders across the nation to develop tools and resources to advance the specialty of ambulatory care nursing,” More says.“ Volunteer leadership positions in national organizations are a great way to positively impact changes in healthcare delivery.”
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