Fourth Annual International Bayada Award for Technological Innovation in Nursing Education and Practice Announced By Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP) announced the fourth annual Bayada Award for Technological Innovation in Nursing Education and Practice. The award, sponsored by brothers Mel and Mark Baiada, recognizes the importance of incorporating technology in nursing for improved patient outcomes.
Two $5,000 cash awards will be presented: one to a nursing educator whose innovation leads to improved student clinical competency or efficiency of curriculum delivery, and one to a practicing nurse whose innovation leads to improved patient care. A blind judging will be performed with the judges considering the technology’s innovativeness and impact. The technology must be in use six months or longer. The application deadline is April 2, 2007. To apply for the award, visit: http://www.drexel.edu/cnhp/bayada/application.asp. Resubmissions from previous years are welcome.
Winners will be recognized at the Drexel University Nursing Education Institute conference in Miami, Fl. on Friday, June 8, 2007.
“The future of nursing lies in technological innovations and how they are applied to improve healthcare delivery to patients, and how they ready students to provide care,” said Dr. Gloria Donnelly, dean of Drexel’s CNHP. “Through the Bayada Award, we can highlight how nurses incorporate technology every day to better patient care, to save lives, and to instruct students on the use of technology in learning.”
The award is sponsored by J. Mark Baiada, Founder, Bayada Nurses and Mel Baiada, Benefactor, Drexel University’s Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology.
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions enrolls approximately more than 3,000 student. The College includes 16 programs, 125 full-time faculty and affiliations with some of the finest health care institutions in the U.S. The programs are designed to build knowledge, improve practice and culturally competent care, foster professional integrity, and ultimately improve the health outcomes of patients, families and communities across the continuum of care. For more information on Drexel University or other programs in Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, visit http://cnhp.drexel.edu.