Awards/Nominations
ISPN Awards
The ISPN Awards provide an opportunity for the association to formally recognize some of the many outstanding contributions of psychiatric-mental health nurses throughout the world.
The Awards are (as approved by the ISPN Board, November 2015):
Jeanette Chamberlain Psychiatric Leadership Award
ISPN Clinical Practice Award
ISPN Diversity and Equity Award
ISPN Education Award
ISPN Research Award
Melva Jo Hendrix Lectureship Award
Living Legends Award
ISPN Psychiatric Mental Health Advocacy Award
For Descriptions of the Awards listed above, click here (PDF format)
Click here to view the recipients of past awards
ISPN Awards Nomination Process
Nominator's Role
Prepare and submit (e-mail or hard copy) a complete nomination packet that includes:
- Your official nomination letter describing the ways the nominee meets qualifications for the specific award. Comment on the impact of the individual's contributions on the population served and/or the discipline of mental health nursing - and any special contributions the nominee has made to ISPN. Please discern that the nominee is an active ISPN member at the time of nomination (except for Living Legend and Psychiatric Mental Health Advocacy awards - see specific criteria for these awards).
- At least one additional letter of endorsement/support - which should cover similar considerations or elaborate on one or more primary achievements.
- Relevant portions of the nominee's curriculum vitae - a maximum of 10-12 pages. Include education, credentials, and employment history - plus selected pages that document accomplishments that directly support the award - but in all cases, not more than 12 pages.
- E-mail address and phone numbers for both nominee and nominator.
- Optional: Additional support for the nomination (e.g., letter from a grateful parent, local newspaper article, etc.).
- Please notify Rhonda Schwindt, Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected], that you are submitting a nomination. This allows the awards committee to track nominations and assure that none gets lost.
- An individual should be nominated for only one award.
- Recipients of each award for past years are listed here. Please do not re-nominate an individual for the same award.
- No self-nominations accepted.
- All nominees must be members of ISPN at the time of nomination (except for the Psychiatric Mental Health Advocacy Award and Living Legend Award).
- Nominators do not need to be ISPN members.
A nominee can be informed of the nomination, or the nomination can be a surprise.
Please submit the nomination packet ( on or before March 5, 2018) using one of the following methods:
> email to: [email protected] with “ISPN Awards” in subject line
> mail to: ISPN, Attention: Awards, 2424 American Lane, Madison, WI 53704
Award recipients and nominators will be notified of the results prior to the annual conference. Winners will be recognized at the 2018 ISPN Annual Conference in Tempe, AZ.
Awards Committee's Process
Winners are selected by considering the nominee's contributions and impact on individuals, systems, or populations using the criteria of the particular award. To a lesser degree, general contributions the individual has made to the profession -- including ISPN - are considered. While many award recipients are seasoned achievers, early career members who are making solid contributions have received awards in recent years.
Questions? Welcome at any point . . . Rhonda Schwindt, Awards Committee, at [email protected].
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2017 Award Recipients
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Dr. Ukamaka Oruche, Awards Committee Chair;
Jeanette Chamberlain Psychiatric Leadership Award
(recipient) Carla J. Groh:
ISPN President Edilma Yearwood
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ISPN Clinical Practice Award
Andrea Kwasky
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ISPN Diversity and Equity Award
Kathy Wright
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ISPN Education Award
Mark D. Soucy
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ISPN Research Award
Jill E. Bormann
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Living Legend Award
Diane Elizabeth Morrison Snow
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2017 Melva Jo Hendrix Lectureship Award
Evelyn Parrish
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Susan Krupnick and Karen Ragaisis present
2017 McCabe Lectureship to
Victoria Soltis-Jarrett
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ISPN President, Dr. Edilma Yearwood presents
ISPN President's Award to
Peggy Plunkett
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ISPN Foundation President Linda Skalsky presents
ISPN Foundation Mental Health & Wellness Research Grant to
Allison McCord
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Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick presents
ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric
Nursing Research Award to
Sara Jones
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Poster Awards
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Research Poster, 2nd Place
Ayumi Kohno
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Research Poster, 1st Place
Judith Jarosinski
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Evidence-Based Practice: 2nd Place
Khadejah Fahmi Mustafa Mahmoud
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Evidence-Based Practice: 1st Place
Breanna Achterbosch
(photo - accepted on behalf of Breanna)
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Education/Teaching Pedagogy: 1st Place
Caroline McKinnon
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Education/Teaching Pedagogy: 2nd Place
Erin Ellington
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Student: 2nd Place
Katherine Coury
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Student: 1st Place
Brittany Yates
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