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Awards Committee Guiding Principles

The Awards Committee (the Committee) takes its work very seriously and operates based on a series of broad guiding principles in the fair adjudication of the Nursing Awards of Excellence.

These include:

• Excellence is broadly understood as the process of exceeding the expectations of the profession by frequently and consistently going above and beyond the standards set forth by the College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC).
• The Committee recognizes that true excellence must also contain an element of leadership. To this end, the Committee accepts and uphold the definition of nursing leadership as defined by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA): "Nursing leadership is about critical thinking, action and advocacy – and it happens in all roles and domains of nursing practice. Nursing leadership plays a pivotal role in the immediate lives of nurses and it has an impact on the entire health system and the Canadians it serves."
• The Committee also adheres to the principle of diversity and inclusion set forth by the ARNBC. "The Association of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (ARNBC) is committed to the concepts of diversity and cultural competence and believes strongly in the importance of including and integrating individuals who represent all areas of nursing practice, irrespective of location, and who represent different groups as defined by race, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation age, disability, national origin and religion."

Rural or Remote Practice

Should providing three to five letters from nurses prove extremely difficult because of rural, remote or geographic limitations, the letters may be from members of the health care team and/or members of the remote community in which the nominee is practising. "Remote Nursing Practice" is defined by the College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC) as a nursing practice that "occurs in communities where there is no resident physician or nurse practitioner, but where physicians or nurse practitioners visit the community periodically and are available to provide consultation to the registered nurse. Registered nurses in these communities provide community health nursing services and primary care (as set out in established decision support tools) and respond to emergencies."

If a nomination package contains fewer than two letters from nurses then a letter must be included with the nomination package that outlines the reasons as to why the work setting is considered rural or remote and supports the nominee's consideration for this letter exception.