The University of Kansas Health System recently announced that Lindsay Norris, RN, has received the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) National Magnet Nurse of the Year Award. The award is in the category of Structural Empowerment and recognizes Norris’s contributions to internal education by improving professional nursing certification at the University of Kansas Hospital.

A personal battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer in 2016 inspired Norris to better educate and equip her teams, and led to her writing an open letter to cancer patients that received national attention. Norris tells PRNewswire.com:

“The relationship between the nurse and patient is so important because we serve as a lifeline. Patients are just trying to process all the information related to their cancer and we get the opportunity to be a translator.  Being a Magnet nurse at a Magnet designated hospital gives me that added confidence boost to empower the people I work with to help patients better navigate their cancer treatment.”

The ANCC National Magnet Nurse of the Year award recognizes the outstanding contributions of clinical nurses across the country for innovation, consultation, leadership, and professional risk-taking. The awards are presented in five Magnet Model areas: Transformational Leadership; Structural Empowerment; Exemplary Professional Practice; New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements; and Empirical Outcomes.

To learn more about University of Kansas Hospital oncology nurse Lindsay Norris and her ANCC National Magnet Nurse of the Year Award, visit here.

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