Newswise — Ten UCLA Health nurses are among 40 honored by the Simms/Mann Family Foundation in the second year of a campaign to recognize extraordinary nurses in Los Angeles. The foundation, through Off the Chart: Rewarding Nursing Greatness, recognized 40 nurses working at four medical centers in the Los Angeles area. The honor is intended to highlight the outstanding, humanistic care nurses provide in a variety of community settings—particularly focusing on nursing greatness that has limited visibility, goes uncelebrated, or is unacknowledged by traditional metrics.
Each nurse will receive a gift of $10,000 from the foundation. The unrestricted funds are an expression of gratitude for leadership, ingenuity, and expertise in caring for fellow human beings. The gifts recognize nurses across disciplines, in inpatient and outpatient settings, and at various stages of their careers.
The selection criteria were focused on nurses with “a bias toward action; a capacity for self-direction; originality and creative instincts; courageous and bold thinking; and the potential to achieve even more.” According to Victoria Mann Simms, PhD, president, Simms/Mann Family Foundation, the recognition seeks to make the expertise of these nurses visible on a national scale, encourage professional growth, and empower self-advocacy, as well as to broaden public awareness of the crucial role nurses play. The foundation created the Off the Chart: Rewarding Nursing Greatness campaign to serve a.