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NNA Honors, Nightingale Tribute & Hall of Fame: Writing a Nomination or Tribute
Sara Seemann
Linda Lazure
Nightingale Tribute
Sara Seemann, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, ONC
Saturday, October 18, 2014
0800 – 0900
Breakout Session
Nightingale Tribute
Objective:Review purpose, history and process for utilizing the Nightingale Tribute
Nightingale Tribute
Purpose:A tribute to any registered nurse or licensed practical nurse for their years of service, to be given during the nurse’s funeral by a nurse colleague or friend
Nightingale Tribute“Nursing is a calling, a way of life. Nursing is a service profession that cannot be lived in isolation. Nurses rely on each other for the synergistic effect of teamwork in our efforts of care giving. It is appropriate that we honor our colleagues not only during their careers, but also at the end of their life’s journey.”
Nightingale Tribute
NNA Reference Proposal • Adopted 2004
– NNA House of Delegates• Developed by Kansas State Nurses
Association in 2003– Adopted by the American Nurses
Association 2004» Available to all nurses
Nightingale Tribute
Accessing: The Nightingale Tribute• Available on Nebraska Nurses
Association website– www.nebraskanurses.org
Nightingale Tribute
Location:• Members Benefits
– Awards & Scholarships• Nightingale Tribute
No Sign In or Registration required
Nightingale Tribute
Nightingale Tribute
• The Nightingale Tribute Program– pdf version
Nightingale Tribute
Nightingale Tribute
Components• Short synopsis of career• White rose(s)• Creative Reading
– SHE (He) WAS THERE
Nightingale Tribute
Components• Determined by family and loved
ones – Collaboration
• Desires and/or wishes
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Summary of nursing career
• Describe the individuals life as a nurse
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Educational background
• Program or University
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Practice environment
• Clinical – Medical Center– Public Health
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Practice environment
• Academia– Primary focus
• Research– Area of study
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Volunteer activities
• Organizations– Committees
• Nursing skill – Benefits
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Passion
• Describe his/her love of nursing
Nightingale Tribute
Short synopsis of career– Tell short stories
• Describe his/her impact on patients, families, students, colleagues and profession
Nightingale Tribute
White Rose(s)– Honor and Appreciation
• Placed a single white rose with the nurse after reading
– Invite nurse friends/colleagues to bring a white rose
• Present a bouquet of white roses – Make arrangements for bouquet of roses
from nurses
Nightingale Tribute
White Rose(s)“(Name)”, we honor you this day and give you a white rose ( or present these white roses) to symbolize our honor and appreciation for being our nursing colleague.”
Nightingale Tribute
Creative Reading– Nursing is a calling, a lifestyle, a way
of living. Nurses here today honor (Name) and his/her life as a nurse
Nightingale Tribute
Creative Reading– (Name) is not remembered by
his/her ____years as a nurse, but by the difference he/she made during those years by stepping into people’s lives . . . By special moments:
Nightingale Tribute
Creative Reading– She (He) Was There
• Poem– Pronoun utilized as appropriate– 2004 Duane Jaeger, RN, MSN (Kansas
State Nurses Association
Nightingale Tribute
The Nightingale Tribute:– Use any part or all – Modifications are encourage
• Reflect nurse’s life• Desires of family• Funeral service
Nightingale Tribute
The Nightingale Tribute:– Schedule in the service
• In collaboration – Family– Funeral home– Place of Worship
Nightingale Tribute
Memorial Contributions– May be suggested in care of
The Nebraska Nurses Foundation• To further the professional practice of
nursing through educational offerings and opportunities
NNA’s Nightingale Tribute
Annual Nightingale Tribute– NNA Tradition since 2005
• During the assembly of the Nebraska Nurses Association House of Delegates
NNA’s Nightingale Tribute
Location:– Members Benefits
• Awards & Scholarships– Nightingale Tribute
No Sign In or Registration required
NNA’s Nightingale Tribute
Nightingale Tribute
Celebration of life– Difficult time of saying goodbye– Fitting to support families
Nightingale Tribute
Celebration of life– A Nurse’s family is part of ones
career. Children of nurses grow up knowing about the long hours, the fatigue, the strain . . . and they grow up knowing about the special moments of serving others
Nightingale Tribute
Celebration of life– The family is proud of the difference
his/her mom or dad made in others’ lives.
– Friends and colleagues also share in those times.
Nightingale Tribute
NNA’s commitment:– Honoring our colleagues at the end
of life’s journey