Inside Duke Medicine
36 nurses will receive awards, $1,000 stipend
posted November 13th, 2008
Each year, Friends of Nursing gives 36 excellence awards to DUHS nurses, providing them with a $1,000 stipend they can use for professional development. Learn more about this year’s recipients in Inside Online’s High Five section. Beginning Nov. 14, each of the award winners will be featured there.
The awards will be presented at the annual Friends of Nursing Gala on Nov. 15.
Ask Duke’s 3,000 nurses what they do and you’ll get a variety of answers. Some work at the bedsides of hospital patients, some provide care in dozens of clinics, while others take their knowledge and skills out into the community.
But ask them why they do these things, and the answer is much simpler. They do them to help other people.
Friends of Nursing exists to recognize and reward nurses for all the roles they play: caregiver, educator, researcher, colleague, patient advocate and friend.