Congratulations to 2009 Recipients
Sigma Theta Tau Xi Zeta Leadership Scholarship Recipient Winner
- Anne Marie Stewart
2009 Excellence Award Recipients
- Nurse Educator: Gwen Barrileaux
- Nurse Clinician: Gretchen Bergeron
- Nurse Leader: Joseph Eppling
2009 Research Award Recipients
- Michelle Dufrene, MSN,RN;Pamela Breaux, NP, RN; Amanda Eymard, MSN, RN, and Kellie Graffagnino, MSN,RN Prevention of Adolescent Tobacco Abuse (PATA) Project
Awards and Grants
Awards
Each spring, Xi Zeta presents chapter awards to recognize excellence in education, nursing practice and leadership.
General Criteria of Award Recipients:
- A registered nurse with at least one year of practice in either the clinical, educational or leadership setting.
- A member of at least one professional organization.
Criteria for Award for Excellence in Education:
- Receives recognition as a nursing educator.
- Develops/utilizes innovative approaches to nursing education, demonstrating excellence in teaching.
- Enhances the image of nursing through the effects of teaching.
- Advances the science of nursing through clarifying, refining and/or expanding the knowledge base of nursing.
Criteria for Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice:
- Receives recognition as a nursing clinician.
- Develops/utilizes innovative approaches to nursing practice, yielding quality nursing care.
- Enhances the image of nursing through nursing practice.
- Impacts the practice of nursing through communication.
Criteria for Award for Leadership:
- Receives local, national and/or international recognition as a nursing leader in education, practice, administration and/or research.
- Influences leadership in nursing through visionary and innovative approaches to leadership.
- Creates an environment that enhances the image of nursing/nurses.
- Participates in the development of nursing leaders and leadership.
Criteria for Sigma Theta Tau Xi Zeta Leadership Scholarship:
- Be a Sigma Theta Tau Xi Zeta inductee.
- Be a graduating senior enrolled in the Leadership and Management course at Nicholls State University.
- Achieve the highest grade in the Leadership and Management Course.
Grants
Xi Zeta also awards research grants yearly.
Purpose:
- To encourage nurses to contribute to the advancement of nursing through research.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Registered nurse with a current license.
- Submit a completed research application package.
- Ready to implement research project when funding is received.