Purpose:

To recognize a nursing school or college that has provided significant efforts in recruiting and retaining men in nursing, in providing men a supportive educational environment, and in educating faculty, students and the community about the contributions men have and do make to the nursing profession.

 

Procedure:

An individual or group of individuals will submit to the Board nominations for the award. The Board will contact the dean/ director of the nursing school or college to congratulate them on their nomination, and request the materials detailed below be submitted for consideration for the award.

 

Criteria:

1. The nursing school or college will submit to the Board of Directors a portfolio detailing the its efforts in meeting the needs of men in nursing. Examples of efforts may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Marketing materials and website images depicting men
• Career fairs/ public relations events targeting men
• Strategic plans with aims to increase gender diversity in the student and/or faculty bodies
• Course syllabi that include content on the history of men in nursing and men’s health
• Newsletter articles/ e-journal articles addressing the topic of men in nursing
• Faculty/ student inservices or programs that highlight men in nursing
• Efforts made to link male students with role models, such as male faculty and/or male nurses in the clinical setting
• Activities of the local chapter of the Student Nurses Association highlighting men in nursing.

2. The nursing school or college must provide evidence that their efforts have resulted in an increase in the number of men applying to the program, admitted to the program, retained in the program, or in improved program evaluations from male graduates.

 

3. The nursing school or college must be accredited by either the National League of Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

 

4. The nursing school or college must have had an NCLEX pass rate of 80% or higher for the past three years.

 

5. The award may be given to the same nursing school or college more than once.

 

6. The award will be determined by majority vote of the Board of Directors.

 

(approved April 21, 2004, Board of Directors)

 

Best School or College of Nursing for Men Award Winners

2004 East Carolina University, GreenVille, NC

2005 University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX

2006 Excelsior College, Albany, NY & the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA