ANCC NCPD Premier Award

The NCPD Premier Award, brought to you by the ANCC Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) Accreditation Program, recognizes accredited organizations that excel in NCPD – Accredited Providers. NCPD Premier Award recipients are organizations that stand out, excel, and function at a higher level, above and beyond their peers. These organizations are role models and serve as exemplars in the field of NCPD to assist others to advance to excellence.

The NCPD Premier Award is presented to one or more accredited providers annually and recognizes recipients as award winners for a two-year period. Organizations may apply annually unless they are awarded the recognition. If recognized for the NCPD Premier Award, we ask that the organization wait to reapply until after their recognition term of two years is over. Only organizations accredited in good standing are eligible to apply.

Meet the Recipients of the 2023 ANCC NCPD Premier Award™:

American Organization for Nursing Leadership
Avant Healthcare Professionals
Home Care Pulse, LLC
Med-IQ
New York Presbyterian
The University of Kansas Health System
UCLA Health-Center for Nursing Excellence

The NCPD Premier Award is granted only once per calendar year.
The NCPD Premier Award will be awarded to organizations who meet eligibility requirements and demonstrate qualifications for the award:
- Eligibility requirements include organizations who are currently accredited or accredited with distinction, are not provisionally accredited, and/or have not had progress reports required within twelve (12) months prior to application.
- Organizations must be in good financial standing with ANCC.
Organizations who receive the Premier Award are recognized for a two-year term and are not eligible to reapply until their two-year term is complete.

Applicants will choose two of the four NCPD Premier Award criteria.
Applicants must demonstrate evidence of achievement of both of the NCPD Premier Award criteria selected in order to be granted the NCPD Premier Award.
Evidence to support the application must be from 18 months prior to the date application cycle opens.
Organizations that have received the Premier Award may not use previously submitted evidence in their 2024 submission.
- Organizations must demonstrate iterative growth and that initiatives have been expanded within the last 18 months.
- Of note: 2022 awardees are eligible to reapply in 2024 for the Premier Award.
Applicants must submit their application by clicking on the "Submit Application Now" button on the landing page and may upload supporting images, graphs, or documents.
Decisions are made by consensus of the review panel, with final decisions confirmed by the Commission on Accreditation.
Applicants may not submit evidence for more than two criteria.

Provide a description and specific exemplar for each of the following criterion:

Organizations must provide a description and example for two of the four NCPD Premier Award criteria.
May use the same exemplar for both criteria; however, you must provide a description supporting how the evidence fits each specific criterion.

Describe how the provider unit creates a culture of empowerment that engages nurses in shared decision making and interprofessional collaboration within the provider unit and its educational activities.
Describe strategies used by the provider unit to identify and address a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the provider unit and its educational activities.
Describe how the provider unit leverages nursing continuing professional development in order to impact human, material, and/or financial resources in alignment with the organization’s strategic goals.
Describe how the provider unit creates and sustains a culture of evidence in alignment with public health initiatives and the organization’s strategic goals.

Download a complete copy of the NCPD Premier Award's eligibility, submission requirements, and criteria.

DOWNLOAD

BENEFITS TO RECIPIENTS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECIPIENTS

IMPORTANT DATES