Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International
International Awards logo 2013 Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award

The Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award was established by Bonnie Wesorick, RN, MSN, in honor of her mother Helen Henry to recognize nurse healers working at the bed side. The 2013 Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award will be conferred at the 20th CPM Resource Center International Conference in 2013 second quarter presented at the Elsevier Clinical Decision Support Healthcare Summit /CPM Resource Center 20th International Conference, June 10-12, 2013, Denver, CO. and at Sigma Theta Tau International's 42nd Biennial Convention 16-20 November 2013, Indianapolis, Ind., USA.

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Submission process opens: 1 November 2012
Deadline for entries: 1 February 2013 (11:59 p.m. EDT)



Deadline for entries and modifications has been reached for Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award. Award recipients will be notified by e-mail by 1 May 2013. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the International Awards, contact STTI headquarters at +1.317.634.8171 (International) or 888.634.7575 (U.S./Canada toll free) or email awards@stti.org.


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Submission Information and Guidelines

Eligibility: Membership is not a qualification. Members of the Honor Society of Nursing board of directors or staff are ineligible. Award criteria provide additional information. Self-nominations are accepted.

Submission Requirements:

  • All award entries and supporting materials must be submitted via this online submission system. (Follow the hyperlinks on this page). Hard copies sent through the mail will NOT be accepted.
  • Submissions may be uploaded in the following file types:
    • TXT - Plain Text.
    • HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language, webpages.
    • PDF - Adobe’s Portable Document Format.
    • GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF - Formats commonly used on the Web.
    • RTF - Rich Text File (most word processors export this format).
    • DOC - Microsoft Word.
    • WMV, WMA, MOV, WAV, AIFF - Multimedia formats.
    • Hard copies of supporting materials will NOT be accepted.
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  • Submissions should NOT exceed 10 MB.
  • Award entries must be in English.
  • All communication regarding the award nomination will be sent to a designated primary contact. A valid e-mail address is required for all submitters.
  • Once you begin a submission, you will receive an e-mail giving you the submission ID# and password. These can be used if you need to access your submission at any time in the future. The ID# and password will also be helpful if there are any problems with your submission.
  • Once the deadline for submitting an award nomination has passed, an e-mail will be sent from STTI to confirm receipt of the award submission.
  • Only complete submissions will be judged. Submissions that are incomplete after the deadline will be withdrawn from the system and will NOT be reviewed.

Judging: Qualified judging panels representing strong talent and expertise are appointed.

Notification: Recipients will be notified by email of the judges' decisions by 1 May 2013. Primary contact will be the only person receiving communication from headquarters. The primary contact is responsible for notifying all team members and co-recipients.


Contact Information

For more information about the International Awards, contact STTI headquarters at +1.317.634.8171 (International) or 888.634.7575 (U.S./Canada toll free) or email awards@stti.org

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