The Australian Nurse of the Year Award was created to honour and showcase excellence in the nursing profession throughout Australia.
The award was established in 2003 to 2004 to recognise the exceptional contributions the recipient has made to improving care and outcomes for patients, providing excellent care in the face of adversity or other challenges, or for an outstanding act of kindness, understanding, compassion or courage, above and beyond the normal role as a nurse anywhere in Australia.
A judging panel of nursing experts assesses the top individual nominees and selects a nurse from each of Australia's states and territories. Each State or Territory finalist is flown to a state capital (the place of ceremony is changed each year), where the winner is announced at a formal ceremony.
Although the award is not associated with the Australian government-run Australian of the Year awards, it has been sponsored by various organisations and companies each year, including the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, and the Royal College of Nursing Australia. It attracts wide coverage from media, culminating in a national presentation held each year on, or close to the 12th of May, International Nurses Day.
Past winners
The award was established in 2003 to 2004 to recognise the exceptional contributions the recipient has made to improving care and outcomes for patients, providing excellent care in the face of adversity or other challenges, or for an outstanding act of kindness, understanding, compassion or courage, above and beyond the normal role as a nurse anywhere in Australia.
A judging panel of nursing experts assesses the top individual nominees and selects a nurse from each of Australia's states and territories. Each State or Territory finalist is flown to a state capital (the place of ceremony is changed each year), where the winner is announced at a formal ceremony.
Although the award is not associated with the Australian government-run Australian of the Year awards, it has been sponsored by various organisations and companies each year, including the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, and the Royal College of Nursing Australia. It attracts wide coverage from media, culminating in a national presentation held each year on, or close to the 12th of May, International Nurses Day.
Past winners
- 2011 Paul Esplin of Sydney, New South Wales.
- 2010 Charlotte Collins of Trigg, Western Australia.
- 2009 Lyn Olsen of Dandenong, Victoria
- 2008 Sam Gibson of Subiaco, Western Australia
- 2007 Robyn Williams of Wynnum, Queensland
- 2006 Rosanne Squire of McLeans Ridge, New South Wales.
- 2005 Catriona Chardon of Lismore, New South Wales (posthumously).
- 2004 Andrew Cameron of Cue, Western Australia.