Any nurse who has demonstrated leadership by bringing new thinking to a particular healthcare challenge can be nominated.

Yes, you can. Be proud of what you have achieved and share your innovation, your achievement and what it means to the people it impacts.

Yes, they will. And if you are nominating someone else, don’t worry if you don’t know all the details surrounding the innovation, but please make sure you leave contact details for your nominee.

The assessment will be against these selection criteria. Your innovation:

• Addresses the challenges that are present in your environment for those seeking a healthcare solution.
• Makes a significant contribution to nurses and/or the nursing profession and contributes to better health outcomes for the Australian community.
• Showcases a novel approach taken by nurses that reflects the holistic and integrated philosophy underlying nursing care.
• Demonstrates an innovative intervention or fresh take on a model of care that resolved a problem in the delivery of health care or addressed an unmet health need of a population.
• Is proving to be a success.
• Was a cost-effective response to an identified issue.
• The solution can be replicated in other towns, cities, regions across Australia.

Download the Trailblazers Award Information pack for all the details.