2nd Annual Awards Banquet
Utah Valley University
800 West University Parkway
Orem, UT 84058
Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 6:00pm MT - 8:00pm MT
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Topic
Nursing Leadership, Excellence in Acute Care, Excellence in Compassionate Nursing, and Excellence in Pediatric Acute Care
Additional Information
This will be our 2nd annual awards dinner for the Wasatch Front Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. We are excited to gather and honor some of our community's wonderful nurses and teams.
We will have a dinner, a speaker, and an awards ceremony. If you would like to nominate one of your peers or a team member you have worked with, please click on this form.
The awards categories are:
- Clinical Excellence in Adult Nursing
- Clinical Excellence in Pediatric Nursing
- Excellence in Nursing Leadership
- Excellence in Compassionate Care
- Excellence in Novice Nursing (<1 yr on the job)
We also want to recognize those who are certified or are working on their CCRN certification. Please let us know in your registration if you have or are working towards this certification!
Speakers
Teaching Professor of Nursing at Brigham Young University
Dr. Blad has over 35 years of clinical and academia experience in various nursing settings. He received his Doctorate of Nursing Practice at University of Utah in 2009, and is dual certified as an Acute Care NP and Family NP. He currently serves as Teaching Professor at BYU’s College of Nursing, teaching Critical Care Nursing and Care of the Veteran Patient. He also practices in a pediatric clinical setting, and has 25 years of experience in the SICU at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Dr. Blad earned the Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). He is a Veteran of Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War) and served 10 years in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Because of his passion and dedication for Veterans, he created and implemented a nursing course on Caring for the Veteran Patient. He is a proud husband and father of 7 children.