Announcing our Newest Award Category!
TSNO recognizes the critical role our Associate Members play in school health and student success. We look forward to celebrating the achievements of an outstanding LVN and their contributions for students, faculty, and community with the Outstanding Service of an LVN Award.
What makes a great LVN / LPN? High expectations for ourselves and our students, the ability to actively listen, energy to go the extra mile, knowing when to ask for help and where to seek it out, and a creative slant.
Sound like an LVN you know? Nominate them for the Outstanding Service of an LVN Award! Detailed information about nomination submissions, selection criteria and process, and the terms and benefits of tenure can be FOUND HERE.
2026 NOMINATIONS - Open May 1
Nominees must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for the School Nurse of the Year Award.
- Nominee must be an LVN/LPN currently practicing in a TX school setting
- Nominee must be an Associate Member of NASN currently and for the two consecutive preceding years
- Nominee must have five years of experience working in a school health clinic and currently practicing full-time in that role, with at least 50% of the nominee's time spent in direct care for multiple students.
- DEADLINE for Nominations is August 31 at midnight
The following files must be submitted with the online form. TSNO recommends gathering all the necessary files prior to filling out the form.
- Nominee’s signed curriculum vitae (CV) limited to personal education, employment, research activities, service related to school nursing, and publications. CV not to exceed two pages.
- A minimum of two (with a maximum of four) letters of support describing the nominee’s specific qualifications for this award. At least one of the letters must be from a district professional. All other letters must be from a fellow school nurse, administrator, supervisor, educator, parent, or community leader. (single page using 12-point-font and one-inch margins in Microsoft Word)
- Recent digital head and shoulder photograph of nominee (at least 300 dpi/inch, JPG format). If nominee selected, photograph will be used in the TSNO Newsletter, on the website, and for social media posts and submitted to NASN for Affiliate SNOY Award.
- (This question is to be answered in the form, not as a separate document)
- Using NASN’s School Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 4th edition (2022) as a guide, please provide two examples of how the nominee has demonstrated Excellence in School Nursing at the campus, district, or state level (maximum 300 words per example). Evidence of Excellence in School Nursing may include a situation where the nominee has exceeded expectations, how the nominee assessed needs and developed/implemented a program to improve the delivery of school nursing, scholarly activities (research, dissemination of research, presentations, publications), or other contributions to school nursing.
A list of the Standards of Practice can be FOUND HERE.
The award winner will receive recognition at the annual TSNO conference and a scholarship for the registration fee for this year's TSNO conference. TSNO will also pay for up to two nights hotel fee at double-occupancy conference rate for the hotel listed in the conference brochure.
Travel and meals are the responsibility of the award recipient.
We Look Forward to Honoring Our Outstanding LVNs in The Future: