Awards

The following honors are given by ACNM each year. There are many more scholarships, awards, and opportunities available. For these please watch for information from the A.C.N.M. Foundation, and consult the ACNM calendar.

Fellowship in the American College of Nurse-Midwives
Fellowship in the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM) is an honor bestowed upon those midwives whose demonstrated leadership, clinical excellence, outstanding    scholarship, and professional achievement have merited special recognition both within and outside of the midwifery profession.

Regional Award for Excellence
The Regional Award for Excellence honors one CNM or CM from each region during the regional meetings at the ACNM Annual Meeting. These awards have been placed on hold due to declining member participation.  ACNM is pleased to announce new awards for 2010 below.

Hattie Hemschemeyer Award
The Hattie Hemschemeyer Award honors an exceptional CNM/CM who is an ACNM member, has been certified for at least ten years, and has provided either continuous outstanding contributions or distinguished service to midwifery and/or MCH, or contributions of historical significance to the development and advancement of midwifery, ACNM, or MCH.

Kitty Ernst Award
The Kitty Ernst Award honors an exceptional, relatively new CNM/CM who is an ACNM member, has been certified for less than ten years, and has demonstarted innovative, creative endeavors in midwifery and/or women's health clinical practice, education, administration, or research.

"With women, for a lifetime ®" Commendation
This honor recognizes midwifery services that have provided innovative and compassionate midwifery care to families, expanded access to women's health care as provided by certified nurse-midwives and/or certified midwives, and put the heart of midwifery into practice.
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"Midwifing midwives for a lifetime" Commendation
This honor recognizes midwifery education programs that have educated midwifery students, increased access to midwifery education through innovation and service, and put the heart of midwifery into their education program.
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Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health/Journal of Nurse-Midwifery Best Paper of the Year Awards
   This honor recognizes an author(s) whose contribution to the Journal enhances midwifery and women's health through publication. Feature articles published in the year prior to the award qualify for consideration by the Editorial Board.

ACNM Best Book of the Year Awards
This honor recognizes a CNM/CM author(s) for a contribution to the literature, as a published book, that is significant to the profession of midwifery. Selections are chosen from those books identified and received for review in JMWH or at the ACNM national office in the calendar year prior to the ACNM Annual Meeting. Selection of the winner is made by ACNM staff.  JMWH staff, ACNM staff, ACNM members may submit books for consideration.

ACNM is pleased to announce the following new awards.  The awards listed below are not necessarily given yearly. They will have an annual cycle whereby they will be awarded at the ACNM Annual Meeting.  There may be more than one in a given year. Nominations may come from an ACNM member, ACNM staff, or consumer. If the choice is a CNM/CM, then he/she must be an ACNM member in good standing.  The nominations must be received by January 15 of the year awarded in the form of a written letter and be co-signed by two individuals. All nominations will be submitted directly to the Awards Committee for consideration.

Louis M. Hellman Midwifery Partnership Award

Dr. Hellman was a respected and well-known physician pioneer in the development of midwifery practice in the United States.  The intention of this award is to present a national award of recognition to a physician who has been a champion/supporter of midwifery practice.  This is a joint award given by the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the A.C.N.M. Foundation, and the Midwifery Business Network.

Distinguished Service Award

This award will fulfill an unanticipated need to recognize a CNM/CM or other professional for an unusual and exemplary effort in the field of community service, innovation in midwifery practice, education, or research.

Media Award

This award honors a media event, a book, a film, an expression of art that presented midwifery in an accurate and positive manner and in doing so helped to promote the profession of midwifery.

Public Policy Award

This award recognizes legislative, regulatory or health policy effort that furthered the profession of midwifery or has a significant impact on the practice of midwifery either nationally or locally.

Outstanding Preceptor Award

This award honors a preceptor of student CNM/CMs who has shown outstanding qualities for leadership and teaching, been a mentor for multiple students, and has repeatedly promoted standards of midwifery education.  Nominations will be submitted by educational programs.  The preceptor need not be a CNM/CM.

Exemplary Partner Organization Award

This award honors an ACNM organizational partner that has aided in the development and practice of midwifery.

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