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</div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="cell small-12 medium-8 content-area__right"> <div class="post"> <h2 class="post__title"> Events</h2> <p class="post__lead-in"> To connect, collaborate, and celebrate innovation across the nursing profession, ANA is hosting several events throughout the year to showcase the creativity and ingenuity of nurses who are leading change or driving health care transformation.</p> <div class="post__social-block grid-x"> <span class="post__author cell small-12 medium-8"> </span> <div class="cell small-12 medium-4 post__social-media addthis_inline_share_toolbox_rq5p"></div> <div class="post__content-well"> <h2>Innovation Awards</h2> <p>Nurses are continuously innovating to address the needs and challenges across healthcare. The ANA Innovation Awards highlights, recognizes, and celebrates nurse-led innovation that improves patient safety and outcomes. Innovations fall into two categories – the creation of something new or an improvement upon something existing. </p> <p>The Innovation Award categories include: </p> <ul> <li>Care Delivery Models</li> <li>Medical Device or Product</li> <li>Educational Interventions</li> <li>New Business, Program, or Service</li> <li>Research</li> <li>Technology</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong><a class="featured-content__button" href="/practice-policy/innovation/events/awards/" rel="noopener">Learn More</a></p>  <p><a href="/practice-policy/innovation/events/awards/"><img src="/globalassets/innovation/events/innovationawards_900.jpg" alt="InnovationAwards_900.jpg" width="847" height="476" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.stryker.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style="float: right;" src="/globalassets/innovation/team/stryker_logo.png" alt="Stryker_logo.png" width="241" height="64" /></a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 50px; border-bottom: 1px solid #991a63; border-top: 0;" /> <h2><a id="lounges"></a>Innovation Lounges</h2> <p>Are you a nurse who wants to learn more about how to advance your innovation work?  Discover new opportunities, engage in authentic conversations, network, learn about the work happening across nursing colleagues, and to offer support and guidance. 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