AONL Announces Annual Award Honorees

AONL announced this week its 2023 award recipients. Our Lady of the Lake Health in Baton Rouge will receive the AONL Prism Award, which recognizes an organization that has advanced diversity efforts within the nursing profession, community or organization. Megan Seston Matson, DNP, RN, an assistant nursing director at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, will receive the Pamela Austin Thompson Emerging Leader Award. Patricia Mook, MSN, RN, enterprise vice president, nursing operations and professional development at Advocate Health in Charlotte, N.C. will receive the AONL Exemplary Leadership Award. Johnson and Johnson’s Lynda Benton will receive the AONL Honorary Member Award, and the Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey will receive the AONL Affiliate Achievement Award. The organization will honor the recipients during its annual conference May 2-4 in Anaheim, Calif. (AONL news release, 4/26/23)