Circle of Excellence Awards
AACN’s Circle of Excellence Awards give nurses across New Mexico the opportunity to recognize their peers for compassion, leadership, tenacity, clinical excellence, and mentorship. 🩺✨
Know a nurse who inspires you? A mentor who helped shape your career? A colleague who shows up with strength and compassion when it matters most? Nominate them! 🏆
And then join us for an unforgettable evening of dinner, dancing, celebration, and recognizing the amazing nurses who make our profession stronger. 💃🕺
Where: Sandia Resort and Casino
When: October 22,2026 at 5:30pm
Nominators and nominees will be celebrated during our award dinner and ceremony, which will feature food, beverages, a Photo Booth, and a DJ, providing a night of memorable fun.
Registration for the dinner event will open on September 17, 2026. Nominators and nominees will receive an email inviting them to register for the dinner once nominations close.
*******Important information regarding dinner registration (open on September 17th 2026), please review**********
You must be nominated or nominate someone else to attend the dinner.
Nominators and nominees eat for free.
Nominees and nominators may purchase one guest ticket for $70.
You must RSVP to the celebratory dinner under the registration tab (when open). Submitting your nomination form does not register you for the event.
*****Last day to nominate is September 16, 2026, 11:59 pm*****
We will not accept late nominations.
Use the link below to fill out and send in your nomination:
https://forms.gle/aQjxXZQN8swdWNqA9
Know a nurse who inspires you? A mentor who helped shape your career? A colleague who shows up with strength and compassion when it matters most? Nominate them! 🏆
And then join us for an unforgettable evening of dinner, dancing, celebration, and recognizing the amazing nurses who make our profession stronger. 💃🕺
Where: Sandia Resort and Casino
When: October 22,2026 at 5:30pm
Nominators and nominees will be celebrated during our award dinner and ceremony, which will feature food, beverages, a Photo Booth, and a DJ, providing a night of memorable fun.
Registration for the dinner event will open on September 17, 2026. Nominators and nominees will receive an email inviting them to register for the dinner once nominations close.
*******Important information regarding dinner registration (open on September 17th 2026), please review**********
You must be nominated or nominate someone else to attend the dinner.
Nominators and nominees eat for free.
Nominees and nominators may purchase one guest ticket for $70.
You must RSVP to the celebratory dinner under the registration tab (when open). Submitting your nomination form does not register you for the event.
*****Last day to nominate is September 16, 2026, 11:59 pm*****
We will not accept late nominations.
Use the link below to fill out and send in your nomination:
https://forms.gle/aQjxXZQN8swdWNqA9
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Sandia Resort & Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd NE,Albuquerque,NM,United States
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