Mentor of the Year Award

The Mentor of the Year Award recognizes a NANN member who consistently demonstrates the power of mentoring. Recipients are clinically and technically proficient, demonstrate outstanding teaching and motivational ability, and willingly share their knowledge and experience with others. This award was previously called the Navigator Award.

Applications for the 2025 awards are closed.

Candidates will be able to meet the following criteria:

• Perform in a mentoring role (Preceptor, NNP, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Manager, Educator, etc.).
• Demonstrate excellence in mentoring others.
• Utilize interpersonal, motivational, and teaching skills in the mentoring process.
• Facilitate team building, staff growth, and development.
• Promote a climate of learning for the novice and passion for educating that encourages, challenges, and inspires a model of professionalism for everyone.

Nomination and Selection Process:

NANN members can nominate a peer or self-nominate themselves for the Mentor of the Year Award. Nominations must include one letter of recommendation and a CV. Submitted applications are shared with the Awards Committee. Committee members review and score the applicants based on their ability to meet the award’s criteria.

Recognition and Reimbursement:

The awardee will receive complimentary conference registration, airfare/ground transportation stipend of $500, housing stipend of $500, and a trophy at NANN’s Annual Conference.

2025 Recipient:

Lisa R. Jasin, DNP PhD NNP-BC

Lisa Jasin is a neonatal nurse practitioner at Dayton Children’s Hospital. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. She then served ten years as an Air Force nurse working in Maternal-Child Health, Neonatal Intensive Care, Hyperbarics, and Medical-Surgical Units. Lisa became a neonatal nurse practitioner and earned her Masters in Nursing in Philadelphia at Thomas Jefferson University in 2006. She then earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Lisa participated in statewide NAS research and quality improvement in Ohio and was the founder of the infant program at Brigid’s Path, Ohio’s first newborn recovery center for infants with in utero substance exposure. She continued to work in the NICU, lead evidence-based practice and quality improvement projects before returning to school at the University of Tennessee for her PhD and studied the response of the infant to the father’s voice in premature and ill infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Lisa continues teaching at Wright State University, leading nursing research at Dayton Children’s Hospital, and directing the clinical care of infants in the NICU and at Brigid’s Path, Ohio’s first newborn recovery center.