2010 Essay Contest

Theme
What about the nursing profession makes me passionate?

1st Place: Adam Brenneman, BSN, RN
2nd Place: Gloria Verret, RN
3rd Place: Sue Martinez, RN

2009 Essay Contest

Theme
Nursing at CHLA - It's What I Do

1st Place: Bonnie Brennan, RN, BSN
2nd Place: Barbara Britt,RN, MSN
3rd Place: Cheryl Logue, RN

2008 Essay Contest

Theme
Family-Centered Care - It's What We Do

1st Place: Bill Kenny, RN, BSN
2nd Place: Margaret Botcher, RN
3rd Place: Jiffy Ellashek, RN

2007 Essay Contest

Theme
How My Practice Reflects the Forces of Magnetism

1st Place: Bonnie Brennan, RN
2nd Place: Tere NeSmith, RN
3rd Place: Gloria Verret, RN, CPN

2006 Essay Contest

Theme
As a Nurse, What Legacy Do You Hope to Leave for the Future?

1st Place: Brenda Barnum, RN
2nd Place: Susan Cline, RNC, BSN (tie)
2nd Place: Marisa Martinez , RN (tie)
3rd Place: Margaret Bottcher, RN

2005 Essay Contest

Theme
What I Tell Children Who Want to Know What it's Like to be a Nurse?

1st Place: Susan Cline, RN
2nd Place: Gloria Verret, RN
3rd Place: Sherry Nolan, RN

2004 Essay Contest

Theme
How Nursing Enriches My Humanity

1st Place: Suzanne Taylor, RN, MSN
2nd Place: Barbara Britt, RN, MSN
3rd Place: Joyce D. Derrickson, RN, BSN, CPON (tie)
3rd Place: Anne Nord, RN (tie) 
 

2003 Essay Contest

Theme 
The Day I Remembered Why I Became a Pediatric Nurse

2002 Essay Contest

Theme 
If I Had to Do It Over Again I Would Still Be a Nurse Today