Sanofi to launch Care Challenge program for nurses

Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today the launching of the Care Challenge program.

Care Challenge (http://www.care-challenge.com) is an online initiative developed by Sanofi in collaboration with nurses' organizations, for nurses and is part of the Connecting Nurses international initiative. It comes in the form of a contest, accessible from a dedicated website where nurses can submit their ideas, vote for or engage conversation about other nurses' ideas.    

The Care Challenge unique nursing community enables members to share information and education with others in the field and nominate colleagues for an award in nursing excellence. This recognition program is open to licensed nurses anywhere in the world. There will be a total of 20 awards for the best ideas, which will offer an incredible opportunity to develop the initiatives further and give them global recognition.

The program will bring a range of other benefits to nurses such as improving recognition of the nursing community by giving them a stronger voice. Indeed, it will support dialogue within the nursing community by creating networking opportunities at a national and international level. Helping to share knowledge on nursing techniques will enhance education, research and practice as well as the care of patients.

Winners and awards

There are two categories in the recognition program, "Helping Hand" and "Nurse in the Limelight".

Taking into account various criteria, including but not limited to, a web-based vote, a jury will choose ten winners from each category.    

Ten winners in the "Helping Hand" category will receive 3,000 Euros to support their projects' continued success, and ten winners in the "Nurse in the Limelight" category will be prominently featured on the Care Challenge website with a professionally produced video of their innovations.

Entering Care Challenge

The program is focused on identifying nursing innovations related to:

• Education: Resources promoting patient self-management or raising community awareness of a disease.
• Practice: Nursing services, procedures, techniques or tools promoting patient self-management of disease or new ways to support families and caregivers.
• Research: Studies of outcomes of innovative approaches to nursing, patient care, and patient education.