Wolters Kluwer wins 17 Apex Awards for Excellence in Publishing

American Journal of Nursing and The Nurse Practitioner take APEX Grand Awards For Social Media and Writing.

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce that 11 of its Lippincott healthcare publications won 17 awards in the 29th annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence Competition. The American Journal of Nursing won the Grand Award for Social Media, and The Nurse Practitioner won the Grand Award for Writing.

Now in its 29th year, the APEX awards recognize extraordinary work by professional communicators. APEX Awards are based on excellence in editorial content, graphic design, and overall communications. There were more than 1,400 entries in the competition this year.

The awards include:

American Journal of Nursing

• Grand Award: Social Media – “Imagining the Real Costs of a Family’s End-of-Life Decisions”

The Nurse Practitioner

• Grand Award: Writing, “Recreating Healthcare: The Next Generation” November 2016 issue

Emergency Medicine News

• Award for Excellence: Magazine, Journals & Tabloids – Writing

The Hearing Journal

• Award for Excellence: Writing – Departments & Columns -- “Audiology Without Borders”

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, published on behalf of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

• Award for Excellence: Health & Medical Writing -- ”The benefits of expanded physician assistant practice in hospice and palliative medicine”

Neurology Today, published on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

• Award for Excellence: Health & Medical Writing -- “After a Lull Last Year, Reports of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Surge in 2016: Neurologists Urged to Report Symptoms to the CDC and Health Departments”

Nursing2017

• Award for Excellence: Magazines, Journals & Tabloids – Print +32 Pages
• Award for Excellence: Health & Medical Writing -- “Lead poisoning: When an entire community is exposed”

Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

• Award for Excellence: Health & Medical Writing -- “Compassionate care for teens who self-injure”
• Award for Excellence: One-of-a-Kind Publications - Print

Nursing Management

• Award for Excellence: Writing Series -- “The Mindful Nurse Leader”

Nurse Practitioner

• Award for Excellence: Writing Series -- “Integrative Health Series: Herbal Supplements”

Oncology Times

• Award for Excellence: Magazines, Journals & Tabloids – Print +32 Pages
• Award for Excellence: Writing – Feature Writing -- “When the Doctor Has Cancer”

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, published on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

• Award for Excellence: Social Media – Blog Content
• Award for Excellence: Campaigns, Programs & Plans – Education & Training

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, published on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

• Award for Excellence: Magazines, Journals & Tabloids – Electronic