2025 AANP State Award for Outstanding Contributions given to our Dawn Mutchko, DNP, APN!!!

Congratulations to Dawn Mutchko, DNP, APN who has received the 2025 AANP State Award for Outstanding Contributions for the state of New Jersey.

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the prestigious 2025 AANP State Award for Outstanding Contributions. This award honors individuals who have made significant strides in advancing health care through practice, education, advocacy, research and leadership (PEARL), and have demonstrated efforts to advance the image, profile and visibility of nurse practitioners. Award recipients will be honored for this achievement at the Salute to the States Award Ceremony on June 20, 2025, at the 2025 AANP National Conference in San Diego, California.

Established in 1991 to recognize outstanding clinical quality, the AANP NP State Award for Excellence honors NPs for the lifesaving care they provide to patients. Added in 1993, the AANP Advocate State Award for Excellence highlights efforts to advance the NP role. In 2024, the AANP Awards program was once again reimagined and renamed the AANP State Awards for Outstanding Contributions. This is an annual award given to one deserving individual per state based on outlined criterion.

Dawn Mutchko, DNP, APN, FNP-C, CENP, CGNC, EBP-C, CPHQ, CLSS-GB, FNAP