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Well, I'm receiving the R. Louise McManus
Award, and that is the most prestigious

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award that National Council offers or
awards to a member. And it's for sustained

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commitment and service to the
organization. And it's named after

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a woman who was a pioneer in the
development of a national licensing exam

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for the profession of nursing. It was
started in 1980, so there aren't a lot of

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individuals that have received this award.
So it's really an extreme honor for me

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to receive it and to join the ranks of
some of the most highly regarded

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leaders in our organization. It's a
pinnacle of my career as a nurse

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regulator and executive director
of the board of nursing and it's...

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I'm just overwhelmed to be chosen
for the award. Thank you, NCSBN,

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for awarding me the R. Louise McManus
Award. It really means the world to me.

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The NCSBN has been instrumental
in everything that I've been able to

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accomplish as a nurse regulator in South
Dakota. And I just want to say from

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my heart, thank you so much.
I'm so humbled and so honored.