The Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award is a national program to honor health care professionals for their exceptional service, sacrifice and innovation. The award’s past 76 recipients embody the humanity and commitment that characterize the nation’s health care professionals – illustrating why those in health care are among America’s most trusted professionals. This lounge is to encourage nominations of health care professionals and to spread the word about this fantastic award.

The grand prize winner in each category will receive an all-expense-paid Caribbean cruise for two. Additional winners in each category will receive all-expense-paid trips to a 2012 U.S. medical conference of each winner’s choice, an annual membership to their preferred clinical association and a $1000 medical wardrobe from Cherokee Uniforms.

All winners will receive a wardrobe featuring the best of Cherokee Uniforms and Cherokee Footwear worth more than $1,000, Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award trophy,14K gold-plated commemorative pin, a year’s subscription to Scrubs, the nation’s first lifestyle magazine for nurses,and a $500 donation in their name to the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Foundation.

Additionally, those who nominated the grand prize winner in each category will also receive a $1000 Cherokee medical wardrobe and a $500 donation in their name to DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Foundation.