{"id":7599,"date":"2026-05-13T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=7599"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:34:30","slug":"national-florence-nightingale-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-florence-nightingale-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"National Florence Nightingale Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Florence Nightingale Award Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the President of India conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Florence Nightingale Award<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was instituted by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Government of India in the year 1973.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a prestigious award given to <\/span><b>outstanding nursing personnel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> employed in Central, State\/UTs and Voluntary Organizations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It honours the dedication, compassion, and resilience of <\/span><b>the nursing profession.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These prestigious awards are presented to <\/span><b>Registered Nurses, Midwives, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, and Lady Health Visitors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> serving across Central and State Governments, Union Territories, and voluntary organizations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Award:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Each award includes a Certificate of Merit, a <\/span><b>cash prize of \u20b91,00,000<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a medal<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Who is Florence Nightingale?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florence Nightingale was an <\/span><b>English social reformer, statistician <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>founder of modern nursing.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Contribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Her efforts to formalize nursing education led her to establish the first scientifically based nursing school\u2014<\/span><b>the Nightingale School of Nursing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at <\/span><b>St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital in London.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2260185&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Florence Nightingale Award was instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in the year 1973. 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