National Florence Nightingale Awards 2024

About National Florence Nightingale Award:

• It was instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in the year 1973.
• The award is given to outstanding nursing personnel employed in Central, State/UTs and Voluntary Organizations.
• It was awarded as a mark of recognition for the meritorious services rendered by the nurses and nursing professionals to the society.
• The nurse in her/his regular job in the hospital or community settings, educational or administrative setting is eligible for the national award.
• Each award consists of a Certificate of Merit, Cash Award of Rs.1,00,000/- and a medal.

Who is Florence Nightingale?

• Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.
• 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.
• Her efforts to formalize nursing education led her to establish the first scientifically based nursing school—the Nightingale School of Nursing, at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London.

Q1: What is the Crimean War?

This war was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia-Piedmont. The war arose from the conflict of great powers in the Middle East and was more directly caused by Russian demands to exercise protection over the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman sultan. 

Source: President of India confers National Florence Nightingale Awards 2024 to 15 Awardees at Rashtrapati Bhavan