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May 12: International Nurse Day
Every year, May 12 is commemorated as International Nurse Day. The birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale is celebrated as the International Nurse Day. This year the day is celebrated under the theme Theme: Nurses: A Voice to lead-Nursing the World to Health the International Council of Nurses lead the celebration of the International Nurse Day ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Florence Nightingale • International Labour Organization (ILO) • International Nurse Day • International Nurses Day • World Bank • World Health Day
National Florence Nightingale Awards 2019
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards to 36 awardees, on 5 December 2019 on the occasion of International Nurses Day, at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. It was conferred in presence of Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Ashwini Kumar Choubey, ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: International Nurses Day • Late Lini Sajeesh • National Florence Nightingale Awards • Nipah Virus • Ram Nath Kovind • WHO • Year of Nurses and Midwives
National Florence Nightingale Awards 2019
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2019 to 36 nursing professionals on the occasion of International Nurses Day on Thursday, 5th December 2019 in New Delhi. The Government of India instituted the National Florence Nightingale awards in the year 1973. The award is been named after the founder ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Florence Nightingale Awards • International Nurses Day • President • Ram Nath Kovind • World Health Organisation
Florence Nightingale Award
The President of India conferred the National Florence Nightingale Award to the nursing personnel on December 5th. The award is a recognition of meritorious service conferred to individuals in the nursing profession. The President termed the profession as ‘symbol of seva, shushrusha and karuna’. He also called them the ‘face of healthcare service’. The President ..
Topics: Florence Nightingale • Florence Nightingale Foundation • Health • Health professional • International Nurses Day • Jonathan Asbridge • Nursing • Nursing in the United Kingdom
International Nurse’s Day observed on May 12
International Nurses Day was observed globally on 12 May 2019. It is celebrated every year on birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the foundational philosopher of modern nursing. About International Nurses Day Background: The first proposal for Nurses Day was made in 1953, by an officer with US Department of Health, Education and Welfare Dorothy Sutherland ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Britain • Florence Nightingale • Freedom of the City of London • International Council of Nurses • International Nurses Day • Lady with the Lamp • Nightingale Training School • Nurses - A Voice to Lead - Health for All • President Dwight D Eisenhower • Royal Statistical Society