National Florence Nightingale Award 2025:
The President of India presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2025 to the nurses at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- It was instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in the year 1973.
- It is a prestigious award 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.
- It consists of a Certificate of Merit, Cash Award of Rs.1,00,000/- and a medal.
- 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.
