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general propriety"). The medal is attached to a white and red ribbon by a clasp featuring a red enamel cross encircled by a green laurel crown. Recipients are also presented with a parchment diploma of the award and, from 1927, a miniature version of the medal that could be more easily worn. The medal and a diploma are usually presented by the head of state at a ceremony in their own country, which is required to have "a formal character, in keeping with the founders' wishes".
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surrounded by the words "Ad memoriam
Florence Nightingale 1820–1910". On the reverse, the name of the recipient and the date of the award is engraved, surrounded by the inscription "Pro vera misericordia et cara humanitate perennis décor universalis" ("true and loving humanitarianism – a lasting
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In 2023, the 50th set of medals were awarded to 37 nurses from 22 countries, including three posthumously to: Meggist Menil Abetew, and
Amidekrose Aregaw Gebiru, both Ethiopian ambulance drivers who were shot dead in the Tigray region; Margita Kosturikova, a
62:"Exceptional courage and devotion to the wounded, sick or disabled or to civilian victims of a conflict or disaster" or "exemplary services or a creative and pioneering spirit in the areas of public health or nursing education".
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The medal was restricted to female nurses until regulation changes in 1991. Under the new regulations, it is open to both women and men and is awarded every two years to a maximum number of fifty recipients worldwide.
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In 2011, the 43rd set of medals were awarded to 39 recipients from 19 countries, including for the first time to two Kenyan nurses, as well as to the first recipient from the
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In 2013, the 44th set of medals were awarded to 32 recipients from 16 countries, including one posthumously to Khalil Dale MBE, a delegate from the
British Red Cross.
188:. The Florence Nightingale Medal Commission comprises several members and staff of the ICRC, several of whom are nursing professionals, and the head nurse of the
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In 2021, the 49th set of medals were awarded to 25 nurses from 18 countries, including two posthumously to: Bernadette
Gleeson, an Australian nurse, and
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The medal was initially set up to be awarded to six nurses annually, although the first 42 awards were only made in 1920 due to the disruption of the
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In 2019, the 48th set of medals were awarded to 29 nurses from 19 countries, including one to
Captain Felicity Gapes, a New Zealand Red Cross nurse.
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Gold and silver medallion with the inscription 'Ad memoriam
Florence Nightingale 1820–1910' suspended from a red cross encircled by green laurel.
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in 1907. It is the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve and is awarded to nurses or nursing aides for
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182:"exceptional courage and devotion to the wounded, sick or disabled or to civilian victims of a conflict or disaster"
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971:"Florence Nightingale Medal: Honoring exceptional nurses and nursing aides – 2023 recipients"
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866:"Florence Nightingale Medal: Honoring exceptional nurses and nursing aides – 2019 recipients"
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is an international award presented to those distinguished in
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International nursing decoration (both military and civilian).
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nurse. In 2023, Wilbroad William Rwenyagira became the first
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was the fifteenth American recipient of the award in 1937.
944:"If only there were more in this world like Detta Gleeson"
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Heads of State or Heads of Red Cross National Societies.
727:"La RCA vers des soins infirmiers de meilleure qualité"
753:"Florence Nightingale Medal to aid worker Khalil Dale"
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196:also participates in the work of the commission.
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464:"Medals and Badges: Florence Nightingale Medal"
814:"Florence Nightingale Medal: 2017 recipients"
793:"Florence Nightingale Medal: 2015 recipients"
779:"Florence Nightingale Medal: 2013 recipients"
699:"Florence Nightingale Medal: 2011 recipients"
657:"Florence Nightingale Medal: 2007 recipients"
629:"Florence Nightingale Medal: 2009 recipients"
533:Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
368:nurse, Mr Morison Musa, who had worked in an
172:. The medal was established in 1912 by the
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168:and named after British nurse
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436:"Florence Nightingale Medal"
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192:. A representative of the
162:Florence Nightingale Medal
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535:(November 1921): 646–647.
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149:Ribbon bar of the medal
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1023:Awards honoring women
269:Beatrice Isabel Jones
45:Obverse of the medal.
1018:Florence Nightingale
583:(7): 801–710. 1937.
573:"News about Nursing"
385:Roselyn Nugba-Ballah
329:Florence Nightingale
212:(including the then
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305:Elsbeth von Keudell
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377:Sylvia Trent-Adams
372:treatment centre.
273:Margaret MacDonald
94:Currently awarded.
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687:. 11 August 2010.
469:British Red Cross
395:Arasta Bakhishova
356:Sylvie Ngouadakpa
319:Medal description
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480:17 October
417:References
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407:Slovakian
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