The historical evolution of the regulations for the Florence Nightingale Medal

作     者：Qian Wang Rui-Fang Zhu Zhi-Guang Duan 

作者机构：School of NursingShanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuanShanxi 030001China First Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuanShanxi 030001China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Nursing》 (护理前沿（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第5卷第1期

页      面：1-5页

学科分类：0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 0401[教育学-教育学] 1011[医学-护理学（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the Special Fund of Key Discipline Construction(the characteristic subject of Nursing course)of Shanxi Province in China 

主　　题：Florence Nightingale Medal Florence Nightingale Medal awards dedication innovation evolution regulations 

摘      要：Objective: This study aimed to explore the 100-year changes in regulations for the Florence Nightingale Medal.Methods: We used the announcements of the Florence Nightingale Medal awards as the research object to analyze-via historical and inductive methods-the regulations for receiving the Florence Nightingale Medal.Results: In the award years, the greatest number of winners per award year was 71 and the lowest was 12. The medal was initially exclusively awarded to living people but evolved to include both living and deceased people. The recipients were balanced among all countries. The gender of the winners showed a changing trend from being limited to only females to including both males and females.There was also a shift from emphasis on only dedication of the recipient to equal emphasis on both dedication and innovation.Conclusions: The selection criteria for recipients of the Florence Nightingale Medal evolved from consideration of those showing only dedication to equal consideration of both dedication and innovation.