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International Nurses Day 2024
- 14 May 2024
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International Nurses Day was celebrated on 12th May 2024, at the Ayurvigyan Auditorium, Army Hospital (R & R), New Delhi.
- International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale to recognize the contributions of nurses to society.
- The International Council of Nurses has declared the theme for this year as 'Our Nurses Our Future, The Economic Power of Care'.
- Florence Nightingale was a British nurse, statistician, and social reformer known as the foundational philosopher of modern nursing.
- She became famous for her work in nursing British and allied soldiers during the Crimean War, where she earned the nickname "Lady with the Lamp."
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