During the Crimean War (1854–1856), Florence Nightingale led a team of nurses to significantly reduce the mortality rate among the wounded by improving ward hygiene and nursing quality. She went on to establish the world’s first professional nursing school, driving the progress of modern nursing and earned the title “Founder of Modern Nursing.” In 1912, the International Council of Nurses designated her birthday, May 12, as “International Nurses’ Day” to honor this nursing pioneer.

Through countless days and nights, the nurses (“angels in white”) used their professional skills to safeguard lives, their kindness to soothe the suffering, and their steadfast dedication to embody the true spirit of compassionate care. On May 9, 2025, on the occasion of the 114th International Nurses’ Day, the Fourth People's Hospital of Shenzhen held the 2025 “May 12” International Nurses’ Day Awards Ceremony in the Lecture Hall. Under the theme “Angels in White Staying True to Their Original Aspiration, Serving with Compassion to Write a Glorious Chapter,” the ceremony honored the love and commitment of the hospital’s nursing staff by awarding outstanding individuals and teams. Hospital leadership, heads of functional and clinical departments, along with many nurse representatives, gathered in the Lecture Hall to jointly witness the occasion.

The ceremony opened with the solemn national anthem and was presided over by CAO Jing, head of the Nursing Services Department.

CPC Secretary WANG Cheng gave the opening remarks. On behalf of the hospital leadership, he expressed heartfelt gratitude to the entire nursing staff for their outstanding contributions to the hospital’s development and extended warm congratulations to the award-winning nurses, head nurses, and nursing teams.

He emphasized that the nursing team is a crucial pillar of the hospital, with each nurse making significant contributions to its development and playing an indispensable role, particularly in clinical services and patient satisfaction.

Facing the new challenges in the hospital’s development, he also put forward expectations and requirements for all nursing staff: First, actively support the hospital’s business development and leverage multimedia to boost the hospital’s publicity; second, take a stronger role in hospital satisfaction and continuously improve service quality and patient experience; third, commit to lifelong learning, keep up with the latest developments, and actively pursue new knowledge in areas such as smart healthcare and medical insurance policies.

At the closing of the speech, he once again extended festival greetings to all nursing staff in the hospital and encouraged them to continue playing a key role in future work to support the hospital’s high-quality development.

Then, QU Xiugui, head of the Party and People Work Department, read out the commendation announcement on the International Nurses’ Day. Seven awards were presented in this commendation, honoring both individual and team achievements, fully highlighting the remarkable accomplishments of the hospital’s nursing work.

The awards ceremony opened amid warm applause.

WAN Lidan, WANG Jing, SUN Lixin, and BAO Xiaomin presented the award to the Outstanding Nurses.

KANG Hanzhen presented the award to the Outstanding Head Nurses.

SONG Shuo presented the award to the Outstanding Training Instructors.

LI Weixin presented the award to the Outstanding Nursing Teams.

QU Xiugui presented the award to the IV Infusion Skilled Nurses.

CPC Secretary WANG Cheng and Hospital Director Dr.Kholdebarin presented the “Service Star” award to individuals who have contributed to patient satisfaction.

CPC Secretary WANG Cheng and Hospital Director Dr.Kholdebarin presented the award to nurses with 30 years of service.

In his closing remarks, Hospital Director Dr. Kholdebarin emphasized that the nursing work is no longer just about clinical services but also involves diverse roles including teaching and management, with nurses taking on a variety of different duties. He highly praised the important contributions of the nursing team and, on behalf of the hospital leadership, warmly congratulated the award-winning nursing staff.

The 2025 “May 12” International Nurses’ Day Award Ceremony of the Fourth People's Hospital of Shenzhen concluded successfully amid applause from all attendees. The nursing teams of the Fourth People's Hospital of Shenzhen will take this commendation as a fresh starting point and continue to drive the hospital’s high-quality development and safeguard the health of patients.