Dedication and creation: the education value orientation of the Nightingale Prize laureates
Zhiguang Duan · Chinese Journal of Medical Education · 2009
In this paper, Florence Nightingale and the Nightingale Prize laureates in China were selected as the subjects. The initial data were collected from databases in the world by the national science library, Chinese academy of sciences and national science and technology library. By a qualitative and quantitative method, the relationship between dedication and innovation was studied. It is discovered that nursing is obviously located to service profession in our country and dedication character of Nightingale Prize laureates in our country is par excellence. It is thought that the value measurement standard for nurs-ing social contribution should not be limited to innovation, equal attention should be paid to dedication and innovation if nursing goes from occupation to specialty. Nightingale spirit should be looked as the value and destination of nursing education teaching forever, and its essence should be to lead the emphasis on dedica-tion to on dedication and innovation simultaneously. Value judgment of nursing education teaching should be improved from simple dedication to both of dedication and innovation. Results show that dedication and innovation are the essence of Nightingale spirit, the value orientation of Nightingale Prize laureates and probably a new thinking of nursing specialty. Key words: Nursing science; Nightingale Prize laureates; Education; Value orientation