title: [Phaleristics of Sisters of Charity].
abstract: In 1912 International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent established a medal in honor of Florence Nightingale, still the most honorable award for nurses. In our country, there are no separate awards for nurses, they are awarded in the system of national awards, but medical authorities, major military medical institutions and public organizations have developed their own system of awarding the best nurses. Reader offered some graphic images of existing award marks contained documents revealing the mechanism of premium policy for the most distinguished in nursing health professionals.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Tsymbal
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D005260:Female; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D012011:Red Cross / Q000266:history*