On May 12th, on the occasion of the 114th International Nurses Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced the list of winners of the 50th Nightingale Medal, and Professor Han Lin, the dean of the School of Nursing at Lanzhou University, was among the recipients.

The Nightingale Medal is the highest international honor in the field of nursing. Total of 35 nurses from 17 countries received the award this year. Through the selection and recommendation of the Red Cross Society of China, seven outstanding nursing workers from our country have received this honor, making China the country with the most recipients in this session.

Professor Han Lin currently serves as Dean of the School of Nursing Lanzhou University, Vice President of Gansu Provincial People's Hospital, Executive Council Member of the Chinese Nursing Association, Chairperson of the Gansu Provincial Nursing Association, and Vice Chairperson of the 15th Gansu Provincial Women's Federation. She has been engaged in nursing education and research for over 20 years, always striving to enhance the social value and international influence of the nursing profession. She has pioneered innovations, recruited talents, and established the School of Nursing Lanzhou University, propelling the nursing discipline in Gansu Province onto a fast track of high-speed development, transforming the nursing faculty in this underdeveloped western region from "local" to "international." She led the construction of Gansu Province’s first Nursing Experimental and Training Center, providing a platform for nursing staff to conduct research and clinical training. She developed a nursing talent cultivation model emphasizing "strong practice, encouragement of innovation, and focus on humanities", while adhering to the principle that "education is a matter of conscience". She also guided young teachers to have the spirit of educators, such as setting a good example in behavior, loving teaching and students, and being willing to contribute. Higher nursing education in Gansu has thus formed a comprehensive "bachelor’s-master’s-doctoral" system. She has innovated the training mechanism for specialist nurses and translated research outcomes for social benefit, injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of the nursing profession. She shared the valuable experience and effective practices derived from her work, along with the increasingly evident results of reforms, with over 30 medical institutions in neighboring provinces, helping the western provinces further deepen and enhance their scientific management of the nursing teams. She is consistently dedicated to ensuring that residents in western China receive equitable nursing services. To this end, she established volunteer teams to assist Tibet and built a nursing training base in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and pioneered a new model of "flexible aid to Tibet through remote nursing". Her efforts have allowed the "Light of Florence Nightingale" to illuminate every corner of the vast grasslands and rugged mountains. She forged ahead fearlessly, taking on the heavy responsibility of handling all kinds of public emergencies, and fulfilling the noble mission of putting people first and valuing life above all else.

Professor Han Lin has received numerous honors, including the 10th "Outstanding Contribution Young Expert in National Health Care", the First Prize of the Gansu Provincial Li Xiufang Nursing Science and Technology Award, the Gansu Provincial May Fourth Youth Medal, the Gansu Provincial March 8th Red Banner Pacesetter, and the Outstanding Nursing Worker Award from the Chinese Nursing Association. She has published over 160 academic papers as first or corresponding author, led or participated in 4 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and 1 American Chinese Medical Foundation International Cooperation Project. She has released 6 Gansu Provincial Local Standards, issued 2 guidelines on pressure injury risk management, edited 5 authoritative textbooks in the nursing field, been granted over 20 national invention patents and utility model patents, and obtained 2 computer software copyrights.