Queen Silvia Nursing Award

The Queen Silvia Nursing Award is a yearly scholarship award that was established in 2013 as a gift to Queen Silvia of Sweden for her 70th birthday.[1][2][3] Applicants for the scholarship are required to showcase an idea that promotes long term health and social care, particularly in the area of dementia and elderly care.[4][5] The Scholarship application process has so far generated over 1.000 new ideas in its intended field. In addition to the award sum of 6.000€ the recipient of the award is also offered a 6-12 month internship in the field of healthcare within the students own country as well as abroad. The internship is offered by the partners of the scholarship in each territory.

H.M. Queen Silvia with QSNA recipient from Sweden, Pernilla Rönntoft.

In its first year of operation the scholarship was only open to nursing students in Sweden, but in 2014 the program expanded to include nursing students in Finland as well.[6] In 2016 the award is also offered to nursing students in Polish universities.

During 2017 the scholarship program will expand to further countries, with Germany being announced as the next one.

Recipients
Year of Award Award Recipients (Sweden) Award Recipients (Finland) Award Recipients (Poland)
2013 Hanna Davidsson[7] NA NA
2014 Emilia Engman[8] Laura Virtanen[9] NA
2015 Pernilla Rönntoft[10] Elias Kallio[11] NA
2016 Saga Wahlström[12] Michelle Ena[13] Natalia Duszeńska[14]

References
  1. "Kuningatar Silvia HS:n haastattelussa: "Lapsenlapset ovat elämän jälkiruokaa" (Queen Silvia HS interview: "Grandchildren are the desserts of life")". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. "Stipendiechans för sjuksköterskestudenter (Scholarship Opportunity for nursing students)". Aldre i Centrum. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. "Drottningen tillkännagav årets Queen Silvia Nursing Award-stipendiat (The Queen Announced This Year's Queen Silvia Nursing Award Scholarship)". Sveriges Kungahue. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. Alexandersson, Jenny (3 September 2013). "Drottning Silvias nya satsning(Queen Silvia's New Venture)" (in Swedish). Afton Bladet. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. Kuusivirta, Sami. "Kuningatar Silvia palkitsi suomalaisen sairaanhoitajan". Keskisuomalainen. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. "Metropolia student gets Queen's nursing award FTimes". Finland Times. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  7. "Finlands första stipendiat i Queen Silvia Nursing Award utsedd (Queen Silvia Nursing Award Scholarship In Finland)". Embassy of Finland in Stockholm, Honorary Consulate General of Gothenburg. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  8. "Emilia Engman får Queen Silva Nursing Award 2014 (Emilia Engman win Queen Silvia Nursing Award 2014)". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. "Kuningatar Silvia palkitsi sairaanhoitajaopiskelijan: Askel kohti dementiaystävällisempää yhteiskuntaa (Queen Silvia Nursing Award for Students: A Step Towards Dementia-friendlier Society)". ESS. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  10. "Drottningen delade ut årets Queen Silvia Nursing Award - Sveriges Kungahus". www.kungahuset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  11. "Drottningen delade ut årets Queen Silvia Nursing Award - Sveriges Kungahus". www.kungahuset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  12. http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/drottningendeladeutqueensilvianursingaward.5.73a5feee15af50049ff1702.html
  13. http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/drottningendeladeutqueensilvianursingaward.5.73a5feee15af50049ff1702.html
  14. http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/drottningendeladeutqueensilvianursingaward.5.73a5feee15af50049ff1702.html


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.