Florence Nightingale

She was in news as her 200th birth anniversary was celebrated in 2020.

  • Also known as “The Lady with the Lamp,” she was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician best known as the founder of modern nursing.
  • Her experiences as a nurse during the Crimean War were foundational in her views about sanitation.
  • The International Nurses Day is observed annually on May 12 commemorating her birth and celebrates the important role of nurses in health care.
  • World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honour of the 200th birth anniversary ....
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