Florence Nightingale’s pioneering legacy lives on at the UAB School of Nursing, where her example of skilled, compassionate care guides our efforts to train future generations of clinicians, ...

When you think of Florence Nightingale, you probably imagine a nurse with a lamp, comforting soldiers. Indeed, Florence is considered the mother of modern nursing. But she also made serious ...

Florence Nightingale transformed chaotic, unclean hospitals and revolutionised nursing, but it’s as a carer that she is most fondly remembered. She helped save lives during a cholera epidemic in ...

On 12 May 2020, we will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, who are ...

Photos thought to be among the last taken of Florence Nightingale are among a number of items related to the famed English nurse going up for auction in London. The small, sepia images were taken by ...

Florence Nightingale had such a profound influence on modern society that nearly everyone is familiar with her name, whether or not they are aware of her accomplishments. Florence Nightingale ...

She is the epitome of the caring, attentive nurse, but a new exhibition reveals Florence Nightingale was among the first victims of the media's thirst for creating celebrities. The legend of Florence ...

May 12 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Known as "The Lady of the Lamp," Nightingale is best known as the founder of modern nursing. But she was also a trailblazer in the ...

A medal awarded to a private soldier who was Florence Nightingale's bodyguard during the Crimean War is to be put up for ...

She is regarded as our greatest black Briton, a woman who did more to advance the cause of nursing - and race relations - than almost any other individual. On the Crimea's bloody battlefields, she is ...