Florence Nightingale is perhaps the most famous nurse across the world who is also known as the founder of modern nursing for her work on the improvement of the health sector. Florence Nightingale ...

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She also writes a blog for the PBS show “Call the Midwife,” where she reflects on the episodes and draws connections to modern nurse-midwifery practices. “Maintaining my clinical practice as an ...

And while it's true that she was the founder of modern nursing, she did so much more than that. Florence helped the Victorian world to see that… Florence Nightingale: Women have just as much an ...