Florence Nightingale: The Founder of Modern Nursing - Biography & Impact

Florence Nightingale

Birth - May 12, 1820

Death - August 13, 1910

- English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.

- She came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers.

- She gave nursing a formal educational foundation and became its professional advocate.

- Wrote Notes on Nursing (1860).