On the 12th May 1820 Florence Nightingale was born. A young woman born into a rich family, Florence would go on to have an enormous impact as a nurse serving during the Crimean War. Famed as the “Lady ...

And, no, it is not Florence Nightingale, the "lady with the lamp," but a Latina. In fact, Colombian. "The day I don't learn something new, that day is not worth it," once said Elvira Dávila Ortiz, who ...

Dressed in crisp white nursing uniforms and signature blue capes, fashioned after Florence Nightingale, guard members recited the Florence Nightingale pledge, which all nurses make upon graduating ...

John Vincent reports on a touching tribute to The Lady With the Lamp, who transformed nursing during the Crimean War.

The group will then present the nurse's family with a Florence Nightingale lamp, turned off as they pass it to signify her end of duty. "To be apart of that, and to honor your fellow worker, it's just ...

A funeral home will contact the guard after a nurse's passing and during funeral services, the nurses will read special prayers aloud. An excerpt from one reads: "At those times when the unexplainable ...

The Florence Nightingale Museum is inviting visitors to shape the ever-changing image of the mother of modern nursing with a new exhibition, which has brought Florence Nightingale’s story ...

The image-led, interactive exhibition considers how Florence Nightingale is perceived in 2024. Looking beyond the familiar ‘Lady with the Lamp’ image, it celebrates the sheer scope of the work ...

A NEW exhibition examining changing perceptions of Florence Nightingale opens on Saturday at Cromford Mills, Derwent Valley, in Derbyshire. Nightingale spent most of her childhood near by at Lea Hurst ...

There’s a prayer and presentation to survivors of a Nightingale lamp, a replica of the kind of lamp used by Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, who tended to wounded soldiers in the ...

Each guard is dressed in the traditional white nurse’s uniform and cap, blue and red cape, and carries a Florence Nightingale lamp.