Florence Nightingale once wrote that “to understand God’s thoughts, we must study statistics, for these are the measure of ...

Since she published a book about Florence Nightingale in 2013, historian Judith Lissauer Cromwell ’57 has spoken at numerous events for nursing students. Surprisingly, she has found that half of her ...

Judith Godden does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

University of Nottingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. What would Florence Nightingale make of present-day healthcare? Like anyone else, she would probably find much ...

For nearly 200 years, Florence Nightingale’s name has been synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. In the mid-19th century, Nightingale became perhaps the most celebrated woman of her era – ...

Florence Nightingale gained her nickname after a description of her solitary rounds on the wards with a lamp appeared in The Times newspaper A brass desk lamp which once belonged to Florence ...

It was the lantern that cast a reassuring light over wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. Now the lamp that earned Florence Nightingale her title of "the lady with the lamp" will be back ...