Florence nightingale’s life and legacy in objects
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Florence nightingale’s life and legacy in objects

Erin Dean Health journalist

200 years on from her birth, we look at Florence Nightingale’s life and how her approaches to nursing have translated to today’s profession

Florence Nightingale, named after the Italian city where she was born on 12 May 1820, is associated with far-sighted ideas as well as public health reforms and campaigns that still influence healthcare today.

Nursing Standard. 35, 1, 14-17. doi: 10.7748/ns.35.1.14.s12

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