Florence Nightingale may be nursing's most famous caregiver, but don't overlook the way today's nurse leaders are influencing change in healthcare. If you had to name a famous nurse, who would it be?

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established ...

Florence Nightingale left countless gifts to the world of nursing, and some of those treasures are in the possession of UAB’s Reynolds-Finley Historical Library—48 letters, a newspaper clipping, and a ...

Today marks International Nurses Day, a day celebrated in honor of the men and women working in hospitals and clinics around the world. The day also commemorates the birthday of Florence Nightingale, ...

Since she was voted ‘The Greatest Black Briton’ in a 2004 poll, Mary Seacole has become a popular subject in school history lessons. Children love the inspirational story of the plucky Jamaican nurse ...

A descendant of Florence Nightingale has spoken to Nursing Times about how he hopes the seminal nurse’s legacy will continue in the future as a charity he was running in her honour closes its doors.

Florence Nightingale once observed: “It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.” Did you know with a Digital ...

Florence Nightingale experienced her personal call to nursing at age 16 and ultimately became known as the "Lady with the Lamp." Photos.com/Getty Images For nearly ...

Registered Nurse Vicki Meade, a retired hospice nurse of 35 years and former director of Promedica Memorial Hospice, is now ...

Photos thought to be among the last taken of Florence Nightingale are among a number of items related to the famed English nurse going up for auction in London. The small, sepia images were taken by ...