Florence Nightingale

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"It is not how much you do, but how

much love you put in the doing"

Mother Theresa

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As a child, she was active in philanthropy, ministering to the ill and poor people in the village neighbouring her family's estate. By the time she was 16 years old, it was clear that nursing was her calling. Her parents were not pleased, and forbade her to pursue nursing. But she stood strong.

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An icon of Victorian culture. Inspiration to nurses around the world for her pioneering work treating wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. Her endless rounds in the darkness of night reduced the death rate from 42% to 2%.  Her authorship of Notes on Nursing, the foundational text for nursing practice, establishment of the world's first nursing school and advocacy for the hygienic treatment of patients and sanitary design of hospitals. She was so much more than 'the lady with a lamp'.

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"The very first requirement in a hospital is

that it should do the sick no harm"

Florence Nightingale