Description

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Notes on Nursing, which was published in 1860, served as the cornerstone of the curriculum at the Nightingale School and other nursing schools established. Notes on Nursing also sold well to the general reading public and is considered a classic introduction to nursing. Florence Nightingale would spend the rest of her life promoting the establishment and development of the nursing profession and organizing it into its modern form.

About the Author

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Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC was a celebrated British social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers.