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- 1820 Born Florence Nightingale, English nurse (Florence, 12 May 1820 - London, 13 August 1910). The originator of modern nursing. During the Crimean War (1853-56), she organized the care of the wounded in the rear military hospital in Üsküdar on the Bosphorus, significantly improving the health conditions in the army. At St. Thomas founded a school for nurses in London in 1860, following the example of other medical schools. She participated in the reorganization of the British military ambulance and proposed significant reforms in the hospital service, work in the poorhouses and the education of nurses. She visited the wounded in Üsküdar at night and was called "the lady with the lamp"; the lamp is still a symbol of sisterhood today, and the date of her birth is celebrated as International Nursing Day.
- 2026 International Nurses Day. On May 12, nurses mark International Nursing Day. The originator of modern nursing is the nurse Florence Nightingale, who in the mid-19th century initiated the entry of professionally educated women into the health care of patients. The health care system is inconceivable without nurses, so we need to work together to develop the nursing profession and nursing in general, for the benefit of health care users. Happy day to all nurses and medical technicians!