<P> Florence Nightingale laid the foundations of professional nursing after the Crimean War . Her Notes on Nursing ( 1859 ) became popular . The Nightingale model of professional education , having set up the first school of nursing that is connected to a continuously operating hospital and medical school , spread widely in Europe and North America after 1870 . Nightingale was also a pioneer of the graphical presentation of statistical data . </P>
<P> Florence Nightingale laid the foundations of professional nursing after the Crimean War . Her Notes on Nursing ( 1859 ) became popular . The Nightingale model of professional education , having set up the first school of nursing that is connected to a continuously operating hospital and medical school , spread widely in Europe and North America after 1870 . Nightingale was also a pioneer of the graphical presentation of statistical data . </P>
who established the first higher education program for nurses
who established the first higher education program for nurses
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale