<P> The Crimean War was a significant development in nursing history when English nurse Florence Nightingale laid the foundations of professional nursing with the principles summarised in the book Notes on Nursing . A fund was set up in 1855 by members of the public to raise money for Florence Nightingale and her nurses ' work In 1856 , £ 44,039 ( equivalent to roughly over £ 2 million today ) was pooled and with this Nightingale decided to use the money to lay the foundations for a training school at St Thomas ' Hospital . In 1860 , the training for the first batch of nurses began ; upon graduation from the school , these nurses used to be called ' Nightingales ' . </P>
<P> The Crimean War was a significant development in nursing history when English nurse Florence Nightingale laid the foundations of professional nursing with the principles summarised in the book Notes on Nursing . A fund was set up in 1855 by members of the public to raise money for Florence Nightingale and her nurses ' work In 1856 , £ 44,039 ( equivalent to roughly over £ 2 million today ) was pooled and with this Nightingale decided to use the money to lay the foundations for a training school at St Thomas ' Hospital . In 1860 , the training for the first batch of nurses began ; upon graduation from the school , these nurses used to be called ' Nightingales ' . </P>
who established an efficient system to train nurses
who established an efficient system to train nurses
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale