What do we do about Florence Nightingale?
Journal: Nursing Inquiry
Year: 2022

Natalie Stake-Doucet's indictment of Florence Nightingale as the “racist lady with the lamp” in Nursing Clio (Stake-Doucet, 2020) has created profound sense of dislocation among champions of both the discipline and its iconic heroine. Some denounce what they see as efforts to impugn the impact of a woman who transformed the care of the sick across the globe. Others hastily rewrite convocation and commencement addresses to avoid any hint of controversy. Some cheer a recognition of yet more of Nig