About International Nurses Day.
Channel: Knowledge Domain
Date: 2021-05-11

At the end of the 19th century, "The Lady With the Lamp" or as she is more widely known, Florence Nightingale - founded modern nursing. Thanks to her strict use of hand-washing and hygiene practices while caring for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, Nightingale and her helpers reduced the death rate from 42% to 2% - ushering in nursing as we know it today. International Nurses Day is an international day celebrated around the world on 12 May (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) of each year, to mark the contributions nurses make to society.