Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a nurse who helped develop modern nursing techniques, led a team of nurses during the Crimean War, and was the first female to receive the Order of Merit. A storytelling trope named after her involves a patient who falls in love with their caretaker who had been nursing them back to health.
==References==
* During the Veterinarian's Hospital sketch in The Muppet Show episode 313, a joke-weary Nurse Piggy comments, "If Florence Nightingale had to put up with this, she'd have been a waitress."
* The World War II sketch in The Muppets Go to the Movies features Kermit the Frog falling in love with his nurse played by Lily Tomlin (only to discover that she's a nun).
* The illustrated character Nurse Nightingale from Big Bird Goes to the Doctor takes her name from Florence Nightingale.
* Oscar the Grouch jestingly refers to Susan as Florence Nightingmare on Sesame Street in Episode 2327.
* Big Bird and the kids wrap a small birdhouse as a gift, suggesting that Granny Bird can use it as a guesthouse for her friend Florence Nightingale in Episode 2342 of Sesame Street.
==External links==
* Florence Nightingale Effect on TV Tropes
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