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Nurses on the front lines: A history of heroism from Florence Nightingale to coronavirus

  • Written by Leslie Neal-Boylan, Dean of the Solomont School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Nurses on the front lines: A history of heroism from Florence Nightingale to coronavirusFlorence Nightingale inspects a hospital ward during the Crimean War.Photos.com/Getty Images

Nurses are heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. May 12 is International Nurses Day, which commemorates the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the first “professional nurse.” The World Health Organization also named this year the “Year of the Nurse...

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