Florence Nightingale Nightingale,Florence (1820-1910)was an army nurse andthe founder of modern nursing She was dedicated to the care of the sick and war wounded In 1854,she organized a unit of 38 women volunteer nurses for service in the Crimean War.By the end of the war she had become a legend.She was called "Lady with the Lamp'because she believed that a nurse s care was never ceasing,no matter night or day;she thought that nursing was a noble profession and she made it so.Florence Nightingale was the first woman to be given the Order of Merit(功绩勋章) (1907) Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910) was an army nurse and ______________________. She _____________ the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 women volunteer nurses for service in the Crimean War. By the end of the war she had become a legend. She was called _________________because she believed that a nurse’s care was never ceasing, no matter night or day; she thought that_____________________, and she made it so. Florence Nightingale was the first woman to be given the Order of Merit (功绩勋章) (1907). the founder of modern nursing was dedicated to “Lady with the Lamp” nursing was a noble profession