Florence Nightingale Middle School

Our school is named after Florence Nightingale, a British nurse, who was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy.

She was the founder of modern nursing and fought for the reform of medical hospitals and medical care. She was a celebrated social reformer, statistician, and a prodigious and versatile writer. She opened Nightingale School for Nurses, the first official nurses' training program. Nightingale set an example of diligent and thoughtful hospital administration, commitment to patient care and the examp  ...