New 50p Coin Celebrates Bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's Birth
Florence Nightingale on behalf of the British Indian Ocean Territory. This year is the bicentenary of the birth of Florence Nightingale who is credited as being the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War when she organized the care for the wounded soldiers and was one of the first to recognize the importance of basic hygiene when it came to infection prevention and control. Florence Nightingale was a persistent advocate of the best means to prevent the spread of infectious diseases – frequent handwa...
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