Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was a British social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers and dramatically reduced the hospital death rate by improving sanitation conditions. Her pioneering use of data visualization in medical statistics to communicate the causes of patient deaths was revolutionary, and she spent her later years writing influential texts on nursing and campaigning to improve hospital conditions.