Home›Nursing and Midwifery Professionals›All Nursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsBrowse ByAll Nursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsReference and ClassificationVerifiedNurses and midwives, following ISCO-08 Minor Group 222, Nursing and Midwifery Professionals. Belongs here: a midwife, a nurse, and a nurse also noted as a businesswoman, embryologist, humanitarian, public health reformer, statistician or social reformer, where nursing is the recorded primary role. Does not belong here: a physician who also performed nursing-adjacent duties but whose SubLabel names physician as the primary role, grouped under a physician heading instead.FactsAll Nursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra First PracticedWell-attested1860 1Tradition or RegionWell-attestedWestern biomedicine 1All Nursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsFilter Results254 entriesHealing TraditionAllAnesthesiologists and Perioperative Care Pioneers (1)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (195)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (2)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (20)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (2)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (1)Profession/RoleAllAnesthesiologists and Perioperative Care Pioneers (1)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (195)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (2)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (20)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (2)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (1)Specialist InAllAnesthesiology (1)Epidemiology (1)Geriatrics (1)Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1)Infectious Disease (1)Nursing (110)Obstetrics and Gynecology (4)Oncology (1)Psychiatry (2)Public Health (11)Surgery (1)NationalityAllAlgeria (2)Argentina (1)Australia (13)Austria (2)Azerbaijan (1)Barbados (1)Belgium (1)Botswana (1)Brazil (1)Canada (15)China (1)Curacao (1)Denmark (5)Egypt (1)England (5)Finland (1)France (9)Gambia (1)Germany (10)Ghana (1)Greece (1)Guyana (1)Ireland (7)Isle of Man (1)Israel (2)Italy (2)Japan (1)Malaysia (1)Montenegro (1)Netherlands (3)New Zealand (4)Nigeria (2)Northern Ireland (1)Norway (5)Pakistan (2)Panama (1)Poland (2)Romania (1)Russia (3)Russian Empire (1)Scotland (5)Serbia (2)Slovenia (1)Somalia (1)South Africa (1)Spain (1)Sweden (2)Switzerland (4)Taiwan (1)Trinidad and Tobago (1)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (27)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2)United States (81)Era (Birth Year)All1560 (1)1606 (1)1735 (1)1764 (1)1771 (1)1773 (2)1794 (1)1800 (1)1802 (1)1809 (1)1814 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (1)1824 (1)1830 (2)1834 (1)1836 (1)1838 (1)1839 (2)1840 (2)1841 (2)1842 (1)1844 (2)1845 (1)1848 (1)1855 (1)1856 (1)1857 (1)1858 (2)1859 (2)1860 (1)1862 (3)1863 (1)1864 (1)1865 (3)1866 (1)1867 (3)1868 (1)1869 (1)1870 (3)1871 (5)1872 (3)1873 (1)1874 (3)1875 (1)1876 (2)1878 (4)1879 (3)1880 (3)1881 (6)1882 (1)1883 (1)1884 (3)1885 (1)1886 (4)1887 (2)1888 (2)1889 (1)1890 (2)1891 (2)1892 (1)1893 (2)1894 (2)1895 (1)1896 (1)1897 (1)1898 (2)1899 (2)1901 (3)1902 (2)1905 (4)1907 (3)1909 (3)1910 (3)1911 (5)1914 (4)1915 (3)1917 (5)1918 (2)1919 (5)1920 (3)1921 (2)1922 (3)1926 (2)1927 (2)1928 (2)1931 (3)1933 (2)1934 (2)1935 (2)1940 (3)1941 (2)1942 (3)1943 (3)1948 (2)1952 (3)1953 (2)1961 (3)1966 (2)Showing the 100 most common of 130 options.GenderAllFemale (100)PrizeAllAmerican Academy of Nursing Living Legend (1)American Nurses Association Hall of Fame (3)Bronze Star (1)Chicago Women's Hall of Fame (1)Cross of St. George (1)Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2)Distinguished War Service Medal (1)Finland Medal for Humanitarian Work (1)Florence Nightingale Medal (1)Gold Public Service Medal of Merit of the Order of the Trinity (1)Hunger Strike Medal (2)Legion d'Honneur (3)Legion of Merit (2)Mary Adelaide Nutting Medal (1)Mary Mahoney Award (3)Medical Dedication Award (1)Military Medal (2)Officer of the Order of the British Empire (4)Order of Canada (1)Order of Luthuli (1)Oveta Culp Hobby Award (1)President's 21st Century Award (1)R. Louise McManus Award (1)Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award (1)Royal Red Cross (4)Ruth B. Freeman Award (1)Silver Shield (Chinese government) (1)Walter Burns Saunders Medal (1)WHO Director-General's Health Leaders Award (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Nanna ContiNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsNatalija Neti MunkNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsNellie GouldNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsNellie Jane DeWittNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsNigar ShikhlinskayaNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsNola IshmaelNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsOlive PaschkeNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsPaulette FinkNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsPauline CafferkeyNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsPauline KirbyNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsReba Z. 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History of Nursing (Wikipedia)WikipediaHistory of nursing, Nightingale school 1860, eraFlorence Nightingale, an angel of mercy, set up her nursing school in 1860History of nursing, Nightingale school 1860, regionFlorence Nightingale, an angel of mercy, set up her nursing school in 1860View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.