Florence Nightingale is credited with her pivotal role as a nurse during the Crimean War and is often considered the founder of modern nursing. She gained fame for her efforts in improving sanitary conditions in military hospitals, significantly reducing the death rate among soldiers. Her work emphasized the importance of hygiene, proper nutrition, and compassionate care. Nightingale’s actions and principles established nursing as a respected profession and led to the establishment of nursing schools, professional standards, and nursing ethics. Her legacy includes the Nightingale Pledge, which serves as an ethical guideline for nurses even today.