England's chief nursing officer states nurses 'are expert professionals, not heroes'

‘We are expert professionals who are doing our jobs and providing skilled, compassionate care,’ England’s chief nursing officer Ruth May states

British hospital reformer and nurse Florence Nightingale in 1858Florence Nightingale tending to the wounded on the battlefield of the AlmaFlorence Nightingale with a group of nurses from London hospitals at Claydon.

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