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Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, June 8). Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085876
South African History Online (2012) 'Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h', South African History Online, 8 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085876 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085876, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h." South African History Online, 8 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085876. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h." South African History Online. June 8, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085876.
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