Emmy Rappe education of professional nurses in Sweden. She was sent as a student to Florence Nightingales school Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at St Thomas' Hospital in London (now part of King's College London) in 1866. She was personally tutored by Florence Nightingale, who was pleased with her as a student. Rappe shared the view upon nursing as a call. Emmy Rappe returned to Sweden in 1867, and studied at Sahlgrenska sjukhuset hospital in Göteborg and at others clinics in Stockholm. In 1867-1877, she was head nurse at the newly established Surgical Clinic at the Uppsala Academic Hospital, and
Florence Nightingale Foundation In 2014, the Florence Nightingale Foundation launched an Alumni Association to allow members to remain connected to the work of the Foundation, engage with other scholars, share their ideas, knowledge, and expertise, and to give something back by raising funds and getting involved in mentoring current scholars. Florence Nightingale Foundation The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) is a charity organisation in the United Kingdom that provides scholarships to nurses, midwives and other health professionals while serving as a living memorial of the work of Florence Nightingale. In 1912 a memorial to Florence Nightingale was first proposed by Mrs Ethel Bedford-Fenwick at