Florence Nightingale Foundation Florence Nightingale Chapel in the Abbey. It is carried to honour those killed in conflict and to underpin the links with military nursing and nurses who have lost their lives in the service of others. Students’ Day is an annual event in which students from each University in the UK that has a School of Nursing and Midwifery are invited to spend the day with the Foundation in London. The main venue for the day is The Governors’ Hall at St Thomas’ Hospital. The event includes: a morning plenary discussion session in which students are invited to raise questions or
USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) USS "Florence Nightingale" (AP-70) was a Maritime Commission type C3-M cargo ship built as Mormacsun for Moore-McCormack Lines. "Mormacsun" operated for Moore-McCormack from May 1941 until December 1941 when she came under the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for the duration of World War II. The ship operated with Moore-McCormack as the WSA agent, playing an important role in early supply of the Southwest Pacific, until transfer to the United States Navy September 1942 and commissioning as "Florence Nightingale" whereupon she became an "Elizabeth C. Stanton"-class transport ship. She was named for Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the nursing