title: Vantage point.
abstract: AUGUST 13 marked the centenary of the death of Florence Nightingale, whose book, Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not, published in 1859, served as the cornerstone of the then nursing curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clatworthy