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Florence Nightingale

OU student nurse takes centre stage at Westminster Abbey

Student nurses and OU staff at Westminster Abbey

Student nurses from across the country - including the Open University's Donna Goodman and Lisa Allen from Northern Ireland - attended a prestigious service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in history.

Donna joined 2,500 nurses and midwives at the ceremony in May and was one ofjust 22 who took part in the Procession of the Lamp, dressed in full uniform.

Pictured are nursing students Lisa Allen and Donna Goodman with Mary Hawthorne, associate lecturer;  Ida Foster, staff tutor, and middle and Donna Gallagher, staff tutor.
 

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Student nurses from across the country - including the Open University's Donna Goodman and Lisa Allen from Northern Ireland - attended a prestigious service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in history. Donna joined 2,500 nurses and midwives at the ceremony in May and was one ofjust 22 who took part in the Procession of the ...