International Nurses Day on May 12 honors nurses around the world. Sponsored by the International Council of Nurses, it celebrates the tireless efforts of nurses in maintaining public health.

Each International Nurses Day has a theme—in 2020, it is “Nursing the World to Health.” 【小题1】 Nightingale, thought to be the founder of modern nursing, was a British nurse during the Crimean War in the 1850s. She is popularly known as The Lady with the Lamp because she was often seen tending to wounded soldiers at night with a lamp in her hands.

Nurses are a vital part of any healthcare system, public or private. 【小题2】 They support and partner with doctors and medical providers to administer medical care. They monitor patients' health and spend time making them feel safe in a medical environment. Because of this, nurses have become one of the most trusted professionals around the world.

【小题3】 Until Nightingale transformed it, nursing was not an organized profession, often undertaken by members of religious orders, and viewed as an important occupation. 【小题4】 Additionally, she integrated (合并；结合) modern ideas of medicine and care into the day-to-day workings of nurses.

Today, nursing as an occupation accounts for 59% of the healthcare sector around the world. 【小题5】 Another 2018 study estimates that patients who require intensive care tend to spend about 86%to 88%of their time with a nurse, indicating the importance of nursing staff in the healthcare system. Each country has different rules about the educational and experience requirements of nursing specializations. But whatever their speciality, the goal of nurses is to deliver the best medical and health care to sufferers with great compassion.