nursing

Florence Nightingale's life, statistical innovations, and verified quirks: the polar area diagram, pet owl Athena, 50 years bedridden, and rewriting hospital medicine from her bedroom.

Norway and Switzerland have the most nurses per capita — over 17 per 1,000 people. The world faces a shortfall of 13 million healthcare workers by 2035. The Philippines trains the world's most export nurses. Sub-Saharan Africa has less than 1 nurse per 1,000 people in many countries.