Nursing during Times of Pandemic: from Courage on the Front Line to Heroic Courage in Banksy’s Mural

Abstract

On 12 May 2020, the world commemorated thebicentennial of the birth of Florence Nightingale,and to date, multiple publications in press media,social networks, and journal articles have relatedher biography and accounted for her contributionand legacy, not only to nursing, but to publichealth. It is precisely within this context of healthcontingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic thatthe relevance of Nightingale gains greater senseon aspects as simple, but as necessary, likehandwashing and measures of basic health.