Also called Florence Nightingale syndrome, Nightingale syndrome or The Nightingale effect.
The Florence Nightingale effect is a trope where a caregiver develops romantic feelings, sexual feelings, or both for their patient, even if very little communication or contact takes place outside of basic care. Feelings may fade once the patient is no longer in need of care.
The effect is named for Florence Nightingale, a pioneer in the field of nursing in the second half of the 19th century. Due to her dedication to patient care, she was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" because of her habit of making rounds at night, previously not done. Her care would forever change the way hospitals treated patients. Most consider Nightingale the founder of modern nursing. There is no record of Florence Nightingale having ever fallen in love with one of her patients. In fact, despite multiple suitors, she never married for fear it might interfere with her calling for nursing. Albert Finney referred to the effect as the "Florence Nightingale syndrome" in a 1982 interview, and that phrase was used earlier to refer to health workers pursuing non-tangible rewards in their careers.
The Florence Nightingale effect is a trope where a caregiver develops romantic feelings, sexual feelings, or both for their patient, even if very little communication or contact takes place outside of basic care. Feelings may fade once the patient is no longer in need of care.
The effect is named for Florence Nightingale, a pioneer in the field of nursing in the second half of the 19th century. Due to her dedication to patient care, she was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" because of her habit of making rounds at night, previously not done. Her care would forever change the way hospitals treated patients. Most consider Nightingale the founder of modern nursing. There is no record of Florence Nightingale having ever fallen in love with one of her patients. In fact, despite multiple suitors, she never married for fear it might interfere with her calling for nursing. Albert Finney referred to the effect as the "Florence Nightingale syndrome" in a 1982 interview, and that phrase was used earlier to refer to health workers pursuing non-tangible rewards in their careers.
They told him that he would forget about her when she no longer were in need of hospital care and went back home. The Florence Nightingale effect they called it. But he wasn't sure they were right. Sure a respected doctor like him would not fall victim for such a thing.
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Get the The Florence Nightingale Effect mug.The act/art of procrastinating on any assignment to the point of one or multiple all-nighters. This can include many things however usually includes but is not limited to the following.
1. Shouting at a superior that you are almost done when you have not started
2. Loging in and out of facebook saying, "ok i really need to finish(that's what she said)"
3. Surfing the web for things you cannot afford (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, masions)
4. Watching far from viral videos on youtube then commenting said videos and forwarding them to your friends
5. Setting your status to: "pissed off that I didn't sleep
6. Throwing things
7. Buying the XXXL sized Monster and convincing people that it uses less packaging (for the enviromental late-nighters)
8. Posting on forums that have not been active for over a year.
9. Signing up for multiple "free" web offers - see scam
1. Shouting at a superior that you are almost done when you have not started
2. Loging in and out of facebook saying, "ok i really need to finish(that's what she said)"
3. Surfing the web for things you cannot afford (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, masions)
4. Watching far from viral videos on youtube then commenting said videos and forwarding them to your friends
5. Setting your status to: "pissed off that I didn't sleep
6. Throwing things
7. Buying the XXXL sized Monster and convincing people that it uses less packaging (for the enviromental late-nighters)
8. Posting on forums that have not been active for over a year.
9. Signing up for multiple "free" web offers - see scam
ex1.
Guy 1: Holy Crap, I didn't finish any of my homework for the whole year.
Guy 2: What were you doing?
Guy 1: I was late-nighting writing definitions on Urban Dictionary
ex2.
Guy 1: I was up Late-nighting for the last week.
Guy 2: Oh yeah that's cool.
Guy 1: I know I think I
Guy 1: Holy Crap, I didn't finish any of my homework for the whole year.
Guy 2: What were you doing?
Guy 1: I was late-nighting writing definitions on Urban Dictionary
ex2.
Guy 1: I was up Late-nighting for the last week.
Guy 2: Oh yeah that's cool.
Guy 1: I know I think I
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