Florence Nightingale effect

The Florence Nightingale effect is a trope where a caregiver falls in love with 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.

Origin

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,[1] and that phrase was used earlier to refer to health workers pursuing non-tangible rewards in their careers.[2]

gollark: Yes, those are cave times.
gollark: Are people available then or did I pick a terrible time again?
gollark: 93lZZ (in 4 hours)ToD 15:55:20 (it might be a bit earlier, accurately checking is hard)Unfogging at 15:50:20ARing at 15:52:50 (2mins30 before ToD)If you are a silly 12-hour person, that's 3:50pm and onwards.This is all cave time.
gollark: What raffle?
gollark: That was anticlimactic.

References
  1. Judy Bachrach (June 21, 1982). "Albert Finney". People. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  2. David Woods (October 19, 1974). "Unions moving into MD offices and clinics". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 111 (8): 862–4, 874. PMC 1947902. PMID 4422568.
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