The Florence Nightingale Effect is a psychological complex where people who are entrusted with the care and wellbeing of vulnerable patients begin to form a romantic attraction and often erotic attraction towards their charges. For alternate usage see Complexity. In Psychology a complex is an important group of unconscious associations connected NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Interpersonal attraction (known as biological attraction in animals is the attraction between people which leads to Friendships and romantic NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Medical workers, such as nurses, are typically at risk, and it is a form of psychological countertransference. In Psychotherapy, counter-transference is a condition where the therapist as a result of the therapy sessions begins to transfer the therapist's own unconscious feelings The effect can also occur in patients who see medical workers as their protector and then develop feelings for them. It was named after nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910 who came to be known as "The
Instances of Florence Nightingale Effect in Fiction
- The Florence Nightingale Effect is referenced in the movie Back to the Future, in fact spurring a major plot point, when Marty McFly's mother Lorraine becomes entranced with Marty instead of his father George after Marty is hit with Lorraine's father's car instead of George. Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg. Martin "Marty" McFly is a Fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future Lorraine Baines McFly is a Fictional character, a lead character in the Back to the Future Motion picture Trilogy, played by George Douglas McFly is a Fictional character in the Back to the Future Motion picture Trilogy. This is stated directly by Dr. Emmett Brown. "Doc Brown" redirects here For the British rapper see Doc Brown (rapper.
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