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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. Medical workers, such as nurses, are typically at risk, and it is a form of psychological countertransference. It can also form between a patient and a medical worker, who sees him/her as their protector and then develops feelings for them. Ironically, the woman it was named after, Florence Nightingale had no such problem, and was reportedly asexual.
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