Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910) was a celebrated British social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean war, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She recorded statistics on epidemic typhus in the English civilian and military populations. In 1858, she published a thousand-page report using statistical comparisons to demonstrate that diseases, poor food, and unsanitary conditions were killing…
Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing, it started during the Crimean War. She had a team of nurses improve the unhealthy conditions at a british hospital, which also reduced death by two thirds.…
Florence Nightingale established the first nursing school in the United States, introducing nursing as a profession.…
Kelly, J. (2012). Editorial: What has Florence Nightingale ever done for clinical nurses?. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 21(17/18), 2397-2398. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03455.x…
Before Florence Nightingale started to improve nursing as a practice public health care system was underdeveloped. People who were living in urban areas didn’t have access to clean water and proper sewage disposal. Most of the sick people were treated at their homes and cared for by their family members.…
Graduating in 1884, Isabel was offered to attend the prestigious St. Paul’s House for Trained Nurses in Rome, Italy. During her eighteen months in Europe, her duties took her to all the major cities of Italy, France and Germany caring for English speaking patients both within the hospital and in patient’s homes or hotels. This was Isabel’s first exposure to International nursing, and she quickly saw the need to promote and strengthen international relationships between nurses in the US and…
In scene one, Florence Nightingale showed the characteristic of being determined. Florence Nightingale is determined because she knew her sister Parthenope and her parents wouldn’t support her decision to be a nurse, but she would still continue to accomplish what she wanted. In the 1800s women weren't as respected as men. Florence Nightingale didn’t let…
Today Florence Nightingale isn’t alive, but there’s a Florence Nightingale Museum, which sits at the site of the original Nightingale Training School for nurses with more than 2,000 artifacts demonstrating the life and career of the “Angel of the Crimea.” To this day, Florence Nightingale is broadly acknowledged and revered as the pioneer of modern nursing. Christopher J. Gill and Gillian C. Gill, critics believe Florence Nightingale is an important person that has impacted in American History. “We argue that Florence Nightingale's influence today extends beyond her undeniable impact on the field of modern nursing to the areas of infection control, hospital epidemiology, and hospice…
Florence Nightingale is one of the most highly influential individuals in nursing history. She was a leader at heart and used her educational and social background to enhance the medical field by improving quality of life for patients in the hospital. When faced with the horrible conditions of military hospitals in the Crimean War, she became an advocate for the soldiers by writing letters requesting more medical supplies, cleaning equipment, clothing, heaters, water boilers, clean linens, and proper food. Though at times she was denied, she never stopped writing letter and documenting facts to prove that these changes were needed. Florence began to organize the hospitals, which created an easier and more efficient environment for both the medical staff and the patients. She also cleaned and sanitized the hospital while instilling the need for both clean nursing practices and a clean environment to provide adequate care. Florence started the standard for clean hospitals and built the foundation for nursing actions we know…
Florence Nightingale was born into a wealthy British family at the Villa Colombaia in Florence, Italy. She was inspired by what she thought to be a divine calling. At the age of 17 at Embley Park, Nightingale made a commitment to nursing and human healthcare. This decision demonstrated strong will on her part in that she was willing to go beyond normality. It had constituted a rebellion against the expected role for women at that time, which was to become an obedient and humble wife. Nursing was a career with a poor reputation during that period of time. It was filled mostly by poor women, called "hangers-on", who had followed the armies when in war or in hardship. Nightingale announced her decision about nursing to her family in 1845,…
Florence Nightingale is well known for not only founding modern nursing, but also for starting the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, and for her famous contribution in the Crimean war.…
Historically, a career in Nursing has not always been one that was respected as a noble and honorable job. Once frowned upon by the elite classes, nursing was a job expected of the lower class. In 1853 however, a young woman belonging to an elite British family, named Florence Nightingale, would change that. From a young age, she believed that her divine purpose in life was to care for the ill and wounded. After reforming healthcare during the Crimean War and dedicating her life to her career, she became the pioneer of modern nursing. Florence Nightingale cared tirelessly for her patients, even walking the halls at night, using only an oil lamp, to…
These women also contributed a little bit differently to the field of nursing as individuals. Florence Nightingale pioneered the sanitation of hospitals, promoted hygiene, and more diligent hospital administration. Her school’s original mission was to train nurses how to work in hospitals, work with the poor, and to educate patients. The prime of Nightingale’s life was a little bit earlier than Wald’s or Breckinridge’s as she was born fifty and sixty years prior to the latter two ladies. In many ways, Florence…
Florence Nightingale’s pioneering work in nursing and nursing education provided an increased understanding on health care; however, the healthcare field has come a long way since then. In the 20th century the United States health care system was primarily designed to deal with illness and injuries. As patient care need have changed so has the nursing education in the 21st century; nurses today have to be much more flexible due to the expanding role of health care specialization.…
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on 12th May, 1820. In her late teens she felt that she was being called by God for something other living the life of the upper class. That other cause was nursing and after her father permission, decided to go to Kaiserwerth, Germany to study. She was there up until the Beginning of the Crimean War, which she aided heavily by tending to the wounded and sickly. After the war Nightingale she began making pamphlets and publishing books to spread her opinions on reform.…