Florence Nightingale is considered to be one of the most influential theorist in nursing history whose actions have changed the view of nursing and the hospital environment. Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy‚ well educated‚ and privileged family during the Victorian era. Nightingale’s father regarded education to be very important and she was afforded an exceptional education with an emphasis in Mathematics. It is said that she was tutored by “James Sylvester‚ an important English Mathematician”
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Science Mrs.Jackson 26 October 2014 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was an English nurse born in Florence‚ Italy‚ on May 12‚ 1820. Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing and made outstanding contributions to the knowledge and improvement of public health. Throughout her childhood her goal was to achieve independence‚ importance in some field of activity‚ and obedience to God through service to society. In 1844 when she was 24 Nightingale decided that she wanted to work in hospitals
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paper discusses how Florence Nightingale was a complex woman‚ largely responsible for the state of nursing as we know it today. For all of her efforts‚ she was a product of her upbringing. She had amazing success with changing the hospital conditions in Crimea and establishing the nursing profession as a respectable one before becoming a recluse upon her return to England. This paper highlights some of the events of Florence Nightingale’s life as well as how her nursing theory has played a most important
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who helped this change take place was Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered as a pioneer in the nursing profession. She has contributed a lot in the field of nursing and her works are considered as assets‚ and will be remembered for many years. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Florence‚ Italy‚ and was named after her birthplace. Nightingale died in 1910. She was a brilliant mathematician‚ and used statistics in achieving her reforms. Florence was a well-educated woman in a number
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Florence Nightingale’s philosophy of nursing was centered on the patient and their relationship with their surroundings. She believed it was important to focus on the patient by studying their behavior and recording what was observed. She also focused on sanitation or cleanliness of hospitals. She linked five environmental factors that assisted in the recovery of patients. They are fresh water‚ fresh air‚ efficient drainage‚ cleanliness and direct sunlight. Her general concepts of ventilation‚ quietness
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In “Florence Nightingale” Lytton Strachey uses diction‚ tone‚ and symbols to define his views on Florence Nightingale. He does this in order to show how heroes are more complex than just their accomplishments. In regards to diction‚ Strachey uses phrases that are comparing her actions to religious ideas. He refers to Florence as‚ “The saintly‚ self sacrificing woman‚” (Strachey 2). By comparing her to a saint he is showing how highly he admires her. Also‚ by comparing her to that of a saint he is
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Leslie Burlingame A LIFESAVER & HERO: Florence Nightingale What is a hero? In my view a hero is someone that goes out of their way to do things for other people then worry about themselves and their very devoted to what they love to do. My hero is Florence Nightingale; she changed the hospitals and saved lives with her determination‚ compassion‚ and hard work. Nursing was once an occupation with little respect: people did not think you had to have special training or skills to be a nurse
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Florence Nightingale: The Foundation of Modern Medicine Medicine in the mid-1800s was unorganized and illogical‚ especially in Europe. The majority of citizens lived in poor or working class neighborhoods‚ and could not afford clean water or sewage facilities. Cities were congested with garbage and human waste. As the population boomed‚ people were living in cramped apartment buildings and group homes to conserve costs and resources. Disease was rampant throughout European cities. The combination
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Florence Nightingale: Nineteenth Century Nursing Leader and Founder of Modern Nursing Natalie Mastalerz Senior Division Individual Paper Natalie Mastalerz Mrs. Balducci Global History 10H - NHD 9 March 2015 Florence Nightingale: Leadership and Legacy Florence Nightingale was an extraordinary mid-nineteenth century nursing leader during the Crimean War‚ and she left a legacy of improved hospital healthcare‚ a new type of modern nursing‚ nursing schools and programs
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PROFILE A LEADER 1. Florence Nightingale(12th May 1820-13thAugust 1910) Florence Nightingale was born in Italy then moved to London when she was a young girl‚ one day at her home in London she went to see one of her father’s workers who was ill and while she was their she suggested to his wife that she should take him to a hospital and she was shocked that Ms. Nightingale could suggest such a place because the hospitals they went to was a place of death and the conditions were not good. 14
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