Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
“The Lady with the Lamp”, the soldiers referred to her as during the Crimean War, as she made rounds in the dark checking on the wounded. Florence Nightingale became the founder of modern nursing practices, reformed the British military health care system, and reformed hospitals sanitation methods. Nightingale saw her purpose and mission in life on a large scale. She wanted to serve humanity by preventing the many needless deaths and illnesses that occurred. With the fierce passion to pursue her mission in life. Nightingale not only accomplished the prevention of needless deaths, she also founded the, “Polar-Area Diagram”. She called the diagram “coxcombs” and used them to chart and measure the occurrence of all the deaths during the Crimean War. Mortality rates peaked in January of 1855 at the British hospital Nightingale worked. That January She documented 3,168 deaths using a chart method equivalent to what is known in modern day as the, Circular Histogram. Nightingale is primarily remembered for her contribution in implementing a sanitation policy for hospitals and her nursing career. Through her drive and determination of healthcare she also became the founder of the, “Polar Area Diagram” adding graphical representation of statistics in the mathematical field. As if these accomplishments alone are not enough, she was also an important link in the study of English feminism and wrote several books on the topic. Florence Nightingale was an accomplished female in history and received numerous honors, awards, and praise throughout her life. Florence Nightingale was born May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy. She was named after the city of her birth. She was born to her father William Edward Nightingale and his wife Frances Smith as they toured Europe the first couple of years of their marriage. Florence had one sibling, sister named Parthenon, after the Greek city she was born in the previous year. Early education of
“The Lady with the Lamp”, the soldiers referred to her as during the Crimean War, as she made rounds in the dark checking on the wounded. Florence Nightingale became the founder of modern nursing practices, reformed the British military health care system, and reformed hospitals sanitation methods. Nightingale saw her purpose and mission in life on a large scale. She wanted to serve humanity by preventing the many needless deaths and illnesses that occurred. With the fierce passion to pursue her mission in life. Nightingale not only accomplished the prevention of needless deaths, she also founded the, “Polar-Area Diagram”. She called the diagram “coxcombs” and used them to chart and measure the occurrence of all the deaths during the Crimean War. Mortality rates peaked in January of 1855 at the British hospital Nightingale worked. That January She documented 3,168 deaths using a chart method equivalent to what is known in modern day as the, Circular Histogram. Nightingale is primarily remembered for her contribution in implementing a sanitation policy for hospitals and her nursing career. Through her drive and determination of healthcare she also became the founder of the, “Polar Area Diagram” adding graphical representation of statistics in the mathematical field. As if these accomplishments alone are not enough, she was also an important link in the study of English feminism and wrote several books on the topic. Florence Nightingale was an accomplished female in history and received numerous honors, awards, and praise throughout her life. Florence Nightingale was born May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy. She was named after the city of her birth. She was born to her father William Edward Nightingale and his wife Frances Smith as they toured Europe the first couple of years of their marriage. Florence had one sibling, sister named Parthenon, after the Greek city she was born in the previous year. Early education of