Florence Nightingale Research Paper
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 for those who wanted to follow in her footsteps, and turning nursing into an honorable field. She defied societal expectations to become a wartime nurse, opened nursing up for women, and worked hard to achieve her goals, despite being looked …show more content…
When Florence entered the nursing field, nurses were stereotyped as lazy drunks, especially women (The Truth About Nursing). After her displays of leadership and her reforms in British hospitals and the Crimean hospital, nursing became viewed as an honorable job full of hard workers. She changed nursing from an occupation to a respected profession. She was the first person to use statistics when she filed her reports about English hospitals to the government, which is a practice that is still used today. Statistics are now deeply rooted in a hospital’s functioning and organization. She ended up becoming the first nurse-statistician. After improving the state of the Crimean hospital, Florence went on to establish nursing programs and schools of her own. For example, in 1860, she established the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at St. Thomas 's Hospital, London, the first of its kind. The school’s intent was to train nurses who could, in turn, train others. The year after, she founded a midwives’ training school in King’s College Hospital (Florence Nightingale International Foundation). These buildings still stand today and continue to educate the new generations of nurses. Florence also had saw great value in sharing and spreading her methods and beliefs to other places. After teaching many nurses in England, she worked with American nurses and doctors to train them in her …show more content…
With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. (Miracle)
International Nurses’ Day is even celebrated on her birthday, May 12th. Florence’s actions and beliefs have inspired other people in a variety of ways. Her concern for the well being of her patients and her efforts to provide the highest quality care possible to them, along with the actions of American Civil War nurse Clara Barton, inspired Jean Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross, to “establish an organization concerned with the alleviation of human suffering”. This organization became known as the Geneva Convention of 1864, and the International Committee of the Red Cross still stands today (Simkin). Florence’s legacy is one of empowerment, healing, and knowledge, and it will stand strong for a long time to
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 for those who wanted to follow in her footsteps, and turning nursing into an honorable field. She defied societal expectations to become a wartime nurse, opened nursing up for women, and worked hard to achieve her goals, despite being looked …show more content…
When Florence entered the nursing field, nurses were stereotyped as lazy drunks, especially women (The Truth About Nursing). After her displays of leadership and her reforms in British hospitals and the Crimean hospital, nursing became viewed as an honorable job full of hard workers. She changed nursing from an occupation to a respected profession. She was the first person to use statistics when she filed her reports about English hospitals to the government, which is a practice that is still used today. Statistics are now deeply rooted in a hospital’s functioning and organization. She ended up becoming the first nurse-statistician. After improving the state of the Crimean hospital, Florence went on to establish nursing programs and schools of her own. For example, in 1860, she established the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at St. Thomas 's Hospital, London, the first of its kind. The school’s intent was to train nurses who could, in turn, train others. The year after, she founded a midwives’ training school in King’s College Hospital (Florence Nightingale International Foundation). These buildings still stand today and continue to educate the new generations of nurses. Florence also had saw great value in sharing and spreading her methods and beliefs to other places. After teaching many nurses in England, she worked with American nurses and doctors to train them in her …show more content…
With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. (Miracle)
International Nurses’ Day is even celebrated on her birthday, May 12th. Florence’s actions and beliefs have inspired other people in a variety of ways. Her concern for the well being of her patients and her efforts to provide the highest quality care possible to them, along with the actions of American Civil War nurse Clara Barton, inspired Jean Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross, to “establish an organization concerned with the alleviation of human suffering”. This organization became known as the Geneva Convention of 1864, and the International Committee of the Red Cross still stands today (Simkin). Florence’s legacy is one of empowerment, healing, and knowledge, and it will stand strong for a long time to