Florence Nightingale Research Paper Outline
Florence Nightingale
Introduction
AGD: Nursing has been impacting our country for decades. One of the most influential leaders in nursing history is Florence Nightingale. “I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.”
Connect with Audience:
Florence Nightingale had a major impact on the development of medicine by changing the way nurses were viewed and creating higher sanitary standards for hospitals. Because of Florence and her observations, we do have high sanitary standards in hospitals; therefore we have decreased death rates today.
Establish Impact:
Imagine going to the hospital when you feel ill, …show more content…
Preview Points:
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.
Transition:
Florence realized when she was only sixteen years old that she wanted to be a nurse. She believed it to be her purpose in life. Florence decided to rebel against the traditional woman’s role of being a stay at home wife and mother. When she approached her parents about her dreams of becoming a nurse, they were not at all pleased and forbid her from going into the field.
Body:
Point 1-
Subpoint A: During the Victorian Era, a young girl with Florence’s social stature was expected to marry a wealthy man, not take on a job that was viewed as a poor servant-class job. After declining a marriage proposal when she was only 17 years old, Florence enrolled as a nursing student at the Lutheran Hospital in …show more content…
Thousands of British soldiers were sent to the Black Sea, where they quickly ran out of supplies. A year later, approximately 18,000 soldiers had been admitted into the military hospitals. And at that point in time, there were no female nurses working at the hospitals in Crimea. The horrible reputation of nurses thus far, led to war officials avoiding to hire more. In late 1854, Nightingale received a letter from the Secretary of War, asking her to get together a group of nurses to help the ill and fallen soldiers in Crimea. She quickly got together a team of 34 nurses and went with them to Crimea just a few days
Introduction
AGD: Nursing has been impacting our country for decades. One of the most influential leaders in nursing history is Florence Nightingale. “I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.”
Connect with Audience:
Florence Nightingale had a major impact on the development of medicine by changing the way nurses were viewed and creating higher sanitary standards for hospitals. Because of Florence and her observations, we do have high sanitary standards in hospitals; therefore we have decreased death rates today.
Establish Impact:
Imagine going to the hospital when you feel ill, …show more content…
Preview Points:
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.
Transition:
Florence realized when she was only sixteen years old that she wanted to be a nurse. She believed it to be her purpose in life. Florence decided to rebel against the traditional woman’s role of being a stay at home wife and mother. When she approached her parents about her dreams of becoming a nurse, they were not at all pleased and forbid her from going into the field.
Body:
Point 1-
Subpoint A: During the Victorian Era, a young girl with Florence’s social stature was expected to marry a wealthy man, not take on a job that was viewed as a poor servant-class job. After declining a marriage proposal when she was only 17 years old, Florence enrolled as a nursing student at the Lutheran Hospital in …show more content…
Thousands of British soldiers were sent to the Black Sea, where they quickly ran out of supplies. A year later, approximately 18,000 soldiers had been admitted into the military hospitals. And at that point in time, there were no female nurses working at the hospitals in Crimea. The horrible reputation of nurses thus far, led to war officials avoiding to hire more. In late 1854, Nightingale received a letter from the Secretary of War, asking her to get together a group of nurses to help the ill and fallen soldiers in Crimea. She quickly got together a team of 34 nurses and went with them to Crimea just a few days