Longfellow’s 1857 poem "Santa Filomena" Florence Nightingale more affectionately known as “The Lady with the Lamp” was the founder of educated and scientific nursing. She was born on May 12‚ 1820 (now celebrated as International Nurses Day) and died on August 13‚ 1910. In this long illustrious career she worked as a pioneer in nursing practices‚ as a writer and as a statistician. Inspired by a Christian divine calling she decided to devote her life to nursing in 1845 despite family objections who
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of the murdered men and while I live I shall fight their cause.” These words‚ spoken by Florence Nightingale‚ very neatly sum up her life`s ambitions. She was born on May 12‚ 1820‚ into a family of “new money” which was trying to fit in with Victorian society‚ where working was considered undignified and women were supposed to be frail. Florence went against these rules and went on to seek a career in nursing‚ despite her family’s disapproval. Up to that time nurses had mostly been religious‚ monastic
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hear the name‚ Florence Nightingale my ears wander around interested. She became one of the people I now idolize. Her passion for nursing was beyond belief because when she approached her parents and told them about her nursing ambition‚ they were not pleased but on 1844 she pursued her first goal and enrolled as a nursing student despite the displease of her parents and how becoming a nurse itself was such a low position for women; she believed that nursing was her calling… Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale was a legend in her lifetime and was one of the greatest pioneer’s in nursing. She lived ninety years and accomplished many great things for the field of nursing. Her descriptions of nursing‚ health‚ environment‚ and humankind are remarkable and still true to this day. Nightingale reformed nursing and changed the way nursing was viewed. Some of the issues during Nightingale’s time‚ the 1800’s‚ we still face today. Nightingale not only impacted nursing in the 1800’s‚ but
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Nursing Theorist Grid Theorist Selected: Florence Nightingale Description of Theory: Nightingale was the first to publish her theory in 1860 about the importance of the environment on the patient and healing. The patient in connection with the environment‚ air‚ temperature‚ light‚ water and remaining clean that contribute to the healing process (Parker‚ 2006). Her theory also states that it is the nurses calling to assist the patient to place him or her in the best conditions for
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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
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My name is Florence Nightingale and I was born in Florence‚ Italy on May 12‚ 1820. My father is William Nightingale of Embly Park‚ New Hampshire. He’s a Unitarian and a Whig that is involved in the anti-slavery movement. My mother is Fanny Nightingale who also came from a Unitarian family. I have one sister‚ that I love very much‚ whose name is Parthenope. At the time when I was born‚ many girls did not receive any type of education. My sister and I were lucky to have a father that believed
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Florence Nightingale considered the founder of modern nursing. At the age of 24‚ she had felt to be called by God to help the poor and sick. Many people know that she was influential in the nursing. They might not know how much she truly impacted it. Before Florence Nightingale came along‚ nurses considered their job unimportant an low status‚ as they were untrained and not taught about nursing. Also‚ she volunteered to nurse soldiers during the Crimean War. She analyzed the difficult conditions
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Florence Nightingale‚ OM‚ RRC (play /ˈflɒrəns ˈnaɪtɨŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated English 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 was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. Early 21st century commentators have asserted Nightingale’s achievements in the Crimean War had been exaggerated by the media
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Abstract On her death in 1910‚ Florence Nightingale left a vast collection of reports‚ letters‚ notes and other written material. There are numerous publications that make use of this material‚ often highlighting Florence’s attitude to a particular issue. In this paper we gather a set of quotations and construct a dialogue with Florence Nightingale on the subject of statistics. Our dialogue draws attention to strong points of connection between Florence Nightingale’s use of statistics and modern
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