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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Florence Nightingale Born in 1820 to a wealthy family‚ Florence was educated at home by her father. She aspired to serve others‚ in particular she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were opposed - at that time‚ nursing was not seen as a respectable profession. Despite her parents disapproval‚ Florence went ahead and trained to be a nurse. In 1853‚ the Crimea war broke out.The war was too terrifying that many soldiers were wounded and dying without proper first aids. Later in 1855‚ 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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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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According to the article “The voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy”‚ Florence Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820 as the second daughter to English parents. She was intelligent‚ and as a young woman learned several languages. Nightingale was known to be most comfortable in the solitary activities of reading‚ writing in her journals and attempting to discern purpose in her life (Selanders & Crane‚ 2012). However‚ Florence Nightingale believed in making mankind’s life better. With these thoughts
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I was really moved when Dr. Howe advised Florence that "If you have a passion‚ the only way to satisfy it is to pursue it." Yes‚ you will only be satisfied in your life when you pursue your passion on something because if not‚ you will only regret it and in the end you weren’t able to help other people as well as yourself. Florence really did not neglect God’s call to her and this really demonstrated the passionate side of her. Thanks to Dr. Howe‚ she found out that nursing is really her calling
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Florence Nightingale Kayla McDonald‚ RN Western Kentucky University Florence Nightingale A Revolutionary Nurse Leader Florence Nightingale was a revolutionary nurse leader in her time. She was an activist for the “sick poor” (Monteiro‚ 1985‚ p. 181) who had the forethought‚ organization‚ planning‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ and determination to accomplish great strides in public health and nurse training. She was not just an activist for a specific gender or race‚ but she was an advocate
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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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The nurse of influential I have chosen to write about is Florence Nightingale‚ born on May 12th 1820 to Willian and Frances Nightingale in Florence‚ Italy. Had only one sister named Frances Parthenope. The Nightingale’s were very respected and were also very rich. Florence was a clever‚ smart‚ spoke many languages‚ rebellious in her ways‚ but was also very determine. She believed God had spoken to her and He wanted her to fulfill his needs as a devoted Christian that she was she decided to study
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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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