Florence Nightingale brought tremendous change to the world of nursing. She was truly a pioneer, paving the way for many to follow, with her ground breaking new outlook on nursing care. Florence was born in 1820 to a well off British family. She was said to be a very intelligent child, so her father gave her a thorough education. An extended education, at that time, was mostly reserved for men. Florence received her education from her father and an assortment of private tutors. She received lessons in modern languages, literature and higher mathematics. She showed a particularly strong interest in mathematics which later in her life would prove quite helpful. After receiving her education, she had become discontent with her home life, and …show more content…
Herbert happened to be family friends of the Nightingale’s. So knowing of Florence’s ambition to help people Herbert tasked Nightingale with going to Scutari to treat the injured coming back from the war. She was independently funded by Herbert. She took off to Scutari with a group of nurses. Scutari was previously a Turkish army barracks. The Turks had given it to the British to use as a hospital in order to accommodate a seemingly endless supply of sick and wounded. The barracks that was originally designed to protect solders from opposing armies, offered little in the way of protection when it came to the much smaller disease causing invaders that were rampant inside the walls of this poorly equipped facility. The facility contributed, in many cases, to the deaths of soldiers due to the sanitary limitations, and overcrowding. Close to forty-three percent of the patients inside of Scutari’s walls died. Things like wound sepsis, cholera, dysentery and Crimea fever claimed many lives. This great loss of life would later be attributed to the lack of sanitation. Sanitation did eventually improve, due to work by Florence and the British government, but not before claiming a great many
Nightingale and 38 women volunteers, which included her aunt Mai Smith and fifteen Catholic nuns, trained by Nightingale herslef, were sent to the Ottoman Empire to care for the wounded and sick. Upon arrival she and her team discovered that wounded soldiers were being cared for by overworked medical staff and thus being the reason for such poor care. She also found that there wasn't a big supply of medicines, there was very poor hygiene, and because of this infections were common and often
Florence nightingale was born on the 12th of may 1820. She was considered as the founder of modern nursing. She started her carrier as a nurse for poor and sick at the age of 24. During Crimean war she came to prominence while serving as a nurse, where she tended to wounded soldiers. During her service she took notice of the dirtiness and deterioration of the military hospitals. Thereby she took action by making sanitary improvements establishing standards for clean and safe hospitals. Thus she helped to bring down
Nightingale found the conditions of the hospitals appalling. The men were kept in rooms without blankets or decent food. Unwashed, they were still wearing their army uniforms, "still with dirt and gore". In these conditions, Florence was not surprised that war wounds accounted for one out of every six deaths in the war. Diseases such at typhus, chorea, and dysentery ran rampant among the wounded soldiers.
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy. Her parents named her after the city she was born in. She was born on May 12,1980, she was raised mostly in Derbyshire England. Many people when they hear Florence Nightingale think about her as a nurse and for her fight for better hospital care. Florence did a lot more in her life than achieve better hospital conditions, and become a nurse. She was a brilliant mathematician, and used statistics to apply them to achieve her reforms. Florence was a well-educated woman in a number of fields other than math;
Florence Nightingale is known as the pioneer of nursing and evidence- based health care. Many believe that she was the founder of what we call modern nursing today. During her time as a nurse she had founded her school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in 1860 as well she wrote many nursing books such as Notes on Nursing wrote in
Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross, was an incredibly passionate and honestly one of the most influential women to ever live. Nightingale lived in a higher class than most, however she decided that she would rather spend the rest of her days saving and aiding illness bound individuals who needed and could benefit from her assistance the most. Florence Nightingale, did not always know that her destiny was to save lives until she received a message from and God. The message from God sparked an idea in Nightingale’s head, so she set out on a journey throughout Europe and made a few observations throughout her travels abroad.
Artillery shells shocked the air with insomnia-causing explosions. Bullets flew through soldiers’ bodies within the blink of an eye. The screams of agony came from thousands inside military medic camps, with many screams ending swiftly but painfully. The Crimean war took its toll on soldiers from states including the Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, and even the United Kingdom. Many soldiers died due to disease and lack of good medical care during battles. During this time period, many women were expected to maintain their house and take care of their children, rather than become a nurse or go into higher-level education. It was looked-down-upon for women to nurse on the battlefield as most women on the battlefield were seen as prostitutes.
When a baby bird fell from its nest in Greece nearly 200 years ago, it could not have known that this might have been the luckiest day of its young life. The owlet, fell into the arms of one of the most loving and caring women known throughout history – Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale was a pioneer in the field of nursing who helped to establish health reforms and improve the unsanitary conditions in British hospitals. Her undying devotion and care for the wounded extended to all creatures, including the little bird whom she saved and named Athena in 1850.
Florence Nightingale was the younger of two children in her family, her mother was Frances Nightingale and her father was William Shore Nightingale. As a young child Florence was very active in philanthropy, she helped the ill and the poor people in her village. By the age sixteen is was clear to her that nursing had been her calling. When she approached her parents with her divine purpose in life her parents were not pleased, in fact her parents forbade her to purse nursing. In her social standing girls her age were accepted to marry a man not takes up a job. At seventeen she declined a marriage proposal and explained her reasoning to her parents. Despite her parents’ objections, in 1844, Nightingale enrolled as a nursing student at the Lutheran
On May 12, 1820 Florence Nightingale was born into a wealthy family located in Florence, Italy. In her family it was frowned upon to work outside the home, but as she grew up she often helped the poor and ill in her village. In Spring of 1844 Florence eventually came to conclusion that being a nurse was her God-given calling. Most people today would call becoming a nurse as a good goal, but back then it was the idea was considered impossible. The hospitals were a place where people avoided and it was dark and dirty. Florence wanted to change that all.
British Secretary of War wrote to Nightingale asking her to go to Turkey to care for the wounded. Nightingale and her nurses arrived in Scutari, Turkey. Nightingale told her group of nurses not to care for the soldiers until they were asked by the doctors. Nightingale and her group of nurses made the barracks cleaner, fed soldiers, cared for the sick, and the death rate of the wounded dropped to 2.2% (“Birth of the Nursing Profession”). She would visit the wounded soldiers at night, carrying a lamp.
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy in 1820. She was born into a wealthy British family and displayed very educated for a female from that era. She was tutored by her father and would later study Nursing in Kaiserwerth, Germany. Florence believed that she was called by god to be a nurse and at the age of 25 told her parents that she wished to study nursing. This desire to be a nurse was only a dream until she turned 31 and was permitted by her family to travel to Kaiserwerth, Germany and study nursing. She took what she learned here and moved back to London and began working as the superintendent at the Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen. Nightingales fame came during the Crimean war, where she worked to improve
Humanity has learned so much from our ancestors, from what they taught to what they stood for, they have always been the models in our lives no matter good or bad. Someone who has particularly stood out in the past and was a true beacon of endurance and compassion was Florence Nightingale because of her sting will and deep love for he patients and refusal to be discouraged. Thankfully, she has been allowed to reincarnate with her full memory and all of her wisdom! While learning of the new niceties of the 21st century, she has discovered the cell phone or “Mysterious portal of words” in her own description of our technological devices. Curiously, she has not chosen a new Samsung Phone or Apple Phone ( Whose name she still does not understand,
Florence stayed in the supervisory role for only one year due to the Crimea war. Florence received news about the unsanitary and negligently staffed military hospitals. British military were left without medical care, due to a shortage of doctors, no nurses, and limited supplies (Florence Nightingale, 2016). Florence saw this and decided it was her opportunity to fill her calling to nursing. Florence wrote to her long time friend and secretary of State Sidney Herbert to volunteer for service. Nightingale was able to recruit and train 38
Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th 1820. Her father, who was a wealthy and intelligent man, believed that women deserved an education. Thus, Florence Nightingale and her sister were educated in Italian, Latin, Greek, History, and Mathematics. This is quite