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
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 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
Florence Nightingale 1. One impression that stuck with me, was that Florence went against what her parents thought was right or "ideal" at that time and followed her heart on becoming a nurse. Then within only a year, became the head of nursing at the hospital she worked at. 2. Another impression was the fact that she lowered death rates at military hospitals by two thirds just by making it a requirement that the sanitary conditions were up to her standards.
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.
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.
She gained her training in Germany, than was appointed superintendent of Upper Harley Street Hospital once she returned to England. Upon learning that the mortality rate for soldiers in the field was 44% during the Crimean War, Nightingale was appalled and using political support, collected a band of nurses that went with her to travel with her to the Crimea. Upon arrival, she learned that most soldiers were dying of disease rather than wounds from battle. Nightingale theorized that it was dirt causing diseases rather than microorganisms, to test her theory, she scrubbed the medical facilities and removed all the dirt. Once she had done that the mortality rate dramatically decreased within a short amount of time. Thus leading to the discovery and the foundation of modern evidence-based practice. When Nightingale returned to England, she was hailed as a hero and was established a trust fund, to which she used to create the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital to train and educate other professional
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 is admired for her efforts in recognizing the role of the nurse in healthcare, creating nurse training, and for her philosophical writing. Nightingale had a desire for improving healthcare as well as providing nursing with a foundational philosophy of practice (Risjord, 2010). Philosophy is the study of the nature of existence, and actuality of what is possible to understand, right or wrong practices, or a distinctive set of beliefs (Philosophy, n.d). Dating back to approximately 500 AD, the scope of practice for the role of a nurse predominantly involved hygiene and comfort needs of individuals and their families. During the 5th century, nursing practices were performed in religious constructs (Craven & Hirnle).
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,
Historically, nursing leaders in public health such as Florence Nightingale, Lillian Wald and many others made huge advances in promoting the health of the public with multiple strategies aimed at improving the environment, the health knowledge of groups and individuals, and reducing the spread of disease. Today across the globe, nurses provide the key components of public health interventions in all health care fields (Savage & Kub, 2009). Strength and/or limitations of Nurses The modern founder of the nursing profession, Florence Nightingale recognized as early pioneer in epidemiology. She developed a system of training for nurses that changed nursing from an ill-defined job with no consistent method of entry to a clear educational foundation required for entry into the profession.
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 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
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
Her father was extremely wealthy and her mother was very intelligent. She grew up in Florence, Italy and moved to London, England later on. She wanted to be a nurse when she grew up and had it all planned out, but her family did not like her plan. Florence just ignored them and still wanted to continue to learn more about nursing. When she was young she would always want to watch and try to learn about nursing when she was in hospitals even though her family would not let her. Later on her family gave up trying to stop her from wanting to
On May 12, 1820 Florence Nightingale was born to William Edward and Frances Nightingale. Florence lived a comfortable life and was well educated. She was never happy with the normal female skins but prefered to have discussions about politics and social discourse with her father. When she was sixteen she said she got a “calling from god” telling her to serve the sick and God; Florence thought nursing was the answer to that. Her parents and family didn’t believe that nursing was an inappropriate behavior for women. Despite her family’s ideas Florence was able to enroll in the institution of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaiserswerth in Germany for a two week long training class. Through her family connections Florence landed a job working as superintendent of the Institution for Sick Gentlewomen. As superintendent Florence was able to showcase her skills and was then so recruited to gather a group of nurses to travel to Crimea to help in the hospitals on the military bases. Florence Nightingale embodied the qualities of the Grad at Grad because she had a strong work ethic, the ability to gain trust that facilitated the development of leadership and promoted justice.