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    Florence Nightingale Alyssa Rasmussen Great Falls College – MSU   Known as, “the Lady with the Lamp,” and “the Mother of Modern Nursing,” Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820 (National Women 's History Museum, n.d.). She was the youngest of two children born to William and Frances Nightingale (National Women 's History Museum, n.d.). Florence’s family was very wealthy and were members of the social elite (UAB - Reynolds-Finley Historical Library, n.d.). Florence received

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    system” (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010). Nursing as not always been the way it is now. To understand the history behind nursing, one must educate themselves on who Florence Nightingale was. Florence Nightingale had a major impact on the development of modern nursing. Before the introduction of modern nursing by Florence Nightingale, treatments were not giving the way that they are now. Treatments were done in the patient’s home rather than at a hospital or clinic. Patients were giving prescribe

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    Public Health While it is important to be able to care for patients who are ill, Florence felt that is was even more important to be able to prevent the health problem from existing in the first place. As such, she is a pioneer of public health as well. Public health utilises an upstream approach where the main goal is preventing the health problem from even existing. It has increased in popularity as its long term approach saves both money and resources that the healthcare system utilises. The

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    Analysis of a Theoretical Framework For Leadership Florence Nightingale is one of the most influential and renowned person in nursing due to her contribution to the practice of what nursing is today from her theories, literatures, schools, etc. resulting for her to be called “the mother of modern nursing”. The book to be reviewed in this paper is by Reef (2017) entitled Florence Nightingale: The courageous life of the legendary nurse. The author of this paper with her background as a nurse knows

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    Florence Nightingale’s Influence on Perioperative Techniques Kathleen Ball Operating Room Nursing – NRSG – 10058 – FL Mindy Colburn September 8, 2017 Florence Nightingale’s Influence on Perioperative Techniques The topic I chose is how Florence Nightingale has such an impact on the safety of cleanliness during Perioperative (Periop) care. What were the reasons that she came up with the idea to sterilize the interments carefully prior and after there use? Why was she also known

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    Florence Nightingale had a big impact on the math world. We still use what she contributed today in the medical field and in the classroom. She not only made an impact in the math world but also for women’s rights and in the medical field during the Crimean War. Florence had an interesting early life, from begging her parents to study math to choosing to become a nurse. She is an example of how you should never give up on your dreams and how you should not let other people tell you what you can and

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    Arya Afshang Mrs.Jackson Principles of Health Science 26 October 2014 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale who has been described as the founder of modern nursing was born to a English family in Florence on May 12, 1820. Nightingale was born to a very religious, and wealthy family and was often encouraged to attend church as a girl. When Nightingale turned 24 she decided that she had the desire to work in hospitals, but her family strongly disapproved due to the hospital conditions at

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    environmental theorist, Florence Nightingale. According to Black and Chitty (2014), Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 to a prosperous English household. Her father educated her in many subjects such as: Latin, German, Greek, History and even Mathematics. Florence excelled in academics and wanted to further her studies by going to Kaiserswerth, Germany to study nursing. This was a huge deal in the era Nightingale lived in due to the fact that nursing was a working class job and Nightingale was from a wealthy

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    Florence Nightingale was an influential nurse during the mid-1800s. Her revolutionary practices are still being taught in nursing schools and are used in professional nursing practice today. Ms. Nightingale is also credited with altering the public’s view of nurses, as well as positively changing the standards of nursing (Kelly, 2012). In Florence Nightingale’s book, Notes on Nursing, she integrates her knowledge on the art and science of nursing to the diverse subjects discussed. In each chapter

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    Before the 1800’s it wasn’t like that at all. Florence Nightingale changed that perspective to the positive it is today; through from her life, those who influenced her, what she did and how we still use her methods today. Florence Nightingale grew up in a high aristocratic family who looked down on Nursing. From her early years, born May, 1820, she was educated by her father in the ways of society (Ratner, August 29, 2014). At the age of 16, Nightingale decided that she did not want to live in the

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