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    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

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    Florence Nightingale was an influential pioneer who helped develop the medical industry into what it is today. Nightingale was born into a rich, high-class family in Florence, Italy and was named after her birth-city, like her sister Parthenope. At a very young age, she exhibited a gift for mathematics and overall excelled academically. Her father, William Nightingale often tutored her, making it one of the main reasons to Florence’s academic success. In 1838, Nightingale’s father took the family

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    Florence Nightingale In the field of medicine, many can be considered to be exemplary leaders as their efforts have combined to help save millions of lives over the years. Their contributions have continued to preserve the lives of many people together with animals and plants. Increased understanding of how our bodies work has led to breakthroughs in medicine led by these capable leaders. Some of these leaders in medicine are not inventors or innovators like most in the field but they have contributed

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    Florence Nightingale is best known for her contributions to nursing, but she is also recognized for her contributions to data analysis and graphical representation of data. She was born in Florence, Italy and died in Mayfair, London, United Kingdom. Her lifespan was May 12, 1820 to August 13, 1910. She was born into a well-off merchant family and had one older sibling. Despite her mother’s upwardly social tendencies Florence herself, was more awkward socially. During her lifetime there were a number

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    a patient’s individual needs and comfort standards. This patient-centered care stems from Nightingale, who continues to have a major influence on the nursing field today. Florence transformed nursing in London when she got back in Crimea war, She had access to people in high places and she used it to get things done. Florence was stubborn, opinionated and forthright but she had to be those things in order to achieve all that she did. In the 1870s, Nightingale established nursing education by writing

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    The Florence cathedral was lacking an enclosed ceiling. A contest was held awarding 200 gold florins and eternal fame to the architect who could successfully design a beautiful domed ceiling. The ceiling had to be 150 feet across and start 180 feet in the air without collapsing. The dome needed to fit onto the octagonal walls already in place and the design also had to exclude the popular gothic styled flying buttresses used in Milan, Florence’s archenemy. Though at first they scoffed at Filippo

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    Biography 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

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    and resourceful career. Florence Nightingale, a well-known historical figure that has influenced modern healthcare and fabricated nursing into a noble profession for women in many different methods which resulted in the unfolding modern nursing. Also, in the shape of nursing there is the negative outcomes such as the economic cost of nursing in this modern age and the issues in the workforce which have changed over time such as short staffing and working overtime. Florence Nightingale, an iconic

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    Florence Nightingale: Nursing then vs. now Katherine Bortz Fairleigh Dickinson University April 2018 Abstract Dear Florence Nightingale, You were a major contribution to the nursing profession and even opened the first official school of nursing, Nightingale School for Nurses now called, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. You were the founder of modern nursing and your legacy will live on forever. Although the fundamentals of nursing that you started have been

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    High Renaissance Painting in Florence and environs, 1490-1550 Learning about the art history in general during the Renaissance period makes anyone’s interpretation towards art change to the better. You become aware, of the color harmonization’s, and reason behind each detail drawn in a portrait or made in a sculpture. Symmetry, geometry and color coordination were revolutionized in portraits and paintings by famous artist like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael which is momentous. These

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