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    She collected $50,000 by 1860 and the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses was established. Because of having 'Crimean Fever' from her work in crimea, she was not able to be the superintendant, but instead closely watched the progress of the institution. Not only did florence Nightingale revolutionize the world by nursing by establishing nursing schools and emphasizing

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    often accused of immoral behaviors. During the Crimean War, due to the horrendous war camp hospitals, Florence Nightingale was asked to gather nurses and head over to Scutari to help out at the British camp. With Nightingale’s charge, the camps conditions changed and the nurses brought cleanliness, comfort and sanitation to the patients. Nightingale made her mark as being known as the “Lady with the Lamp.” With the lessons learned during the Crimean War, Nightingale wrote an article describing in

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    Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale, a well-educated nurse, was recruited along with 38 other nurses for service in a hospital called Scutari during the Crimean War in 1854 . It was Nightingale's approaches to nursing that produced amazing results. Florence Nightingale was responsible for crucial changes in hospital protocol, a new view on the capabilities and potential of women, and the creation of a model of standards that all future nurses could aspire towards. Florence Nightingale

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    Florence Nightingale was a national hero in Victorian England who shaped the role of women and the image of hospitals in society forever. Miss Nightingale had gained her reputation through the Crimean War where she served as one of the head nurses and saved hundreds of lives. When she returned from the war, she was greeted by the royal Queen Victoria and the society of England as a heroine. Punch magazine depicted Miss Florence Nightingale as a lady with a lamp, instead of with a shield, to imply

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    (Wikipedia, 2015) In 1854, during the Crimean War, Nightingale received a letter from Secretary of War Sidney Herbert, asking her to organize a corps of nurses to tend to the sick and fallen soldiers in the Crimea. Of course, she rose to her calling and assembled a team of 34 nurses with whom she sailed with to Crimea

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    to come from poor families. The want of becoming a nurse never went away so she went to Kaiserwerth to nurse training (James). In addition, Florence actually lead a team of 38 nurses to staff an overseas hospital of the British army during the Crimean War. It was reported that there were unsanitary conditions that got the public concerned, so the secretary requested for a team of nurses to provide help. When Florence and her team arrived, conditions were extremely worse than reported. The wards were

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    arrival” (Olson, 2). This is a significant reduction in the death rate and many soldiers and their families where forever grateful to her. During the Crimean War, Nightingale worked all day and wrote all night applying her knowledge of mathematics. She was determined that the criminal treatment of the British soldier in the Crimean should never happen again. She used a new technique of statistical analysis to plot the incidents of preventable deaths in the military. She is known for developing

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    hospital conditions at the time. Her parents finally gave her permission to attend a prestigious nursing school in Germany. In 1853 Nightingale took charge of a charity which took care of women in distressed circumstances. After the breakout of the Crimean War Nightingale decided to organize a team of nurses to help tend to wounded British soldiers. After arriving in Constantinople Nightingale observed that the condition at the British hospital were terrible and quickly sought to fix this issue. Even

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    Nightingale joined the Crimean war in 1855, offering her skills as a nurse to the sick and wounded soldiers. The conditions were so abysmal; it fueled her internal passion for helping others and finding a way to create healthier hospital conditions suitable for nurses and patients. This paper analyzes two resources describing Nightingales contributions to statistics and how it molded the person she is remembered for. The Open University (2011) explains during the Crimean War, Nightingale collected

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    or Sinner When one hears the name, Florence Nightingale, the word nurse is instantly paired with it because of her contributions to nursing. Florence Nightingale became a national heroine after nursing the British troops at Scutari in the Crimean War during 1854-56 and became a pioneer for nursing using sanitary and administrative techniques. According to editor, Lynn McDonald, in Florence Nightingale- An Introduction to Her Life and Family: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Vol. 1,

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