Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy. She came from a wealthy family. As a child she had a vivid imagination, was considered a dreamer and often dreamed of helping others. Nightingale was well educated, a benefit of her family’s wealth and her fathers belief in education, even for women. She studied all of the basic subjects, such as history, math, philosophy, science, music and art. She also learned five different languages. At a very young age she discovered her passion for mathematics. This was not considered an important subject for women so Nightingale had to beg her parents to let her study mathematics. Her desire to help others was put into practice at a young age. She started out by She demonstrated that statistics provided an organized way of learning and lead to improvements in medical and surgical practices. She developed a Model Hospital Statistical Form that helped hospitals to collect and generate consistent data and statistics. Her work with medical statistics was so impressive that she was elected to the membership in the statistical society of England. Karl Pearson acknowledged Nightingale “as a prophetess” in the development of applied statistic (Audain, 1). These statistics, along with her letters and notes convinced the military authorities, Parliament and Queen Victoria to carry out her proposed hospital reforms. Many of her statistical forms and diagrams are still in use today within the military and hospitals. Nightingale is recognized the world over as the person who set out the principles for nursing education and practice. Her name stands for the nursing profession, as she is responsible for establishing nursing as a respected profession. Nightingale believed that nursing was a science, therefore required structured training and education. She opened the Nightingale School, a formal nursing program out of St. Thomas Hospital in London in 1860. The school was funded from donations to the Nightingale fund. The veterans of the Crimean war and others who believed in her cause gave donations. The school was a success and her nurses
Nguyen, Michael Period 5 Computers Florence Nightingale Florence was the daughter of a rich family in England. Her father was the typical country gentleman who spent his time fishing, shooting, and riding. Her mother’s main concerns were entertaining and taking care of several mansions. But Florence was never content to live the leisurely life of the rich. When she was 17, she had a religious experience which convinced her that she should do something special with her life. She did not know what…
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: Nursing's Bitter Rivalry Jamaican-born Mary Seacole (1805-81), voted top of the list of the 2004 ‘100 Great Black Britons’ poll, is now slated to replace Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) as the true ‘heroine’ of the Crimean War. She is to be honoured as no less than the ‘Pioneer Nurse’ with a massive statue to be erected at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. This in spite of the strong links between Nightingale and the hospital, her base for over 40 years.…
February 17, 2013 Tricia Proctor Historical Figures of Nursing ”Florence Nightingale, a nurse who spent nights rounds giving personal care to the wounded, establishing her image as the ‘Lady with the Lamp,” (Nightingale, 2013). ‘Clara Barton was, an educator, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross”(Barton, 2013). Florence Nightingale, born May 12, 1820 was the younger of two children , Born and raised in Florence, Italy. Nightingale was born into the aristocratic social sphere which herself…
Florence Nightingale was a legend in her lifetime and was one of the greatest pioneer's in nursing. She lived ninety years and accomplished many great things for the field of nursing. Her descriptions of nursing, health, environment, and humankind are remarkable and still true to this day. Nightingale reformed nursing and changed the way nursing was viewed. Some of the issues during Nightingale's time, the 1800's, we still face today. Nightingale not only impacted nursing in the 1800's, but…
Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820. She is most remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods. She was a Victorian woman and in the era in which she lived it was almost impossible to gain any recognition as a scholar and an expert in her field. When Nightingale was a child, she fought with her mother for the right to study mathematics. Her mother held firm to the belief that girls were only supposed to study poetry and philosophy…
of racial prejudice, she still did what she believed was right. She risked her life to help others. In the Crimea Mary is turned away Mary arrived in Britain three days before Florence Nightingale left for the Crimea, with a party of nurses. Mary offered to be part of a second group of nurses heading out to join Florence but she was unsuccessful when she was interviewed. Off to war Mary was not put off. In London, she met Thomas Day, a friend from Panama. They agreed to go to the Crimea. In January…
What is public health? The origins of public health started in the 19th century. Florence Nightingale came from an upper class family, yet she wanted a career as a nurse (1837) her parents wouldn’t allow it as they felt nursing was below her class. In 1851 they took an exception to Florence’s wishes. She went to Germany for three months of nursing training – this allowed her to become superintendent of a hospital for gentlewomen (1853). The year after the Crimean War started. Soon reports were in…
Do you agree with the view that it was largely as a result of the work of Florence Nightingale that Medical care for the British soldiers improved during the Crimean War? Florence Nightingale was a small factor which lead to the medical care for the British soldiers to improve, the sources which give very different perceptions of what she did and how she was portrayed, but she wasn’t the sole factor if it wasn’t for the sanitary commission and Mary Seacole then the medical care wouldn’t of improved…
time Florence nightingale that is reoffered to as the mother of medicine whose short term impact was during the Crimean war where she helped clean up and improve the conditions of hospitals in the Crimea and because of this the death rate in the hospitals from 42% to 2%. But she often compared to Mary Seacole who is often referred as mother Seacole and she is usually said to have had been pushed aside because she was black and poor but steel thought as doing as much of Florence nightingale as she…
Profound People in Medical History When I think of two major contributors to the medical profession, the first two people that come to mind is Louis Pasteur and Florence Nightingale. They had a huge impact in the medical field. First of all, Louis Pasteur was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. Also, Florence Nightingale was the founder of nursing and hero to many people. Finally, without these two important people, the medical field would not be what it is today. Louis Pasteur…
