who helped this change take place was Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered as a pioneer in the nursing profession. She has contributed a lot in the field of nursing and her works are considered as assets‚ and will be remembered for many years. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Florence‚ Italy‚ and was named after her birthplace. Nightingale died in 1910. She was a brilliant mathematician‚ and used statistics in achieving her reforms. Florence was a well-educated woman in a number
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Florence Nightingale Kayla McDonald‚ RN Western Kentucky University Florence Nightingale A Revolutionary Nurse Leader Florence Nightingale was a revolutionary nurse leader in her time. She was an activist for the “sick poor” (Monteiro‚ 1985‚ p. 181) who had the forethought‚ organization‚ planning‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ and determination to accomplish great strides in public health and nurse training. She was not just an activist for a specific gender or race‚ but she was an advocate
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Science Mrs.Jackson 26 October 2014 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was an English nurse born in Florence‚ Italy‚ on May 12‚ 1820. Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing and made outstanding contributions to the knowledge and improvement of public health. Throughout her childhood her goal was to achieve independence‚ importance in some field of activity‚ and obedience to God through service to society. In 1844 when she was 24 Nightingale decided that she wanted to work in hospitals
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Florence Nightingale is considered to be one of the most influential theorist in nursing history whose actions have changed the view of nursing and the hospital environment. Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy‚ well educated‚ and privileged family during the Victorian era. Nightingale’s father regarded education to be very important and she was afforded an exceptional education with an emphasis in Mathematics. It is said that she was tutored by “James Sylvester‚ an important English Mathematician”
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Florence Nightingale: The Foundation of Modern Medicine Medicine in the mid-1800s was unorganized and illogical‚ especially in Europe. The majority of citizens lived in poor or working class neighborhoods‚ and could not afford clean water or sewage facilities. Cities were congested with garbage and human waste. As the population boomed‚ people were living in cramped apartment buildings and group homes to conserve costs and resources. Disease was rampant throughout European cities. The combination
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PROFILE A LEADER 1. Florence Nightingale(12th May 1820-13thAugust 1910) Florence Nightingale was born in Italy then moved to London when she was a young girl‚ one day at her home in London she went to see one of her father’s workers who was ill and while she was their she suggested to his wife that she should take him to a hospital and she was shocked that Ms. Nightingale could suggest such a place because the hospitals they went to was a place of death and the conditions were not good. 14
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Leslie Burlingame A LIFESAVER & HERO: Florence Nightingale What is a hero? In my view a hero is someone that goes out of their way to do things for other people then worry about themselves and their very devoted to what they love to do. My hero is Florence Nightingale; she changed the hospitals and saved lives with her determination‚ compassion‚ and hard work. Nursing was once an occupation with little respect: people did not think you had to have special training or skills to be a nurse
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lo 1. When Mrs. Nightingale went to Kaiserwerth-am-Rein in Germany she learned three core things that influenced her future ideas. They were hygiene‚ nutrition‚ and that nursing is more than just caring‚ it is a science. 2. When Mrs. Nightingale was implemented as the hospital administrator in London she improved the hospital in many ways. She educated nurses‚ had a medical company in the hospital to dispense medicine as needed‚ and had ideas of lifts to pass out food as well as piping hot
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The nurse of influential I have chosen to write about is Florence Nightingale‚ born on May 12th 1820 to Willian and Frances Nightingale in Florence‚ Italy. Had only one sister named Frances Parthenope. The Nightingale’s were very respected and were also very rich. Florence was a clever‚ smart‚ spoke many languages‚ rebellious in her ways‚ but was also very determine. She believed God had spoken to her and He wanted her to fulfill his needs as a devoted Christian that she was she decided to study
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Florence Nightingale’s philosophy of nursing was centered on the patient and their relationship with their surroundings. She believed it was important to focus on the patient by studying their behavior and recording what was observed. She also focused on sanitation or cleanliness of hospitals. She linked five environmental factors that assisted in the recovery of patients. They are fresh water‚ fresh air‚ efficient drainage‚ cleanliness and direct sunlight. Her general concepts of ventilation‚ quietness
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