Her religion gave her a strong sense of moral duty to help the poor and, over time, she held a growing belief that nursing was her God-given vocation. As a child, she was very academic and particularly interested in mathematics. She inspired the founding of the International Red Cross which still awards the Florence Nightingale Medal for nurses who have given exceptional care to the sick and wounded in war or peace.īorn in an era when middle-class women were expected to simply make a good marriage and raise a family, Florence sensed a ‘calling’ from God at an early age and believed she was destined to do something greater with her life. She was also the first woman to be awarded the Freedom of the City of London, which she received in 1909. Florence also believed in the need for specialist midwifery nurses and established a School of Midwifery nursing at King’s College Hospital which became a model for the country.įlorence is also credited with inventing the pie chart and was the first woman to be elected to the Royal Statistical Society. She campaigned tirelessly to improve health standards, publishing over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on hospital planning and organisation which are still widely read and respected today, including her most famous work Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not.įlorence’s influence on today’s nursing ranges from her ward designs (known as Nightingale Wards), which were developed in response to her realisation that hospital buildings themselves could affect the health and recovery of patients, through to pioneering infection control measures and the championing of a healthy diet as a key factor for recovery.
#FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE EFFECT PROFESSIONAL#
Her greatest achievement was to transform nursing into a respectable profession for women and in 1860, she established the first professional training school for nurses, the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas’ Hospital. Florence Nightingale biographyįamous for being the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ who organised the nursing of sick and wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale’s far-sighted ideas and reforms have influenced the very nature of modern healthcare. Her reports and pamphlets are still read and respected today including her most famous work Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not. An incredible tribute to an amazing nurse who revolutionized nursing and health standards, from hospital planning to healthy diets for speedy recoveries.
The last day of this special week is also International Nurses Day and Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nurses week extends from May 6th to May 12th.
0 kommentar(er)
