These small changes decreased the death rate for soldiers being treated in hospitals. While working in a filthy facility during the Crimean War, Nightingale made recommendations for sanitary improvements and established standards for clean and safe hospitals.
Not only did she improve the standards of the nursing profession, she also enhanced the hospitals in which they worked. Born on May 12th 1820, in Great Britain, Florence Nightingale exerted the work of nurse when, at the age of 35, she contracted a serious form of the Chronic. Quetelet that different medical treatments had negligible effects on outcomes.
She believed that nurses should never wake up people intentionally or even accidentally during the first part of sleep. Nightingale had learned from Belgian statistician L.A.J. Nightingale also believed that sleep had an intensely powerful healing effect on the body. Nightingale’s legacy continued through her students, as many continued on to be matrons at major hospitals in England as well establish their own training programs throughout the world. Nightingale often believed that one of the best things a patient could be given was direct access to sunlight. The institution offered the first official training program for nurses so that they could work in hospitals, help the poor, and teach others. Nightingale opened her first school in 1860, The Nightingale School for Nurses, which was part of St. She emphasized the importance of patient observation in order to diagnose and treat properly. The textbook outlined the principles of the nursing profession, providing advice on how regular women could care for their families, and how illness could be properly managed. With her book, Notes on Nursing, Nightingale established nursing education. Nightingale raised the standard of nursing by incorporating education and responsibilities, paving the path for a respected and appreciated profession. While many know she had an impact on nursing, many may not know how significant that impact truly was.īefore Nightingale, nurses learned from experience with no formal training. At the age of 24, she felt a calling to care for the sick and the poor. Often called “the founder of nursing”, Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy family in Italy, 1820. Any information you publish in a comment, profile, work, or Content that you post or import onto AO3 including in summaries, notes and tags, will be accessible.
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