Nursing is a profession that has been around for a long time and will continue to be around for many years to come. It is the profession that resides under doctors, doing most of the “dirty work”. Most will join nursing because they feel good about helping other people and that’s everything nursing is. From when nursing first started, it has been about putting others first to make sure they get the medical care they need. Like all things that started long ago, nursing has evolved with time. Although nobody knows when nursing exactly started, many think it began around 300 A.D. At this time the Roman Empire was at its peak and they were working to put at least one hospital in every town under their authority. In this time a lot of medical
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Florence Nightingale, or “Mother of Nursing”, is who most people think of when they think about who started modern nursing. She was born into a wealthy family and grew up taking care of people. She and her parents were always living in a “temporary home”. Her father educated her in her early years, but her parents did not approve of her becoming a nurse. “After her parents refused her request to study nursing at a hospital, Nightingale was persuaded to study parliamentary reports. In three years she was an expert on public health and hospitals.” (Nightingale). Florence knew her passion was in nursing. “By 16, she knew nursing was her calling.” (Villanova). She would go and visit different hospitals. In 1850 she went to “the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses” to be trained as a nurse. Florence Nightingale loved her job and took it very seriously. That is why only three years later, in 1853, she was designated superintendent for the Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen. When the Crimean War began she willingly went out to help the soldiers. She was made head nurse at the military hospitals. “When she arrived more men were dying from fever and infection than from battle wounds.” (Nightingale). Nightingale knew she was going to need more clean, sterile tools. And so she ordered new scrubbing brushes as her first request. “She enforced sanitary regulations, introduced special diets, and reduced the death rate from 45 to 2 percent.” (Nightingale). Florence Nightingale saved many lives on her first volunteer experience with the military. Because she was so focused on saving the soldiers lives she didn't take the precautions to keep herself healthy and safe, and for these reasons she caught Crimen fever and came close to dying. But still she wouldn't go back to England, she stayed in Turkey and helped. She returned to England in 1856, to visit with the queen and other noble people to discuss
Florence Nightingale, or “Mother of Nursing”, is who most people think of when they think about who started modern nursing. She was born into a wealthy family and grew up taking care of people. She and her parents were always living in a “temporary home”. Her father educated her in her early years, but her parents did not approve of her becoming a nurse. “After her parents refused her request to study nursing at a hospital, Nightingale was persuaded to study parliamentary reports. In three years she was an expert on public health and hospitals.” (Nightingale). Florence knew her passion was in nursing. “By 16, she knew nursing was her calling.” (Villanova). She would go and visit different hospitals. In 1850 she went to “the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses” to be trained as a nurse. Florence Nightingale loved her job and took it very seriously. That is why only three years later, in 1853, she was designated superintendent for the Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen. When the Crimean War began she willingly went out to help the soldiers. She was made head nurse at the military hospitals. “When she arrived more men were dying from fever and infection than from battle wounds.” (Nightingale). Nightingale knew she was going to need more clean, sterile tools. And so she ordered new scrubbing brushes as her first request. “She enforced sanitary regulations, introduced special diets, and reduced the death rate from 45 to 2 percent.” (Nightingale). Florence Nightingale saved many lives on her first volunteer experience with the military. Because she was so focused on saving the soldiers lives she didn't take the precautions to keep herself healthy and safe, and for these reasons she caught Crimen fever and came close to dying. But still she wouldn't go back to England, she stayed in Turkey and helped. She returned to England in 1856, to visit with the queen and other noble people to discuss