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    Scott College, 10 Jan. 2014. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. 3)Magnello, Eileen. "Florence Nightingale: The Compassionate Statistician." Florence Nightingale: The Compassionate Statistician. Plus Magazine, 8 Dec. 2010. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. 4)History.com Staff. "Crimean War." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. 5)Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1992. Print.…

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    Known as the Lady with the Lamp during the time of the Crimean War in 1853 to 1856, Florence Nightingale answered her call from God to reduce human suffering and would later completely transform nursing to make it what it is today. Florence Nightingale has helped to aid the wounded near and far, demonstrating what it really means to be a nurse; leading an expedition of nurses to care for the wounded soldiers of war and to places with a widespread of diseases, putting her own life at risk.…

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    pioneered nursing as a profession due to her passion for nursing. During the Crimean War, the British government discovered that they needed someone to assist with those who were injured. In 1854, they appointed Florence Nightingale as the superintendant of the nursing staff due to her ability to provide nursing services (Hood, 2014). Florence Nightingale changed the way healthcare would be given to soldiers during the Crimean War. Nightingale and another colleague worked to obtain funding, and…

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    With history we are able to examine many different types of everyday heroes, who are just like you and me, who went above and beyond the call of duty to excel. Florence Nightingale was considered an everyday hero in the 1800’s when she went to the Crimean War to care for wounded soldier’s day in and day out. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in year 1820. Her parents were very upper class in England and had a lot of money so she never had to go to college. She could of just lived off the…

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    Ever since the beginning of time, women have been viewed as the weaker sex. But through the years, the stature of woman in society has grown leading way for women to become not the male’s possession but his equal. This is not true all the time. Especially when dealing with women in Medical field. Women have elevated themselves to be fully capable in doing any job a man can do. And it’s not an issue as to who does it better. It is an issue of equality. After graduating from New York 's…

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    War results in the death of many people. An example would be the Crimean War. The war started in the year 1853. It was a war fought against Russia by Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. One complication in the war was that the British Light Brigade ran into Russian fire, in which 600 British horsemen were surrounded. They were fired at, and in the end, 278 of the Light Brigade soldiers either were injured or killed. The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by…

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    called her Flo (Ridley, 2013). As a young child, Florence had 18 dolls, few kids had this many dolls, but her family was rich. All 18 dolls were sick or injured and needed Florence’s help (Zemlicka, 2003). On March 10, 1854, Florence was sent to the Crimean War to be a nurse. She was the superintendent of 38 other nurses…

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    One of her books, Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army, consisted of her experiences and the conditions she worked in. These 830 pages changed the War Offices outlook on the treatment of their soldiers. In 1859, she published Notes on Hospitals which focused on how to properly run hospitals (“Florence Nightingale” Bio). Little did she know her writings would be read worldwide and cause great improvements…

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    Florence Nightingale was a young women who belonged to a middle class family. Her father had a very extensive education with included the classics, philosophy and modern languages, he taught his young daughters all that he knew. Florence however excelled in math and sciences. In the 19th century Florence’s parents took her and their other daughters on a tour of Europe which was intended to educate them. On this trip Florence kept a diary which she recorded notes on population statics of…

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    photographer Roger Fenton was one of the first war photographers. Fenton went and took photographs of the Crimean war, Fenton was commissioned by the government to go to the Crimea and take photographs of what was going on. The unpopularity of the war with the British public was something that the secretary of state for war wanted to improve, so he urged Fenton to go to Crimea and take photographs of how the war was progressing. Fenton took stylized photographs of the war that were less about…

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