Florence

The commitment to nursing dates back to one of the most notable early contributors. Florence Nightingale was very aware of the role of nursing and its importance. Nightingale identified the role of the nurse as essential to health care. Nightingales’ strong beliefs are the foundation of today’s nursing framework (Badzek, 2008). The foresight that Nightingale had is the first step in a staircase of the profession that has evolved into a strong trustworthy caregiver. In the following body of work…

Florence Nightingale The English nurse Florence Nightingale was born May 12, 1820 in Italy. Florence was named after the city she was born in. Her parents were very wealthy. Her father had an estate and her mother came from a family of stock merchants. She was a very smart young lady and was excellent in mathematics. At a very young age she could write in five different languages. She was never satisfied with being at home and what her parents wanted for her (Selanders). Florence Nightingale…

Medici During 13th Century Florence, the Medici Household gained power through different ways: political and wealth. They could attain this type of power through many achievements through market and banking influences. As they continued to grow both in strength and in numbers until they could obtain the papacy. To assure their protection and the protection of Florence they paid for some of the most brilliant artisans the world has ever seen: Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, and Galileo. These…

Florence Nightingale changed the face of health care. She became the mother of modern nursing. In the early 1800’s, there were no health standards, like hand washing. People would die from a simple infection due to the hospital not being clean enough. Nightingale worked to lower the death rates in many hospitals and improve the conditions. She knew she wanted to help people from a young age. Nightingale was never discouraged by people that did not believe in her, she continued to do what she…

Following Nightingale We are all drawn to nursing by forces that we can’t see, but we feel them and are so compelled by their forces that we follow these feelings and become nurses. I feel that, spiritually, Florence Nightingale is the nursing theorist that I could compare myself to. Florence Nightingale was born in England in 1820 to two wealthy and well-connected parents. Her parents both came from Unitarian religious backgrounds, but because of her father’s association with the Church of…

Florence Nightingale’s Influence on Nursing Florence Nightingale was the most influential person in the nursing profession. Widely recognized as the first nurse, she was first noticed in 1854 during the Crimean War in England, where she organized and cleaned the hospital and provided care to wounded soldiers. In 1859 she published her first book called “Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not.” In 1860, she launched the first training program for nurses at St. Thomas’ Hospital in…

There are many traits of nursing used today that date back to Florence Nightingale, actually too many to detail in this short assignment, but I will list a few. Ngigi (2015) explained Nightingale would often take her lamp into the night to care for patients, today nurses offer round the clock attention to patients to make sure they receive the best care possible. If nurses can see something different in a patient during their night rounds, there is a possibility of a proactive approach to one's…

attention. 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…

were viewed as lowly menial labor by the upper social classes.” Florence Nightingale…

Who is Florence Nightingale and why is she so important to the medical department? Normal teenagers don’t know what they want to do with their life. In Florence Nightingales case, she knew when she was sixteen she wanted to be a nurse. She went to college, did hospital visits for eleven years and even were told this type of profession was forbidden for women of her “kind.” She even faced a war as a nurse and saved a lot of soldiers. Florence Nightingales legend has been left for many years to…