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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (The lady with the lamp) (12 May 1820 – 13 Aug 1910)

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Early life, her life, Crimean war, the lady with the lamp, the nightingale school of nursing, reformations in nursing, contributions, nightingale's pledge

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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE(The lady with the lamp)

(12 May 1820 – 13 Aug 1910)

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• Born - in Florence, Italy on May 12, 1820.

• Second daughter of wealthy English parents. She and her sister had a carefree

• Learnt Latin, German, French, Italian, Greek, Mathematics, Science, Politics, music and drawing.

• Traveled widely and met many outstanding people

EARLY LIFE

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Florence Nightingale and her sister Parthenope received a thorough classical education from their father.

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• Interested in politics

• But attracted to social conditions and charitable institution

• Driven by attraction to nursing – A ‘ calling’ to fulfill a ‘Mission of mercy’

• Visited several convents, hospitals, schools, orphanages

• Went to Kaiserwerth for 3 months training in Nursing

• Formed ideas about organized training for nurses

• At 33 years of age – Became Superintendent of an ‘Establishment for gentle women during illness’

• Here, she brought about changes and showed her exceptional ability as an organizer and an administrator

HER AMBITION IN LIFE…..

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• Russia & France had religious sisters to care for their wounded

• But England had only trained men

• F Nightingale received a letter of appeal from the Minister of war

• With 38 nurses from Catholic and Protestant Orders she set for Crimea

THE CRIMEAN WAR (1854 – 1856) England and France were helping Turkey in a war against Russia.

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Wounded soldiers were transported by sea to the

hospitals

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• She was appalled and horrified with what she saw

• Wards were crowded, dirty, poorly ventilated, with filth and vermin and no water or sanitary facilities

• Food was poorly cooked and served at long intervals

• Soldiers lay on straw mats. The floor was covered with dirt and blood. The men still wore their blood soaked uniforms.

• They died of cholera and contagious disease that of wounds

They reached the Barracks Hospital at Scutari which had 1500 patients…

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Through her tireless efforts the mortality rate among the sick and the wounded was

greatly reduced (from 42% to 2%)

• 5 – 6 nurses shared one room including eating and sleeping. They -

• Scrubbed and cleaned, improved drainage

• Procured soaps, towels and clothing

• Opened diet kitchens, made good food

• Visited the sick and wrote letters for them

• Set up laundries, reading rooms and post offices for them

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The soldiers kissed her shadow as she passed by and got

solace from their sufferings

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• 1855 – Florence Nightingale contracted the Crimean fever

• But she continued to work for a number of years in Scutari

• She reported to London about ways to improve conditions, and assumed care of the patients at night, moving about each floor comforting patients with a lamp in hand.

• This intimate relationship with her patients earned her the affectionate title of

"Lady with the Lamp."

THE LADY WITH THE LAMP….

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• Once back in London after the war, she founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses using money donated in tribute to her services.

• The school marked the beginning of professional education in the nursing field.

• Her book Notes on hospitals’ and ‘Notes on Nursing’ became the first definitive textbook for the field.

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THE NIGHTINGALE SCHOOL OF NURSING

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A FACELIFT TO NURSING• Through selfless devotion and

sheer determination, Florence Nightingale transformed the profession of nursing forever.

• She gave dignity and honor to Nursing, and revolutionized hospital conditions, making them more organized and above all, sanitary.

• 1907 – King Edward conferred on her the ‘Order of Merit’

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HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO NURSING

• Florence nightingale founded many Schools of Nursing to provide sound theoretical and practical basis in the training of nurses to care for the sick.

• She was the first to stress on following aseptic precautions while caring for the patient.

• Her favourite dictum was, “Do the Patient no harm”

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• Florence Nightingale lived to a ripe old age of 90 years.

• 13 Aug 1910 - She died peacefully in her sleep

• Today the Nurses take the Florence Nightingale pledge before being formally initiated into the profession of Nursing.

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"The ultimate destination of all nursing is the nursing of the sick in their own homes.... I look to the abolition of all hospitals and workhouse infirmaries."

– Florence Nightingale

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THE NIGHTINGALE PLEDGE

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