Florence Nightingale is one of the major medical leaders in the world that's hard work has changed medical issues, while staying in there to modern day. She began as a city girl, her family being one of the wealthiest around. They wanted Florence to chase after a more worthy cause than a job that fit the perspective of a peasant classed woman. She disagreed wholeheartedly and went to a nursing school for a while, then voluntarily going into a war hospital in Crimea when the Crimean War broke out. She was appalled at the state of things that were being run at the hospital, so she decided to stand up and try to fix the things she believed nurses at the time should have been doing, such as sterilizing utensils and cleaning the hallways to make things run more smoothly. Florence is the role model for modern day nurses because she helped pave the way for all aspiring nurses to know how to be one in a correct manner. If she didn’t accomplish what she did, nurses today would still leave patients strewn in hallways not caring for them unless it was dire. (A+E Corporations, 2009) (A+E Corporations, 2009) Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 at Florence, Italy. She began as a largely city girl, with an extremely wealthy family. Her father being William Shore Nightingale, who was a wealthy landowner that inherited two estates. He then married Frances Nightingale. Florence started to pick up this passion for nursing in her day to day life, even while doing chores she would daydream about being one, but her parents would not allow her to degrade herself with a "commoner" job such as nursing. For that, she often butted heads with her mother over nursing and numerous other subjects. She was also expected to marry a man of noble stature ... ... middle of paper ... ...en at the time for her exceptional deeds, in which Florence was the first woman to have ever received that reward. This prize was later known to be named after her, going by the name “Nightingale Jewel”. (A+E Corporations, 2009) (A+E Corporations, 2009) Florence Nightingale is one of the major medical leaders in the world that’s hard work has changed medical issues, while still being used until modern day. From her early beginnings to her heroic-like deeds, she was a post-modern day medical leader, paving the way for nurses all around the world. She would change the definition of being a nurse henceforth. It would no longer be grunt work, but a fine path a man/woman could undertake. She is from now on considered the pioneer of modern day nursing. A+E Networks Corporate, (2009). Florence Nightingale Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story. A+E Networks Corporate.
“Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion. Remember he is face to face with his enemy all the time, internally wrestling with him” (Nightingale, 1992, p. 22). Fortunately, in the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale recognized uncertainty could cause harm to her patients (Nightingale, 1992). Equally important to the nursing profession are the nursing theorists, their work, and the evolution of the theories that followed Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing (Alligood, 2014).
Nightingale and others helped create the modern rights and responsibilities for the nursing field, and the healthcare field in general. Rights and responsibilities are the things that are set out to ensure activities are completed in a safe manner. Without Nightingale, or Clara Barton, the rights and responsibilities of nurses would likely be different and the practice of medicine would potentially do more harm than good.
Registered nurses work to contribute good health and prevent illness. They also treat patients and help go through there rehabilitation and also give support and advice to patients family. Registered nurses are general-duty nurses who focus in the achievement of caring for their patients. They are under the supervision of a doctor. As I researched this career It brought more questions to my life. It became a big interest that soon I would have an opportunity to answer my own questions obviously with the help of others.
In her old age she received many honours, including the Order of Merit (1907), becoming the first woman to receive it. Florence Nightingale is often portrayed as a romantic figure walking the wards of Scutari. In fact she was very determined and faced opposition from her own family and male prejudice. Her farsighted reforms have influenced the nature of modern health care and her writings continue to be a resource for nurses, health managers and planners. In my opinion Florence Nightingale played a very important role in the improvement of the training of nurses in the 19th Century.
Clara Barton made great headway as a woman and as nurse in a time that was primarily dominated by men. She gained immense respect by those around her; she was listened to and trusted. Her efforts during the Civil War were only the beginning of a life long legacy that she would leave behind and for that, she without a doubt is one of America’s finest nurse leaders.
Florence Nightingale is a very prominent person in the medical field. She had a strong desire to devote her life to helping others. She is known as the founder of modern medicine. The Nightingale Pledge is taken by new nurses and was named in her honor. The annual International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birthday. Without her contributions healthcare would not be what it is today.
To this day, the most admired person in nursing history would be Florence Nightingale. She will forever be an influential figure in the world of nursing due to her perseverance and critical thinking skills that saved so many lives during the Crimean War. There is no way to tell how long it could have taken nursing to evolve without the help of Nightingale. In her book, Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not, Nightingale described a multitude of factors that must be considered when helping the ill to recover and to have the healthy maintain their well-being (Nightingale, 1860/1969). Four chapters in her book are of high importance, chapter two, on Health of Homes, chapter
In 1849 Florence went abroad to study the European hospital system. In 1853 she became the superintendent for the Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen in London. In 1854 Florence raised the economic and productive aspect of women's status by volunteering to run all the nursing duties during the Crimean War. With her efforts the mortality rates of the sick and wounded soldiers was reduced. While being a nurse was her profession and what she was known for, she used statistics to achieve...
... and very deserving of the revered status she enjoys today, many years after her death. Nightingale serves as a role model for the modern day woman and the nursing profession.
In order for Florence to be successful in leading these women ultimately into a place of war she needed to have trust and a good reputation for herself. Something that shows the reputation of Florence Nightingale was the fact that at the time there were no female nurses in the Crimean War. The war office avoided hiring more after their poor reputation, nevertheless Nightingale received a letter
Florence Nightingale, named after the city of Florence, was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820. She would pursue a career in nursing and later find herself studying data of the soldiers she so cringingly looking after. Born into the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale took the lead role amongst her and her colleges to improve the inhabitable hospitals all across Great Britten; reduce the death count by more than two-thirds. Her love for helping people didn’t go unnoticed and would continue to increase throughout her life. In 1860 she opened up the St. Tomas’ Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses before passing August 13, 1910 in London. Her willingness to care for her patients was never overlooked and wound establishing
Before the modernization and reform of their profession in the mid-1800s, nurses were believed to perform “women’s work”, which implied menial duties, unskilled service, and an overall lack of skill (Garey, "Sentimental women need not apply"). This mentality was substantiated by the “untrained attendants, [including] past patients, vagrants, and prostitutes,” that performed a variety of nursing tasks (Garey). Florence Nightingale’s nursing experiences during the Crimean War, her subsequent publication of Notes on Nursing, and her work to build up professionalism within the field transformed the way that the world and society viewed nursing. She introduced invigorating ideas of patient care, nursing roles and responsibilities, and was a strong proponent of nursing education. Nightingale’s overall work inspired and changed the profession of nursing, laying the foundation for its
Florence Nightingale was a pioneer in nursing and maintained it as an independent profession which was not secondary to the medical profession but equal. *Nightingale 1969 cited by Hoeve et al 2013
A theory I can relate to is Nightingales theory, I found her theory to be extremely interesting. A patient health is affected by the environment that they are in, whether it is at the hospital or at their house. Once a patient is discharged the nurse should be aware of the patient home environment, what they have access to, and what they don’t have.
Born in 1820 in Florence, Italy Nightingale, had all the privileges to become part of the aristocratic society, but chose to serve the disadvantaged and the poor (Butts & Rich, 2015). Florence Nightingale was reported to be “a strong willed and clear thinking individual who was persistently driven to achieve her goals in life (Stanley & Sherratt, 2010). Unlike many Victorian women, she had found a singleness of purpose and in spite of family and social opposition, sought to promote herself into a career as a social reformer” (Stanley & Sherratt, 2010, p.