Nightingale, Florence
NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE (1820–1910), is remembered as a nurse, yet she wrote in her seventies that, when planning her future as a young woman, her one idea was not to organi...
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Florence Nightingale
1820-1910
English Nurse
Driven by a message from God to nurse the sick, Florence Nightingale became known as the mother of the modern nursing profession. She single-handedly chang...
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Nightingale, Florence
The founder of modern secular nursing, a social activist, and a pioneer in the use of social statistics, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was born on April 12 in Florence,...
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The English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was the founder of modern nursing and made outstanding contributions to knowledge of public health.Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, ...
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Florence Nightingale "was not simply the lady with the lamp," wrote A. G. Gardiner in 1914; "she was the lady with the brain and the tyrannic will." The self-effacing figure of popular myth--the "mini...
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Florence Nightingale is generally regarded as having founded the modern profession of nursing. She was born in Florence, Italy, to very wealthy parents who were on an extended honeymoon (2 years) thro...
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Nursing in the 19th century was not considered a reputable career, but Florence Nightingale and her reforms completely altered society's views on the profession. She helped make hospitals cleaner and...
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In the 19th century, British hospitals were dirty and unpleasant, and the nurses were untrained. Florence Nightingale changed all of this. She was the founder of modern nursing and changed how people...
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Nightingale, Florence
Florence Nightingale
Nightingale, Florence
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
