Florence Nightingale
A nurse known ‘ the lamp lady ’
18th century mathematician
May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910
Florence Nightingale is most remembered as a pioneer of nursing and reformer of hospital sanitation methods. For almost of her ninety years, Nightingale pushed for a change for the better of the British military health-care system and with that Nursing began to be regarded with the respect it deserved. Little do most know, this 18th century nurse had an undeniable impact on mathematical history. Her work still being used frequently today.
Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy while her parents were on a European tour. Given her name, Florence, as she was named after the city, Florence, where she was
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Her father taught her Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, history, philosophy and mathematics, being his favorite subject. And soon liker her father Florence developed a passion for mathematics. Like most upper-class mothers at the time, Frances Nightingale, Florence’s mother expected her daughter to get married, look after a home, and do charitable work. Florence, thought there was more to life than the preaniticipated life of a woman of her upper-class standard and society
While growing up, Florence takes care of poor and sick people in the village where she lived. At17, Florence felt God wanted her to be a nurse. In Victorian England, most nurses were under educated and thought lowly of, so her parents did not want her to become a nurse , as they felt she was from too high a level of wealth and social standard. Hospital conditions at that time were terrible. Doctors did operations without any anesthetic, and many people who went to hospitals died.
Florence began to visit hospitals. In 1849-50 when she was in Egypt at the time, where two St. Vincent de Paul sisters showed her their hospital in Alexandria. Florence saw that nurses and hospitals in England had so much more potential to be utilized and could achieve higher standards of success and sanitary
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Florence used the money to start the Nightingale Training School for nurses in London. The trained nurses were sent to hospitals all over Britain. They introduced her ideas and trained other under trained nurses. Florence Nightingale never really recovered from the physical strain of the Crimean War. She almost never left home, and she stayed in bed much of the time, but she continued to fight for reform of military hospitals and medical care. She died in London, England on August 13,
I remeber Alice Magaw and Lavinia Lloyd Dock from the Nursing history books where we used to study. And also I must mention about Clara Barton who was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” during the Civil War and assigned special duties by President Lincoln. Dorothea Dix who taught poor and neglected children, dedicated her time to social welfare in England, founded the first public mental hospital in America and became the Superintendent of Union Army Nurses and Mary Eliza Mahoney, who was the first African-American professional registered nurse. These figured have contributed alot to the Nursing
“There was to be the beginning of the battle, and there I should be needed first” (Harkins). Clara Barton, a feminist and a nurse, worked in the battle field and had a first hand experience of the tragedies of war. Barton first worked in a patent office and did work on missing soldiers. About a year after she began work in the field and gained knowledge and experience. During her time away she found the International Red Cross which sparked Clara to begin the American Red Cross.
She worked hard to change the working conditions for women and children. She succeed in banning children 14 and under from participating in the workforce, creating an eight hour work day, and making a minimum wage. Due to her fight to stop children 14 and under from participating in the workforce and fight to stop abuse in the workplace most likely Florence would not have supported the people who took in the orphans to use them as labor on their farms. She would have wanted to protect the orphans who were being abused in their new homes. Even though some children were put into good homes still wouldn’t outweigh the children who were put into abusive homes.
People are tired, weak, and sick, and they need a strong young girl to help take care of them. She has proven her helpfulness in a lot of different events throughout the novel. For instance, she helped take care of her mother who fell ill early into the story. She took care of her the best she could, all by herself. Evidence in the text states,” I took two extra clothes press and hurried upstairs to watch over Mother...
Clara once said “While our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand, feed and nurse them.” During the war Clara went to the railroad station when the victims arrived, and nursed 40 men. Clara distributed supplies and nursed the wounded soldiers. One time when she was bringing supplies to the battlefield a bullet came so close to her it pierced through the sleeve of her dress, and killed the soldier she was working on. Clara soon became in charge of all the army hospitals.
She was the very first volunteer to arrive at the Washington Infirmary. She worked in the infirmary until her father died in 1861, after that, she decided to go to the soldiers near the battle fields because it was hard to bring them to the infirmary. She worked very close to the battlefield, therefore, she barely escaped death many times. One of her famous quotes is “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them,” which shows how Clara Barton would risk her life to help a soldier, who fights for her freedom. One time, while she was nursing a soldier, a bullet brushed her sleeve and killed the soldier she was nursing.
Not only did she write over 200 books and reports, but she reformed sanitization methods in hospitals and was the founder of modern nursing. To 4th grade Sydney, this woman was the coolest person to ever exist. However, all the other kids in my class gave presentations about people like Albert Einstein, Michelangelo, and Ludwig van Beethoven; people who all seemed to have one thing in common that Florence didn’t. All of the people my classmates chose were
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Out of the women working, 90% of current female nurses are in the medical profession (“Clara Barton and Nursing,” 2013). This demonstrates Barton’s eminence in the workforce, which exceeded her field of study. For these reasons, Clara Barton was an eminent figure who had an influential
Clara Barton once said, “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.” Not only was Clara Barton a volunteer nurse during the Civil War who exceeded her mandatory duties, but she is also the Founder of the American Red Cross. Throughout her life, she accomplished many amazing things. Her achievements were not due to pure luck, they were earned through hard work and dedication to her aspirations. Clara was revolutionary, determined, and trustworthy.
Heroically, she was there to distribute supplies to France and Germany. When she returned home she came back with an Iron cross merit. Aside everything had to do, she was thinking about America needed the Red Cross. She was successful in 1881 when National Security organized the Red Cross. Clara founded the Red Cross.
[1] Clara, at first, was only allowed to drive wagons with valuable supplies and medicines for soldiers in need of them. [5] While she was caring for a wounded soldier, a lieutenant worriedly came up to Clara and told her to leave because it was no place for a lady, but Clara refused and kept on tending to the wounded. [4] Caring for the injured soldiers, Clara, who was growing weak, traveled with the army for the remainder of the war in 1863. [5] While she was resting in Europe, Clara found herself in the midst of the Franco-German Conflict. [3] Willingly, Clara Barton helped distribute supplies like a peacemaker between France and Germany.
An educator, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross, Clarissa Harlow Barton, more famously known as Clara Barton, was born in 1821. Being a woman born into this time period, she faced hardships and struggled to compete with men and it was because of this that she was pushed towards taking care of people who were wounded or ill. She had her first calling at the age of ten where she nursed her brother back to recovery after he experienced a severe fall and it was not until forty years later in the 1860s that she began making major contributions to the nursing profession. The 1860s was the time of the Civil War, specifically beginning in 1861.
By founding the American Red Cross she took care of people during disasters and inspired people to help each other. Clara Barton helped many people by teaching them, nursing soldiers and others, and by founding the American Red Cross. Clara Barton was a teacher for many years. As a child, she was quite shy. Because of her shyness, Lorenzo Niles Fowler told her parents that teaching would help Clara overcome being shy and quiet.
It is very easy to get wrapped up in the day to day tasks that we complete as nurses. But in order to give our patients the best possible care, we must look at our day through a holistic lens. The following essay will outline the theory as created by the “lady with the lamp” Florence Nightingale. We will look at the different components that are important to a patient’s health and outline on to incorporate these components into current practice.