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How Did Florence Nightingale Influence The Nursing Industry

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I love how you went straight to the origin of nursing and covered Florence Nightingale and her role in the Crimean War in the 1950s. Under Florence’s leadership, she and the 38 nurses brought cleanliness, sanitation, nutritious food and comfort to the patients. I couldn’t agree more of the impact that Nightingale has had on the nursing industry and how it has paved the way for how we process certain things in the hospital environment. For example, a major contribution was the importance of implementing sanitation within the hospitals. “Nightingale 's accomplishments during the disastrous years the British army experienced in the Crimea were largely the result of her concern with sanitation and its relation to mortality” (Fee, Elizabeth). As

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