Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of nursing

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Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on May

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on May

12, 1820. The daughter of upper-class British parents, Nightingale pursued a career in nursing, despite family objections.
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Florence Nightingale’s family home-Embley park.

Florence Nightingale’s family home-Embley park.

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As a young woman Florence felt that God had called her

As a young woman Florence felt that God had called her

to help others. She wanted to be a nurse but her parents did not want to her to become one.
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Young Florence Nightingale

Young Florence Nightingale

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Early life In 1844 she began to visit hospitals; in 1850

Early life

In 1844 she began to visit hospitals; in 1850 she

spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria; and a year later she studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany.
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Crimean War In 1854 she organized a unit of 38 woman

Crimean War

In 1854 she organized a unit of 38 woman nurses

for service in the Crimean War; by the end of the war she had become a legend.
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She arrived early in November 1854. In Scutari (modern-day Üsküdar in


She arrived early in November 1854. In Scutari (modern-day Üsküdar in

Istanbul, Turkey) Nightingale and her nurses found wounded soldiers being badly cared for by overworked medical staff in the face of official indifference.
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The Barrack Hospital

The Barrack Hospital

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Miss Nightingale in the Barrack Hospital at Scutari

Miss Nightingale in the Barrack Hospital at Scutari

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Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari — 1856

Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari — 1856

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Florence Nightingale - the Lady with the lamp. In Scutari Florence

Florence Nightingale - the Lady with the lamp.


In Scutari

Florence Nightingale Checks Patients During the Night
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The most solemn and famous monument to the memory of Florence

The most solemn and famous monument to the memory of Florence

Nightingale is probably the one in Waterloo Place, London , which is a part of the Crimean War Memorial.
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Florence Nightingale Medal Who is it for ? For qualified male

Florence Nightingale Medal

Who is it for ?
For qualified male

or female nurses and also for male or female voluntary nursing aides who are active members or regular helpers of a National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society or of an affiliated medical or nursing institution.