DIGEST
Thoughts submitted by Order, concerning—
Hospital Nurses
Nurses in Civil Hospitals
Nurses in Her Majesty's Hospitals
Systems of Female Nursing in the War Hospitals of the different Nations engaged in the Crimean War
Note in regard to the Russian Nurses employed in the War Hospitals of the Crimea
Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War
Addenda with regard to Female Nursing in a Military Hospital on the Pavilion or Lariboisière Plan
Addenda as to Mixed Nursing, by Nurses and Orderlies, in Military Hospitals, on the Double Pavilion or Vincennes Plan
Additional Hints as to Ventilation, Hospital Floors, and Cautions in Ward-building suggested by the Lariboisière Hospital
Note on Contagion and Infection
[iv]Note on Observations by the Principal Medical Officer of the Army in the East
Thoughts submitted as to an Eventual Nurses' Provident Fund
Note as to the Number of Women employed as Nurses in Great Britain
Note as to Teaching Nursing
1820-1910
Florence Nightingale who came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp", was a pioneering English nurse, writer and noted statistician.
Inspired by what she took as a Christian divine calling, experienced first in 1837 at Embley Park and later throughout her life, Florence announced her decision to enter nursing in 1845. Nightingale worked hard to educate herself in the art and science of nursing, in spite of opposition from her family and the restrictive societal code for affluent young English women.
She cared for people in poverty. In December 1844, she became the leading advocate for improved medical care in the infirmarie. This led to her active role in the reform of the Poor Laws, extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
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