A Research Paper On Florence Nightingale

The nurse of influential I have chosen to write about is Florence Nightingale, born on May 12th 1820 to Willian and Frances Nightingale in Florence, Italy. Had only one sister named Frances Parthenope. The Nightingale’s were very respected and were also very rich. Florence was a clever, smart, spoke many languages, rebellious in her ways, but was also very determine. She believed God had spoken to her and He wanted her to fulfill his needs as a devoted Christian that she was she decided to study nursing and become a nurse. Her parents disagree and were furious in her decision as nurses had a bad reputation for their lack of knowledge to treat serious injuries or diseases and were seen with no respect. Florence was determined in what she wanted to do with her life even though she didn’t know if that was the right thing to do. She refused marriage proposal three times from Richard Monckton Miles, childhood friend and who she adored but also knew she couldn’t be the devoted wife he wanted, God had another purpose in her life. In 1851 she went to Germany to learn about nursing, when she returned home in 1853 she was given her first job in a hospital where she did an amazing job in nursing the ill and became well known for her attention and dedication nurse. On 1854, Florence sailed with 38 other nurses to Turkey and France, to
nurse the wounded soldiers in the Crimean war. In the process of caring for the ill soldiers, Florence realize and seen the soldiers of dying of wounds but mostly infections cause by bad hygiene during the cares of dressings, malnutrition, rags clotted with blood and not changed in days, and sanitary conditions were such that cholera and lice were rampant. Diseases were just spreading and no one was doing anything to prevent the happening, that’s when she knew she wanted to make a difference and change what was happening, as a nurse with more experience she knew it was God wanted her to do.
Florence trained her nurses how to provide proper care for the wounded soldiers to eliminate deaths, she stated with proper hygiene for the nurses first as using gloves when coming in contact with blood and changing a wound to prevent the spread of infections, bathed and changed wounds daily, provided proper nourished meals to help them healed, she also secured a source of clean drinking water and overall improved sanitary conditions. She made endless rounds to attend bedbound men, carrying a lamp in the late hours, she became to be known as ‘Lady with the Lamp”. By her strong dedication to improve conditions, she reduced death rate by 2%. As Florence said once, “A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.” – Florence Nightingale
Florence continue he nursing career for over 50 years, providing improvements for the modern nurses and stablishing proper care for the ill.
With led to opening of an army medical college in 1861, a training school called Nightingale was established, she published nursing notes which the book helped in the practice of nursing and it is still used today as an introduction of nursing. She became a very respected figure not just in the nursing world, change the way people thought about nurses and their careers. London opened a museum in her dedication to her driven professionalism, naming her one of the most influential woman in the
19th-century.