What Was The Contribution Of Nightingale In The Early 1800's

Another of Nightingale great contribution was the improvement of care provided by the hospitals. In the early 1800’s hospital were dirty, unhealthy and poorly build. These conditions increased the mortality rate among patients. In 1853 she accepted a job a local hospital. This job represented a challenge to Nightingale especially after cholera out break and the unhealthy conditions of the hospital that helped to spread the disease. Nightingale was able to show her skills as an administrator as well improve the nursing care and the hospital efficiency. Soon she was promoted to superintendent. Her next biggest challenge was the Crimean War; when she was ask by the secretary of war Sidney Herbert to organized a division of nurses. She assembled
a party of thirty- eight nurses. When they arrived they walked into a sheer of horror.