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    the protest. As with any significant news event‚ the people’s protests against KKNPP have been covered by all the newspapers and their online news both national and state. But coverage of the protests‚ the angle the media especially news websites look at the issue‚ the meaning they give to the issue differs and sometime totally opposite from one another. While print media is struggling to survive in Europe and USA‚ India has a largest newspaper market next to China with 88.90 million copies of

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    Florence Nightingale was not only one woman with aspiration. She desired to be nurse‚ but in the end‚ she was more than just that. She suffered from Crimean fever during the war and afterwards of frequent fainting and chronic physical exhaustion She also remained bedridden for much of her life. Despite her own health conditions‚ Nightingale still managed to be successful in her quest of changing the standards for hospitals with sound judgment‚ calm and strong authority‚ and fixed determination.

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    of science‚ and Florence Nightingale is an excellent example. Florence Nightingale not only altered the face of nursing‚ but she changed how men perceive women as nurses. Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820‚ in Florence‚ Italy. This beautiful city inspired her mother to name her Florence. Nightingale grew up in a wealthy‚ upper-class family with her mother‚ father‚ and older sister. Her mother was Frances Nightingale‚ a controlling and outspoken woman who‚ at times‚ drove Florence crazy. Her father

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    Florence Nightingale Research Paper By Zoee Robinson “If a patient is cold‚ if a patient is feverish‚ if a patient is faint‚ if a patient is sick after taking food‚ if he has a bedsore‚ it is generally the fault not of the disease‚ but of the nursing.”(Nightingale‚1).Florence Nightingale said this as a way to express the faults in the teaching of the nurses before her. These faults were the causes of more deaths than wounds of war

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    Throughout Florence Nightingale’s life she contributed to the shaping of the nursing profession. Her calling to nursing was obvious even as a child. As a young girl she cared for the unfortunate and ill‚ once she reached the age of 16‚ nursing was her calling. Instead of of marriage‚ Nightingale chose to pursue her dreams and learn the nursing profession. Nightingale attended the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaiserswerth‚ Germany

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    Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing‚ a statistician‚ and a social reformer. She was mostly famous for caring for soldiers during the Crimean War. She is now still known as the most famous nurse in the world because of her hard work in establishing nursing education. Nightingale was born on the 12th of May 1820 in Florence‚ Italy. She grew up in a wealthy family with her father‚ William‚ her mother‚ Frances‚ and her older sister Frances Parthenope. William was a big influence in

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    Florence Nightingale is one of the most influential leaders of the medical field. Her desire to help those in need revolutionized public health. She elevate the profession of nursing which at a time was deemed only suitable for the lower class. Hospitals were inhabited by people of lower social status because wealthy people brought in private physicians to care for their ill. The nurses in these hospitals hadn’t received proper education needed and Florence sought to change that. Florence Nightingale

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    Nursing Establishment of the English General Hospitals in Turkey. She took a revolutionary step by being the first women to ever hold that position‚ and she was very proud and happy. Nightingale had such a dramatic influence on nursing when the Crimean War started. “For 18 months during an otherwise forgettable war‚ Nightingale supervised a group of nurses in a British military hospital.” (Hobbs). Soon her excitement of holding that new position was replaced by her determination to better the hospitals

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    not preform duties that were needed by patients. Quality healthcare was not being provided by nurses. Other nurses simply preformed in a dangerous manor putting patients at risk. This was a second item which gave nursing a negative image. Florence Nightingale changed the profession of nursing. She made the nursing a more acceptable profession and was able to attract a better quality of women in to the field. Her appearance in nursing was an important event in the history of nursing. During her time

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    and Impact of Florence Nightingale Introduction “A lady with a lamp shall stand in the great history of the land‚” proclaimed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857) in his poem “Santa Filomena.” Wadsworth was‚ of course‚ reflecting upon the great many contributions to society made by Florence Nightingale. How prophetic that simple phrase would come to be. So insightful are those words‚ that even today‚ 150 years later‚ the world continues to reflect upon the life of Miss Nightingale and the impact

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