Florence Nightingale Kayla McDonald‚ RN Western Kentucky University Florence Nightingale A Revolutionary Nurse Leader Florence Nightingale was a revolutionary nurse leader in her time. She was an activist for the “sick poor” (Monteiro‚ 1985‚ p. 181) who had the forethought‚ organization‚ planning‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ and determination to accomplish great strides in public health and nurse training. She was not just an activist for a specific gender or race‚ but she was an advocate
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Florence Nightingale is considered to be one of the most influential theorist in nursing history whose actions have changed the view of nursing and the hospital environment. Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy‚ well educated‚ and privileged family during the Victorian era. Nightingale’s father regarded education to be very important and she was afforded an exceptional education with an emphasis in Mathematics. It is said that she was tutored by “James Sylvester‚ an important English Mathematician”
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Traditionalist? During the Tsarist reign of Alexander II (1855 – 1881)‚ Alexander implemented a number of reforms that were destined to change the Russian social system. These reforms were the result of Russia’s humiliating military defeat in the Crimean war‚ as it awakened Alexander to the need for far reaching reforms in order to bring Russia up-to-date with the rest of Europe. However as these reforms were implemented a number of social and political issues arose which resulted in the death of Alexander
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Hannah Chapman 10B Monday 10th June 2013 Controlled Assessment 4 How Is Conflict Shown in ‘Macbeth‚ The Charge Of The Light Brigade And The Hero’? The word conflict to me means to have an argument or disagreement‚ an example for this is when the soldiers go and fight in Afghanistan against the Taliban’s. This shows how many soldiers have lost their lives/ died in battle. In the first key scene of Macbeth‚ the conflict in Macbeth is when
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skills of care and traditional healing remedies from her mother (Mary Seacole‚ 2007). Later in her life‚ Mary Seacole carried her skills into Crimean War to nurse wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Although she suffered discrimination‚ she showed bravery and courage by continuing to save lives in many countries and in military operations during the Crimean War. Mary Seacole had been through many tragedies in her own life. Seacole was married to Edwin Seacole in 1836. Mary and her husband traveled
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Admiring the leader I admire Florence because she was an incredible woman who did something different that no one would have ever thought of doing in the time‚ I like her because she went to the war and proved that women where just as capable in the medical world as men and she even made some of the doctors look bad because she was better than them. I also like that even though she was sick so many were waiting for her recovery. Florence also had
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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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utilization will be discussed as well as an additional development in research utilization. One key historical development in nursing research is the work done by Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. She researched the ill effects of poor hygiene and sanitation among the military during the war. The rate of sickness and death among the soldiers was greatly impacted by the poor conditions the soldiers faced on the battlefield. Because of the work of Florence Nightingale‚ "The military began
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as much more productive in the field of domestic policy; in dealing with revolutionaries; and in his foreign policy than his son Alex III would ever be. 1855 was a tough time for Alexander II to take the throne. Russia was in the middle of a costly war which they were losing‚ liberals were pushing hard for reform‚ and nobles were in fear of losing their power. On the home front‚ people were looking for change‚ and Alexander was their best hope. In 1856‚ when the Treaty of Paris was signed‚ he gave
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These soldiers are ordered to charge an enemy group and fight. This poem uses intense war descriptions; anyone who reads this poem gets a good feel that these soldiers are stuck in a battle for their lives. One intense war description‚ “Cannon to the right of them‚ cannon to the left of them‚ cannon in front of them volleyed and thundered.” (Lines 18-21) This part gives a sense that the soldiers are surrounded
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