Who is more important in the history of medicine‚ Florence nightingale or Mary seacole? (8marks) I think that Mary Seacole was more important in the history of medicine than Florence nightingale because they were both noticed for their nursing care of soldiers during the Crimean War. Nightingale is still a well-known historical figure‚ but Seacole was soon forgotten Nightingale’s work brought the field of public health to national attention. She was one of the first in Europe to grasp the principles
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Question: do you agree that Mary Seacole‚ not Florence Nightingale was the real “angel of mercy” during the Crimean war? During the Crimean war there were two main women that were responsible for the health service‚ these were Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. Nightingale is very famous for the work she did during the Crimean war; improving the conditions of the hospitals and after the war‚ setting up a medical school. Whereas Mary Seacole‚ I find‚ was more important as she set up a small medical
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are some examples of Historical Perspective the beginning of the 18th and 19th Century. Please expand. 1.Social reform began 2. Nursing as we know it began thanks to Florence Nightingale (the lady with the lamp) 3. Nightingale began the 1st formal school of nursing. [pic] We have all grown up with a pretty clear idea of what a hospital is‚ what a doctor is‚ what a nurse is‚ and so on. There is a fair degree of consensus
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l oDo you agree with the view that Mary Seacole‚ and not Florence Nightingale‚ was the real ‘Angel of Mercy’ in the Crimea? An Angel of Mercy refers to one who is caring‚ compassionate‚ and full of kindness‚ gives hope to others‚ love radiates from them‚ and love is given without an agenda of their own. A healer of soul and body. Also known as the grim reaper of life‚ as the angel of mercy is the last spirit that is seen on passing. As it is the angel to end the pain and suffering on
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nursing‚ Florence Nightingale‚ and the power of how technology has transformed the way nursing‚ some technology includes the Telehealth‚ Electronic
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nursing’s first theorist-Florence Nightingale. Born in 1820‚ Florence became the founder of modern nursing. Her theories include the most well-known environmental theory. Some assumptions of her theory were: nursing is a calling‚ nursing requires a specific educational base‚ nursing is an art and a science‚ and natural laws just to name a few. Florence believed that the law of health was keeping the person and population healthy. What I admire the most about Florence is her strength in advocacy
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Stephanie Firescu 9/29/13 Corrado Response Paper 1 (Nineteenth century) Katie Makanya and Florence Nightingale both contrast the modern phenomenon of urban life with traditional life in the countryside. In Katie Makanya‚ Margaret McCord portrays the black South African life that Katie lives and how she has to adapt to the European culture during the years of colonization. Around the time of Katie Makanya’s childhood‚ South Africa was beginning to change rapidly due to the discovery of
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and what it has evolved into today. Three trends that were demonstrated by the interactive timeline were: 1. Nursing was for the undesirables. “Ill individuals were taken care of by “sinners‚ saints‚ or mothers” “(lc.gcumedia.com‚ 2013). Florence Nightingale was born in a wealthy English family and had educational opportunities; however she would still often find herself wanting to help the poor. Soon after completion of nursing school she travelled to the Crimea War. There she suggested there
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war began‚ Nightingale‚ recruited a team of 10 nurses‚ and took them to Turkey to assist in the soldiers care. When she arrived she was astonished by what she found‚ soldiers lay on bare floors with vermin running around them‚ and there was no clean water for them‚ Cholera and Typhus were rife. With her mathematical background‚ Nightingale noted that soldiers were 7 times more likely to die in a field hospital‚ than on the battle field (O’Connor J. and Robertson E. (online)). Nightingale started
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the nominal things that the doctor does not want to do. However in Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing and the article “Quality and Nursing” by Hall‚ Moore‚ and Barnsteiner you can see that nurses can have a much larger impact on the healthcare system. In Nightingale’s book the author takes an in-depth look at nursing and exclaims that it should not be the mere‚ “administration of medicines and application of poultices” (Florence 2). The article “Quality and Nursing” looks into what nursing is
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