Florence Nightingale, The Lady with Lamp

16 Sep, 2014 by Rubab Shaykh

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Florence Nightingale is a famous lady known as “Lady with Lamp”. She was born in 12 May in 1820 in Florence Italy. She was served during the Crimean War for taking care of the soldiers, Florence with the team of nurses improved the unsanitary condition at British Base Hospital reducing the death by two-third. She made Nightingale Training School for Nurses and established St. Thomas Hospital.

Early Age and Education:

Florence was youngest of two children, her mother was took pride after serving as social worker with prominent standing. Florence was also take step and climb into social work watching her mother. She was often awkward in social situations; Florence was preferred to avoid being the centre of attention. His father William Shore Nightingale was a wealthy landowner who has inherited two estates. His father provides her classic education including language like French, German and Italian. She was raised and educated in one of her father estate at Lea Hurst. Most early in his life, she was active in philanthropy and ministering to the ill and poor people. Her parents was against her for being a nurse when she told them her ambitions to become a nurse, they were not pleased. From their parent’s part, working as nurse is consider lowly menial labor by the upper social classes. She was refused a marriage proposal from a very suitable gentleman. She was in 1844 enrolled herself as a nursing student at Lutheran Hospital of Pastor fliedner in Kaiserwerth, Germany.

Work and Regards:

Florence was took her extensive time in serving as nursing , major part at which she was quickly rose up was serving soldiers of Crimea war during war. Based on her observation in Crimea Nightingale wrote notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of British Army. These books would total changed the restricting of the War Office’s administrative department. Nightingale remained at Scutari for a year and a half. She left in the summer of 1856, once the Crimean conflict. The Queen rewarded Nightingale’s work by presenting Nightingale Jewel and granting her award with 250,000 dollars which she spent on developing the Nightingale Training School for Nurses and established St. Thomas Hospital

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