From 65438 to 0853, the Crimean War broke out between Turkey, Britain, France and Russia. 1March 854, Britain and France formally declared war on Russia to help Turkey. In September, the British and French allied forces landed in Crimea. In the report sent back from the front, there are many complaints about the wounded being left unattended. The report said that French wounded soldiers were taken care of by nuns, while Russian wounded soldiers were taken care of by nun sympathy group. Why are there no nuns in Britain to take care of the wounded soldiers? And the medical conditions of the British army are very poor. The death rate of the wounded is as high as 42%. When these facts were disclosed by the media, they caused an uproar in China. Upon hearing the news, Nightingale immediately wrote a letter to Hebert, the wife of the then Minister of Operations, expressing her willingness to lead 40 nurses to the battlefield at her own expense. It was a very difficult challenge for a 35-year-old woman at that time. At that time, female nurses called "sisters" appeared in advanced European countries, but due to religious and social prejudice, Britain has always opposed the emergence of female nurses in hospitals, especially field hospitals. 10 10/5, Minister Hebert agreed to her request and wrote back to Nightingale, inviting her to lead a group of nurses to Scutari, appointed by the government and given financial support. Nightingale readily agreed, and five days later, the government promulgated her as the head of the female nurse group of the British General Hospital in Turkey. The nurses' corps consists of 38 members, of whom 14 are professional nurses selected by hospitals, and the other 24 are selected by religious organizations. 101October 2 1 day, they dressed up and left in a hurry. 1/kloc-0 arrived in Scutari on April 4th, and immediately got into the busy work. Initially, based on traditional knowledge and jealousy, doctors advocated that they were not allowed to step into the ward without the doctor's instructions. Rejected for four consecutive days. Faced with this situation, nightingale first set about improving the diet of the wounded soldiers, changing dirty clothes and cleaning together. She deeply felt that a perfect hospital must have adequate water supply and good drainage system. Three months later, she cleaned 10 thousand shirts. In order to accommodate 800 new patients, she made emergency repairs to the ward at her own expense. Nightingale's active service spirit finally resolved the hostility of the military doctors and won the love and trust of the wounded. She put all her heart into nursing work day and night, and gradually put the hospital on the right track. Her office naturally became the center of radiation warmth and love. The former site of the British hospital was originally a military camp in Turkey. The building is simple and the equipment is extremely scarce. The whole hospital is dirty and messy. As it is scheduled to accommodate 2500 injured people, all corridors are set as wards. These corridors are all four miles long. The hospital beds are crowded, the sanitary facilities are extremely poor, the ventilation is particularly poor, the stench is overflowing, the sludge is everywhere in rainy days, the wind and sand attack in sunny days, and there are groups of rats everywhere, and the environment is extremely bad. Each patient can only get 500 ml of water every day. Due to the lack of beds, many patients sleep on the floor and there are not enough quilts. Some are replaced by canvas, and many wounded soldiers prefer not to use it. Fuel has been lacking, and the food supply is even less satisfactory. General drugs are extremely scarce. Under such harsh conditions, a large number of wounded soldiers were infected with dysentery and cholera. Nightingale took out her own 30,000 pounds to buy medicines and medical equipment for the hospital, reorganized the hospital, improved the living environment and nutritional conditions of the wounded, and reorganized the operating room, canteen and laboratory, which quickly changed the face of the battlefield hospital. The field hospital, which can only accommodate 1700 wounded, received 3000 to 4000 wounded after her arrangement. Here, her management and organization can be brought into full play. Six months later, great changes have taken place in field hospitals, and the death rate of the wounded has dropped rapidly from 42% to 2%. This miraculous remarkable nursing effect shocked the whole country, changed the evaluation of nurses in the British government and the public, and improved the status of women. Since then, nursing has attracted social attention. The importance of nursing work is also recognized by people. At the same time, it also opened up and created a lofty cause for women. Nightingale made great efforts to this end. She established a nurse patrol system. Every night, she always patrols the ward with lanterns and often works for more than 20 hours a day. When night fell, she carried a small oil lamp, along the rugged path, and in the camp four miles away, she checked the sick and wounded bed by bed. The soldiers affectionately called her "the lady with the lantern" and "the angel of Crimea". The wounded and sick wrote: "The lights are swaying and floating, and the cold night seems to be full of warmth ... We have hundreds of wounded people lying there. When she came, we scrambled to kiss her slender figure floating on the wall and then lay back on the pillow contentedly. " This is called "kiss on the wall". Therefore, "nurses with lanterns" and "the ceremony of burning candles and wearing hats for nursing college students" have also become the common themes of Nightingale commemorative stamps and special stamps for nurses. Nightingale's great success and selfless work spirit in Crimea have won worldwide praise. The importance of nursing work has been recognized by people, and nursing work has been concerned by the society since then. Overwork made nightingale suffer from lifelong illness. She suffered from Crimean fever in Crimea, and she continued to work until her health fully recovered. /kloc-in October, she returned to Britain as the last evacuee. After the war, nightingale avoided the grand welcoming ceremony of the government and quietly returned to her home in England under the pseudonym of "Miss Smith". She said, "I don't want flattery, as long as the people understand me."