Introduction of Florence Nightingale
British nurse florence nightingale (1820- 19 10) is one of the founders of modern nursing and nursing education in Europe and America.
1May 820 12 was born in Florence, Italy. Her father is an overseas Chinese living in Italy and his family is very rich. The cabinet minister is a frequent visitor to her home. Nightingale herself has received a formal higher education and can talk freely in English, Italian, French and German. Since childhood, she has been deeply interested in nursing work. When she is on holiday in the country, she often takes care of sick villagers. When she was young, she was not satisfied with the aristocratic life. She was determined to pursue a career worth fighting for all her life. Her wish to be a nurse has become more and more mature in her mind. Regardless of secular prejudice and parents' opposition, she resolutely devoted herself to the nursing work that only the lowest-level women and church nuns were engaged in at that time. No matter which country she travels to, she will go to the hospital. 1850 and 185 1 year, went to Keswell Hospital in Germany to learn nursing from Christian deaconess. From 65438 to 0853, he visited the nursing organizations and facilities of the Sisters of Charity in Paris, and after returning to China, he became the director of the Nursing Association for Sick Women in London.
1854 When the Crimean War broke out, the war report of Time magazine reporter William Rosa revealed that the wounded and sick in Britain "lacked the most common simple appliances in the wards", which shocked British society and aroused the public's attention to nursing work. The then Prime Minister Sidney Herbert naturally thought of inviting his friend Nightingale to do it well, which coincided with Nightingale's wish. Nightingale immediately led 38 nurses to the front-line Scutari Hospital to take part in the nursing work of the wounded and sick. At that time, materials were scarce, water sources were insufficient and sanitary conditions were extremely poor. She overcame all kinds of difficulties, improved hospital logistics service and environmental sanitation, established hospital management system, and improved nursing quality, so that the mortality rate of the wounded and sick dropped sharply from 42% to 2%. Nightingale not only showed extraordinary organizational ability, but also showed touching care for the wounded and sick. During the operation, she helped the doctor to relieve the patient's pain: cleaning and dressing the wound and nursing the wounded; Write letters to soldiers to give comfort; Burying the unfortunate dead and offering sacrifices to them ... often working 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 holding lamps" and "nursing college students burning candles and wearing hats" have also become the common theme 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.
1856 after the war, nightingale left the field hospital and returned to London with her sick body. The British public donated huge sums of money in recognition of her achievements. Nightingale used this fund as the "Nightingale Fund" and founded the world's first nursing school at St. Thomas Hospital in London on 1860. Later, it began to train midwives and nurses in workhouses, which promoted the development of nursing work and nurse education in western European countries and around the world. She stressed that nursing is a non-religious occupation, and nurses with scientific training and excellent quality must be responsible for nursing education and management. Working with weak physical passion, she devoted her life to cultivating nursing talents, established the social status of nursing and the scientific status of modern nursing, and made nursing an important part of modern medicine and a respected profession. Modern nursing is the product of social development, and the emergence of professional nurses is the result of the continuous improvement of specialization in the process of modernization, and it is also an important victory of women's self-improvement movement. The qualification of professional nurses should be limited by the standards of nurse education, and the registration and licensing system should be adhered to. Nightingale has many works. Her masterpiece Nursing Work Record (published in 1858) became a best seller at that time and was translated into many languages, which is a classic work of modern nursing.
1867, in Waterloo Square, London, the Crimean Monument was built, and a bronze lamp statue was cast for florence nightingale, next to the bronze statue of Sidney Herbert.
1907, the British government awarded nightingale the highest medal of honor, which was the first time that the medal was awarded to a woman. The great revolutionary mentor Marx praised this gentle and strong woman twice in his manuscript: "No local man has enough perseverance to break this set of stereotypes and can take action according to the needs of the situation regardless of the rules. Only one person dares to do this, and that is a woman, Miss Nightingale. She was sure that all the necessary items were in the warehouse, so she led a few brave people to really pry open the lock and steal her Majesty's warehouse, and claimed to the petrified quartermaster that I finally had everything I needed. Now please tell Britain what you see! I will take full responsibility! "
19 10 one night, nightingale, a 90-year-old tired old man, died peacefully in her sleep. In order to commemorate her forever, the International Association of Nurses and the International Red Cross designated her birth day as the International Nurses' Day, and decided to name the nightingale Award, the highest honor award for nurses, after nightingale. Starting from 19 12, the nightingale award is awarded to outstanding nurses from all countries every two years. China, many of your excellent nurses have won the Nightingale Award. Nightingale's lamp, which makes the wounded and sick feel extremely warm inside, will always shine on the road of nursing.