Nightingale (Nightingale F 1820 ~ 1910) British. Born in Florence, Italy, he was a well-to-do, highly educated man who read a lot of literature, knew history, philosophy, math, and religion, excelled in music and painting, and was fluent in four languages: English, French, German, and Italian. As a young woman, she became interested in nursing because she often assisted her father's old friend (a doctor) in taking good care of patients. She traveled to Germany, France, and Greece to study hospitals and charitable organizations in those countries to enrich her knowledge and strengthen her determination to pursue a career in nursing. She studied nursing on her own and participated actively in discussions with medical societies on issues such as social welfare, children's education, and the improvement of hospital facilities.
In 1850, at the age of 30, she went to Germany to study nursing, and at the age of 33, she went to Paris to study nursing organization. After returning home, she became director of nursing at a London hospital. on August 12, 1853, under the auspices of the Charity Commission, Nightingale set up a nursing home at No. 1 Harley Street, London, and began to carry out her ambitions, and she took many measures that were astonishing to the people of the time. She adopted the patient's call bell, set up a winch in the kitchen to carry meals to the sick, and emphasized that "any woman, regardless of creed, rich or poor, who is ill, can be taken in. ......" She showed remarkable ability in her work, and everyone obeyed her.
In 1853, the Crimean War broke out between Britain, France and other countries and Russia. At the beginning of the war, the British army had very poor medical care. The death rate of the wounded was as high as 42%. When these facts were disclosed by the press, the country was in uproar. Nightingale, in response to a letter from the British government, led 38 nurses to the front. With her ideals and ambitions, she pioneered modern nursing on her own at the front. For a 35-year-old woman at the time, this was a very difficult challenge. At that time, female nurses called "Sisters" (Srsters) had long existed in the advanced countries of Europe, but Britain, due to religious and social stereotypes, had been opposed to the presence of female nurses in hospitals, especially in field hospitals. As a result, no female nurses ever served in the military in the past.
Nan Dingell fully demonstrated her talents in all aspects at the front. She used her position and prestige to break through the barriers of the military authorities. Take out their own 30,000 pounds for the hospital to buy drugs and medical equipment and re-organization of the hospital, the establishment of the wounded to improve the living environment and nutritional conditions, reorganization of the operating room, canteen and laboratory, and soon changed the face of the field hospitals, can only take in 1,700 wounded field hospitals by her arrangements actually received 3,000 to 4,000 wounded. Here, her managerial and organizational skills were brought into full play, and after six months, the field hospital underwent a dramatic change, with the mortality rate of the wounded dropping rapidly from 42% to 2%. She often made late-night ward rounds, checking on the rest of the wounded and comforting the more seriously injured soldiers, who were so grateful to this selfless woman that some of them secretly kissed her figure imprinted on the walls as she toured the wards. This miraculous **** witnessed the effect of nursing shook the whole country, and at the same time changed the British court on the nurses of the valuation and improve the status of women, nursing has been emphasized by the community. The importance of nursing was also recognized.
At the same time, for women to open up and create a noble profession. Nightingale to pay great energy and effort, she established a nurse patrol system, every night she always carries a wind lamp patrol wards, a night patrol distance of more than 7 kilometers. Nightingale worked more than 20 hours a day, and her overwork caused her to contract a lifelong disease.
Many of the soldiers returned to Britain and circulated pamphlets and countless poems about Nightingale's exploits in the field hospitals. One poem, which was still being recited by British soldiers at reunions 50 years later, called Nightingale "the defender of the wounded, the patron saint, unselfish, with a pure heart, Miss Nightingale, the greatest blessing God has ever given us."