Florence nightingale
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, an Englishman, was born in Florence, Italy on May 1820, and her parents named her after this city. She was born in a well-known wealthy family and was educated in the family since childhood. Her father is a learned and educated man. He provided her with education in classical books, mathematics, philosophy and language. Her mother is very dissatisfied with her because she has no plans to get married. She chose to be a nurse among housewives, writers and nurses. Since childhood, she has often taken care of patients and disabled people in nearby villages and taken care of her relatives to alleviate the suffering of patients. Her parents opposed her becoming a nurse, thinking that it would damage her family honor. But feudal consciousness and social influence never made her lose confidence in nursing work.
In her day, no one of status was a nurse. Nurses are often ignorant, rude, alcoholic and untrained women. She took advantage of the opportunity to go to Europe to learn about nursing work in various places. Finally, she chose Kaiserworth Hospital, where she attended the four-month short-term training course 185 1, and finally realized her dream of studying as a nurse. During her study, she personally realized that nursing work must pay many efforts in order to relieve the pain and give spiritual comfort to patients.
From 65438 to 0853, she was the director of London Women's Hospital. The following year, when the Crimean War broke out, she left London for Crimea with 38 suitable women at the invitation of the government on June/KOOC-0/854+/KOOC-0/October 2/KOOC-0/.
In Crimea, Nightingale found it difficult to work: military leaders doubted her work, hospitals were short of materials, and nurses had poor discipline. Faced with all kinds of difficulties, she focused on rectifying the rules and regulations. Due to the support from all sides, the hospital supply has improved; Careful nursing saved the lives of many soldiers. To show their gratitude, the soldiers stopped cursing and being rude. In the dead of night, nightingale was patrolling the ward with an oil lamp, and the soldiers were lying in bed kissing her figure lying on the wall. She should also pay attention to whether the wounds of the soldiers have been changed and whether they have received proper diet. She comforted the seriously ill and urged the soldiers to write home and send the rest of the money to help their families. She also sent hundreds of letters to the families of the fallen soldiers. In a short time, she became a legend among soldiers, and at the same time, the whole Britain also knew "Mrs. Lantern". During her short six months in Crimea, the death rate of soldiers dropped from 50% to 22%. Nightingale suffered from Crimean fever in Crimea, and her health still fully recovered, so she continued to work. /kloc-in October, she returned to Britain as the last evacuee. After returning to England, she was extremely tired, but soon, she continued to be busy with the military health work returned by the Royal Special Investigation Committee. Therefore, although 1855 funded the funds for running a nursing school in many ways, she could not start running a nursing school immediately. She believes that nursing schools must be integrated with hospitals. Finally, she chose St. Thomas Hospital in London as her school base, and Nightingale Nursing Training School opened on 1869.
Nightingale Nursing School started with 15 females, aged between 25 and 35, and the training time was one year. Students' accommodation, uniforms and tuition fees are all free, and a grant of 10 is given every year. The school was entrusted to the nursing director of St. Thomas Hospital, and Nightingale had only been to the school twice. But she has been paying attention to the development of the school. The hospital nursing director has been asking her for instructions and reporting everything about the school. Nurses and head nurses often interview at nightingale's house.
Despite her poor health, nightingale lived to be 90 years old. Until the age of 80, she continued to engage in nursing. She kept reading and writing reports, giving suggestions on hospital construction, meeting people who wanted to discuss their work with her, meeting nurses and asking about their work. Nurses who graduated from Nightingale Nursing School went to various countries to help improve hospital care. Nightingale was very happy to hear about the progress made in nursing.
Nightingale's greatest achievement is the establishment of nursing specialty, but its influence goes far beyond this. In the early Victorian era, women learned very little outside the housekeeper, and few women's achievements were becoming ladies. Nightingale's achievement is that women have the ability to do more things. She didn't emphasize gender equality. She has done a lot for women and won the freedom she enjoys today.
Ms. nightingale devoted her life to nursing with the noblest dedication and struggled for it all her life. The British regard her as the pride of Britain, and set up a bronze statue for her in London, and printed her bust on the back of the British 10 banknote (the bust of Queen Elizabeth II is on the front). Longfellow (1807- 1882), a great American poet, wrote poems for her, praising her lofty spirit and being a hero in the female world. Now the whole world commemorates her with May 12 as the Nurses' Day. Nightingale is listed as one of the great men in the world and is respected by people.