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Florence Nightingale died in 1910, aged 90. Her life and work has been remembered in several ways. The nursing school at St Thomas’ Hospital, was named after her, and it is now part of Kings ...
The Nightingale Pledge, named in honor of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, is a statement of principles and ethics designed to guide nursing professionals. The Pledge serves as an ethical and moral guide for nurses which emphasizes key values of nursing practice, such as professionalism, compassion, advocacy, and continuous learning.
Apr 27, 2020 · Defining nursing. Nightingale’s evidence-based approach was one of the first steps towards professionalising nursing. In her time, nursing was thought of as a domestic task done by women or religious figures. Her 1859 book Notes on Nursing was meant mostly for a domestic audience but, for the first time, defined what nursing was.
May 12, 2020 · That early image of Florence Nightingale, tending to wounded soldiers in the darkness with her lamp, has endured for so many nurses, for so many years, and takes on renewed significance as May 12 ...
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Jun 1, 2016 · London May 6 1881. My very dear friends, Now once more 'god speed' to you all; my very best greetings and thanks to you all, all: To our beginners, good courage; To our dear old workers, peace, fresh courage, too - perseverance: for to persevere to the end is as difficult & needs a yet better energy than to begin new work. To be a good nurse ...
Jul 9, 2020 · Nightingale, undoubtedly the instigator of modern nursing, was born in Italy on May 12, 1820, one year after Queen Victoria, and she died on 13 August 1910 at the age of 90, outliving the monarch by 9 years. Nursing is as old as humanity itself, with the word nurse originating from the Latin nutricia, meaning ‘to nourish’.
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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician. She was the founder of modern nursing. She came from a wealthy background was born in Italy and named after the city of her birth. As she grew up, she decided that she wanted to help the sick and injured, and wanted to become a nurse.
