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12 maj 2018 · Venerated as the "founder of modern nursing," Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820. She left a revolutionary mark on sanitation, healthcare, and even statistics....
Flo was tall, willowy, graceful, and pretty. Two young men promptly fell in love with her and proposed marriage. She liked them both, but she wasn’t ready to marry either. Then a strange thing...
Nightingale’s spiritual journey as an invalid in adulthood was quite solitary. She read widely: the medieval mystics, Puritans, metaphysical poets, Roman Catholics, her fellow Anglicans, and various evangelical tracts and low-brow religious novels. A priest friend brought her communion at home.
11 maj 2020 · Florence Nightingale was born into a wealthy family in 1820, in the Italian city she was named after. Her parents had married in 1818, and both Florence and her older sister, Parthenope, were born during the Nightingales’ lengthy honeymoon in Europe.
7 wrz 2020 · Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), known as “The Lady With the Lamp,” was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician best known as the founder of modern nursing. Her experiences as a nurse during the Crimean War were foundational in her views about sanitation.
13 gru 2023 · Florence Nightingale, born on May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy, is celebrated as the founder of modern nursing and a pioneering healthcare reformer. Her legacy is marked by her tireless dedication to improving patient care, her innovative use of statistics in healthcare, and her advocacy for public health and sanitation.
25 lis 2019 · Best known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, Florence Nightingale was one of Victorian Britain’s most celebrated individuals. Her pioneering use of statistics, unwavering principles and determination to challenge traditional female roles enabled a transformation of attitudes to nursing and hospitals.
