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Who is Florence Nightingale?

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Florence Nightingale is a British nurse known for lowering the death rate of soldiers by two-thirds during the Crimean War. She is also believed to have founded many methods of nursing used today.

1820

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Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 and was born in Italy. She was named after city she was born in, Florence. Her family was very wealthy, as her mother, Frances Nightingale came from a line of merchants, and her father, William Shore Nightingale, was a landowner and had two estates. She also had an older sister, Parthenope Nightingale.

1836

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When Nightingale was 16 years old, she believed a call from God told her that nursing was her purpose. However, her parents expected her to marry instead. When Nightingale confessed her purpose to help the ill, her parents refused to allow her to study nursing.

Source 1

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“Florence Nightingale – Biography, Facts & Nursing.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/topics/womens-history/florence-nightingale-1. Accessed 11 Apr. 2024.

1837

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Nightingale, although she was young, got a marriage proposal from Richard Monckton Milnes, however she rejected him as she believed he would not bring satisfaction to her purpose.

1844

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When Nightingale was 24 years old, she attended the Lutheran Hospital of Pastor Fliedner in Germany as a nursing student.

1851

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After her training, Nightingale came back to London and applied as a nurse at Middlesex Hospital. Impressed, her employer promoted her to a superintendent in just one year! Nightingale proved herself as a nurse during a cholera outbreak, when the conditions and practices in the hospital were unsanitary. She thought and shared more safe and improved hospital methods, which significantly lowered death rates. The stress had an impact on Nightingale's health, however, so she took a break to recover.

1853-1854

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The British Empire and the Russian Empire fought for the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War. With little supplies, British soldiers sent out into the Black Sea and came back severely injured. There were very little nurses to tend to the wounded soldiers and even so, the conditions were unsafe and miserable. The Secretary of War sent Nightingale a letter asking for her to assemble a team of nurses and care for the soldiers. Nightingale went to work and organized a team of 34 nurses and set off to Crimea. When they arrived, they quickly scrubbed the hospital while Nightingale tended to each soldier using the limited supplies. Most took to calling her "the Lady with the Lamp" while others simply called her "the Angel of Crimea." She was able to reduce death rates by two-thirds.

Florence Nightingale's Impact

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Florence Nightingale had a great impact on hospital methods, the Crimean War, and the many people she helped. She is an inspiration to today's nurses and has improved many sanitation practices that were unsafe and dangerous. She was also known to be a writer, as Nightingale wrote over 10 books on nursing. In conclusion, Florence Nightingale had a positive impact on hospitals.

Source 2

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Florence Nightingale, mathwomen.agnesscott.org/women/nitegale.htm#:~:text=Florence%20Nightingale%20is%20most%20remembered,gain%20the%20respect%20it%20deserved. Accessed 11 Apr. 2024.

Caring

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Florence Nightingale resembles the "Caring" IB Profile because she was determined to become a nurse and care for her patients, as well as showing compassion to others safety and making an effort to improve unsafe hospital practices.

Open Minded

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Florence Nightingale resembles the "Open Minded" IB Profile because although she was religious, she was willing to work with nurses of other religions.

Reflective

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Florence Nightingale resembles the "Reflective" IB Profile because she believed the hospital practices were unsanitary and though of a better solution that was cleaner and safer.

Thinker

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Florence Nightingale resembles the "Thinker" IB Profile because she actually invented the Polar Area Chart as a way to document percentages. She also improved the Pie Chart and made it more readable.

Knowledgeable

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Florence Nightingale resembles the "Knowledgeable" IB Profile because she studied hard even when she was 16 to become a nurse and attended a hospital as a nursing student to become one. This training paid off as she managed to save many lives during virus outbreaks.

Florence Nightingale: What I Learned

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Florence Nightingale is a nurse from the mid 1850s. What I learned about her was her impact on hospitals, especially during the cholera outbreak and the Crimean war. She improved many hospital methods, as well as introducing the idea of washing doctor's hands frequently. She also was the inventor of the Polar Area Chart and improved the Pie Chart. She caught my attention due to how many lives she saved.

Florence Nightingale affected many people in the past. She saved many from the cholera outbreak with her idea of cleaning and washing hands. She peaked during the Crimean war, tending to wounded soldiers in unsanitary conditions and lowering death rates by two-thirds. She is still remembered today, as doctors and nurses wash and clean their hands often. Even Polar Area Charts and Pie Charts are used everyday.