Recent commentators have asserted that Nightingale's Crimean War achievements were exaggerated by the media at the time, but critics agree on the importance of her later work in professionalising nursing roles for women. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.
She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. įlorence Nightingale OM RRC DStJ ( / ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l/ – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Recorded to wax cylinder on 30 July 1890, to raise money for veterans of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
0 kommentar(er)
