Florence Nightingale 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEOCR Created by: emmacramCreated on: 07-06-15 17:55 Crimean War Nursing had a bad repution before She brought a new sense of discipline and professionalism to nursing She became a nurse despite her family's opposition. She studied in Europe from 1849. Crimean war broke out in March 1854, used telegraphic communications to get stories home and allowed people to have opinions and comment on it. Horror stories about Barrack Hospital where the British wounded from Crimean war were being treated. Sidney Herbert (secretary of war and friend of Nightingale's family) requested that Florence went to sort out nursing care in the hospital. Military opposed. Florence still went along with her 38 chosen nurses. Before she went, death rate in the hospital was 42%, 2 years later it was just 2%, partly due to improvements to ward hygiene. 1 of 2 Mission after Crimea Used her fame to help change face of nursing forever. Her book 'Notes on Nursing' was standard textbook for generations of nurses. Public raised £44,000 to help train nurses, she set up Nightingale School of Nursing, discripline and attention to detail were important. By 1900, 64,000 trained nurses in Britain. 1919 Registration of Nurses Act made training compulsory for nurses. 2 of 2
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