influencing improvements in hospital care. Reports of her changes to the hospital conditions in a military hospital had a large impact on the public
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What was nursing not seen as?
not an acceptable job for women and there was little training available for them
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Where did Florence Nightingale attend?
the first nurses training school in Kaiserwerth in hospital Germany
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1854-56
Florence Nightingale was asked to lead a team of nurses at the military hospital in Scutari during the Crimean war
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Florence Nightingale (miasma)
she believed that miasma caused disease, so there was an emphasis on hygiene, fresh air, good supplies and training for nurses.
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How much did her approach lower the death rate at the Scutari hospital?
lowered the death rate from 42% to 2%
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Florence Nightingale (publicity)
her work was widely reported in newspapers in Britain. Published a book on nursing and hospital organisation and set up a training school for nurses/ midwives
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What sort of hospitals opened in the 19th cent?
new hospitals financed by charities and local councils to look after the sick
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Cottage hospitals
small buildings where nurses gave care and GPs prescribed treatments opened in 1859
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Hospital care (class) (1856)
middle and upper class people could afford doctors to treat them at home so they didn't have to go to the hospital
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Hospital care (elderly) (1856)
the elderly or sick or disabled were forced to enter work houses
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Hospital care (atmosphere) (1856)
they tried to create a family atmosphere parents and visitors had to help nurses look after the patients
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Hospital care (cleanliness 1875)
due to the work of reformers such as Florence Nightingale hospital cleanliness and organisation was improved and nurses were better trained.
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How did Pasteur's theory influence hospital changes?
his germ theory led to improved hygiene within hospitals
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Hospital care (nurses 1875)
nurses were given a much larger role in caring for patients and assisting doctors
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Hospital care (pressure 1875)
public pressure led to infirmaries (separate from workhouses) being set up for the poorest in society
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Hospital care (specialists 1875)
specialist hospitals such as asylums for the mentally ill and fever houses for infectious diseases developed
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What was nursing not seen as?
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not an acceptable job for women and there was little training available for them
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