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2. Florence Nightingale - Wikipedia

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   Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.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. [4]

3. Nightingale's environmental theory - Wikipedia

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   She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery" (Nightingale 1860/1969), [3] that it involves the nurse's initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient's health, and that external factors associated with the patient's surroundings affect life or biologic ...

4. International Nurses Day - Wikipedia

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   In January 1974, 12 May was chosen to celebrate the day as it is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. [2] [3] Each year, ICN prepares and distributes the International Nurses' Day Kit. [4] The kit contains educational and public information materials, for use by nurses everywhere.

5. Frances Parthenope Verney - Wikipedia

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   Florence Nightingale and Sir Harry Verney. On 24 June 1858, Parthenope married Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet, MP for Buckingham, a supporter of liberal causes and possessor of the family seat, Claydon House. Harry Verney had become involved with the Nightingale after his late wife's request for their daughter to meet Florence Nightingale.

6. Florence Nightingale Museum to reopen on International ... - AOL

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   The director of the Florence Nightingale Museum has said fighting to reopen after the pandemic has been an “emotional roller-coaster”. The London museum celebrating the most famous figure in ...

7. Timeline of nursing history - Wikipedia

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   1860 – Florence Nightingale publishes "Note on Nursing: What it is and what it is not" [20] 1860 – Crisp et al. 2011 state that the Nightingale training school for nurses in England at the St Thomas' hospital, London was established at this time.

8. Florence Nightingale letter on display after spending 140 ...

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   An original letter by Florence Nightingale in which she writes of her poor health following her return from the Crimean War has gone on display for the first time.

9. Germ theory's key 19th century figures - Wikipedia

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   Florence Nightingale, like the majority of people living in the Victorian time period, believed in the miasma theory of disease. [4] Though she was a mathematician and statistician, she was asked by the British secretary of war to join a nursing service during The Crimean War . [ 5 ]