Vigina Henderson

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Writer

Florence, Italy Statistician


Nurse

Institute for Deaconesses

Profes
of Kaiserswerth
(Germany)

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May 12, 1820

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St. Vincent de Paul

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Place of Birth:

Hospital (Paris)

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Death
Parents:
August 13, 1910 in
London, England

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

William Edward
Nightingale (Father)
Frances Smith(Mother) contributions to society:

Early life: Revolutionized the care of wounded


She was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820, soldiers during the Crimean War,
into
- a wealthy family. improving hygiene, nutrition and hospital
In 1837, she felt her first call from God to serve organization.
others, which motivated her to become a nurse.
Founded modern nursing as a
In 1850, she enrolled in the Protestant Deaconess
Institution in Kaiserswerth, Germany, where she profession, establishing the principles of
received her training as a nurse. compassion, dedication and patient
care.
Promoted the education and training of
nurses, creating the world's first nursing
ACHIEVEMENT school.
Used statistics and graphs to show the
Reformed the sanitary conditions of military relationship between health conditions
hospitals during the Crimean War, reducing the and mortality, influencing public health
mortality rate of soldiers.
policies.
Created the first conceptual model of nursing and
founded the first nursing school in the world34. Important events:
She wrote several books and articles on health,
In 1854, she traveled to Turkey to care for British
statistics, politics and religion.
soldiers wounded in the Crimean War, where she
. She was the first woman to receive the United improved sanitary conditions and reduced
Kingdom Order of Merit and the Royal Red Cross. mortality.
In 1859, she published her book Notes on Nursing,
where she set out her principles and methods of
patient care.
In 1860, she founded the Nightingale School of
Nursing at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, the
first in the world.
In 1907, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the
United Kingdom, the first woman to receive it.
Died on August 13, 1910 in London, at the age of
90, of heart failure.
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