5. Quote
You ask me why I do
not write
something.... I think
one's feelings waste
themselves in words,
they ought all to be
distilled into actions
and into actions
which bring results.
7. Born to very wealthy, educated parents
• Traveled extensively, owned multiple
estates
• Father was Cambridge educated, mother
was a strong supporter of the abolition of
slavery
• Father believed women should have a strong
education
• Florence and her sister learned Italian,
Latin, Greek, history and mathematics.
Florence especially excelled in mathematics.
8. Florence Nightingale
Returned to England
in 1821
Taught at home with
her older sister
Florence was a very
clever child
One of Florence Nightingale’s childhood homes – Lea Hurst, Derbyshire
The Nightingales spent part of the year here and part of the year in Hampshire
10. Florence Nightingale
had a broad
education and came
to dislike the lack of
opportunity for
females in her social
circle.
11. Florence Nightingale
In 1837, when she was 17, she
felt a “calling” to help people
She visited sick people at their
homes
Her parents wanted her to get
married
She had other ideas and
travelled in Europe looking at
hospitals
12. Her parents wanted her to marry a rich man,
but she wanted to become a nurse. Her
parents were opposed to this, as nursing
was considered to be a job for poor
women.
13. Doctors are the Brain
Of the hospital and
Nurses are the Heart of
the Hospital,
If Brain fails ,heart will
be manage,
But if Heart fails
nothing will manage
14. Florence Nightingale
Parents did not want her
to become a nurse
She studied medicine
books herself for years
She was 30 when her
parents let her go to
Germany and Paris to
study nursing
15. Eventually, when
Florence was 31,
her father gave
her permission to
train.
in 1853 she was
appointed resident
lady superintendent
of a hospital for
women in Harley
Street, London.
16. Hospitals in 1830’s
Often people who went
into hospital died They were Dirty
Badly run
Nurses didn’t know what to
do
17.
18. Florence Nightingale
In 1854 the CrimeanWar
broke out – England was at
war with Russia
People in England heard that
soldiers in hospitals were
poorly treated.
Florence was invited to take a
group of 38 female nurses to
work in hospitals in the
Crimea.
19. Crimean War 1854Crimean War 1854
Reports of the sufferings of the sick and wounded in
English camps inspired Florence to enlist her services
She was offered “plenary authority over all nurses
and the fullest assistance and cooperation from
medical staff.”
20. She went to work
Scrubbed the floors
Cleaned the wards
Washed the bedclothes
Made the men comfortable
21. •In the night she carried
a lamp so she was
called “The Lady with
the Lamp”
•Soldiers kissed her
shadow
23. They began to get better
Sitting up, cheerful and
happier!
24. Florence Nightingale
War finished in 1856 Florence returned to
England.
She wanted to improve hospitals in this
country
Conditions in hospitals began to improve
1883 Royal Red Cross
1907 Order of Merit
25. Letter from Queen Victoria
Thanking “Miss Nightingale
and her ladies” for all their
hard work
26. She was given a
diamond brooch
with ‘Blessed are
the merciful’
engraved on it
27. The trained nurse
has become one of
the great blessings
of humanity, taking
a place beside the
physician and the
priest.... ~William
Osler
31. She was famous all
over the world
She changed
hospitals all over the
world
There is a museum
in London which
celebrates her life
and work
32. Quote
A nurse will always
give us hope,
an angel with a
stethoscope.
33. Florence is
remembered today as
the person responsible
for improving conditions
in hospitals and making
nursing an acceptable
job
Florence Nightingale
34. TidbitsTidbits
→ Florence inspired Jean Henri Dunant , one of five founders of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva Switzerland) which in
turn inspired Clara Barton to form the American National Red Cross.
→ There is a psychological effect named after her called “The
Nightingale Effect,” whereby nurses and doctors fall in love with their
patients.
→ Florence was known during the Crimean war as The Lady with the
Lamp, as she would tirelessly make rounds of the patients after everyone
had already retired for the night.
→ Florence wrote many books throughout her life on nursing, the most
notable and widely used was:
Notes on Nursing: What Nursing Is, What Nursing Is Not (1860)
35. In a NutshellIn a Nutshell
Florence was:
→ A pioneer of nursing
→ The Founder of Modern Nursing
→ A reformer of hospital sanitation methods
→ Credited with proving that nursing could be a
respectable profession
Notas do Editor
Although she was born in Italy, she and her sister traveled frequently throughout the world with their parents and split their winters and summers between two lavish estates. Florence’s father had received his wealth from an inheritance. He valued education, especially for women, and opened Florence and her sister, Parthenope, up to a lot of opportunities.
