HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE:

THE PATH TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

Judith Liu, MSN, RN Staff Representative UNAC/UHCP

Learning Objectives

Identify Florence Nightingale's contributions to the

nursing profession

Recognize importance of

nursing research &

EBP

Identify ways to enhance current practice

Happy Birthday

MAY 12, 1820

FLORENCE, ITALY

Who was Florence Nightingale?

International Nurses Day

May 12

Lived in England

"Lady with the Lamp"

Named after her birthplace

Early Life in the Victorian Era

Born May 12,1820 Grew up in wealthy family

Spirit of Inquiry

Excelled in mathematics

Read about Great Philosophers

Fluent in French, German, Italian, Greek &

Latin

The Beginning of Nursing

Institution of Protestant Deaconesses Kaiserswerth, Germany 1850, 1851

Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in Distressed Circumstances. London 1853

Crimean War

Sidney Herbert, Secretary of War in 1854

Scutari Hospital, Turkey

Towels, shirts and soap

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