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The Civil War needed nurses,
because of all vast amount of sick
and wounded
20,000 women and men served
as nurses in both the North and the South
The Nightingale training intended to
teach young women sanitary practice.
In the 19th century hospitals were built in the popular areas of the country
The success of these first three so-called “Nightingale schools”
led to nurse training programs.
what it was like before
-Before Florence Nightingale the condition of hospitals and the nursing profession was in a degraded state
- Hospitals were dirty and over crowded.
-Antiseptics were unknown. barley
any facilities for the training of nurses existed, and their pay was less than that for a common labourer in the field.
-Nurses were drawn from the “undesirable sections” of society and were commonly regarded as “vulgar”, “uneducated”, “unclean” and notorious for their drunkenness and immorality.
More people are demanded to
work as Nurses now days.
Some nurses are taking over
what is reserved for physicians
As nursing today, it is exceedingly popular
and highly respected profession that
attracts large numbers of new recruits
to its ranks.
Nursing was very important and made a huge impact,
because they play a role in delivering babies, and help the injured and wounded. After wars, it was very important for nurses to take care and help the wounded and sick.
-She is best remembered for her work during the Crimean war.
-Nursing only existed in a few religious orders, until Florence showed what it could do and established a school to produce people who could do it.
-She was born in 1820 to wealthy English parents.
-At a young age she helped ill and poor people in the village.
-At 16 she knew she wanted to be a nurse
-Her parents weren’t approving of her choice.
-At 17 she refused a marriage proposal
-Despite her parents objections she enrolled as a student at Lutheran hospital of pastor Fliedner in Germany.
-Her ideas about infection were formed by the experience she gained reorganizing and improving the hygiene standards at the hospital at Scutari in Turkey during the Crimean War.
African Americans could only participate
in nursing, but they had to be divided.
It was common for nurses to be pro at
delivering anesthesia
Graduates of community college programs seemed
well suited to assume employment as hospital bedside nurses.