Nursing Leadership

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by Maria Cecilia Giral6 views·Updated Feb 11, 2022
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  1. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820, in Italy, to a wealthy British family.
  2. Her hygiene movement started when she arrived at the
  3. British camp during the Crimean War in 1854.
  4. Once she arrived,
  5. she noticed the poor condition of the hospital and how the majority of the
  6. soldiers were dying from infectious diseases like
  7. cholera and typhoid rather than battle wounds.
  8. She decided to clean the hospital and requested
  9. bandages and other medical equipment from the government.
  10. After making some changes such as bathing the soldiers,
  11. changing their linens properly cleaning and
  12. dressing their wounds and improving ventilation.
  13. The death rate decreased by two thirds.
  14. Not only that,
  15. but she also improved the psychological aspect of the soldiers
  16. by helping them write letters to their loved ones.
  17. Once she returned from the Crimean War,
  18. she published a 19 year old Rose Diagram which showed that infectious
  19. diseases which were the main cause of death during the war,
  20. could be controlled by a priority of factors including nutrition,
  21. ventilation and hygiene.
  22. Some of the contributions to healthcare and nursing today include
  23. the development implementation of sanitary conditions such as hand washing,
  24. bathing, and other aseptic techniques, which she made mandatory.
  25. There's also the Florence 19 year old foundation which
  26. actively supports nurses and midwives through scholarship programs.
  27. And lastly,
  28. she made nursing a respected career for both men and women around the world