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Please help me create point view with history of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

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Ans) History of Florence Nightingale:

Date & Place of Birth:
12 May 1820, Florance, Italy

Named after:
Birth place, Florance

Parental occupations:
lead mining, marble works, groceries

Classical education:
languages, history, mathematics, philosophy, social manners, customs of social class.

Father taught her:
Languages, accounting, science and statistics

Declared her intentions to become a nurse:
1844 at age 24

Who encouraged her to become a nurse:
Dr.Elizabeth Blackwell, American's first physician

At age 31:
Went to Kaiserswerth Deaconess Institution in Germany for 3 months of nurse's training.

She observe French surgeons:
Sisters of Charity in Pairs

First position:
Superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Illness in London.

In 1854:
Crimean war broke out, Allied forces and enemy soldiers were cared for by the Sisters of Charity and Mercy.

Sidney Herbert:
Secretary of war and friend

Who left England with supplies and help in caring for British soldiers:
24 Roman Catholic Sisters and 14 Practical Nurses

Within 6 months of changes in hygiene and sanitation what were the death rates:
from 420 per 1000 to 22 per 1000

What did the soldiers nick name Florance:
"the lady with the lamp"

Dress Code:
gray dress, white apron, white caps, black or brown kerchief tied over it, when outside nurses wore a heavy cloak and bonnet.

Florance returned to England in:
July, 1856

She remained a semi-invalid for:
her remaining 54 years of life

She published textbooks:
Notes on nursing- what it is and what it is not, Notes on hospitals

In 1860:
reformed nursing from an occupation into a profession.

She established what school:
Nightingale school at Saint Thomas Hospital in London.

The Nightingale Plan:
kept records of students progress and employment

Admission requirements for Nightingales school:
classroom theory and clinical experience

In 1862:
est a home nursing service in London and formed a Dept of statistics and Social service

Florence died:
Sept 13, 1910 at 90 years of age