NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE

NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE
   a famous philanthropic nurse, born at Florence, of wealthy English parentage; at the age of 22 entered the institution of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaiserswerth to be trained as a nurse, and afterwards studied the methods of nursing and hospital management with the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul, Paris; after thoroughly reorganising Harley Street Hospital, London, she in 1854 volunteered to organise a staff of nurses to tend the wounded soldiers in the Crimea; arriving at Scutari on the eve of Inkermann she, during the terrible winter of 1854-55, ministered with unwearied devotion to the suffering soldiers; on her return in 1856 she, with public support, established a training college for nurses at St. Thomas's and at King's College Hospital; she is author of "Notes on Nursing," "Notes on Hospitals," &c.; b. in 1820.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • Nightingale, Florence — UK [ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl, ˈflɒr(ə)ns] US [ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl, ˈflɔrəns] http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/nightingale florence.htm See:Florence Nightingale …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nightingale, Florence — См. Florence Nightingale. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • Nightingale, Florence — born May 12, 1820, Florence, Italy died Aug. 13, 1910, London, Eng. Italian born British nurse, founder of trained nursing as a profession. As a volunteer nurse, she was put in charge of nursing the military in Turkey during the Crimean War. Her… …   Universalium

  • Nightingale, Florence — (1820–1910)    Philanthropist.    Nightingale was born into an aristocratic English family in Florence. In the face of strong disapproval, she insisted on studying nursing and she visited the Sisters of Charity in Alexandria in 1849 and… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • Nightingale, Florence — UK [ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl, ˈflɒr(ə)ns] / US [ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl, ˈflɔrəns] See: Florence Nightingale …   English dictionary

  • Nightingale,Florence — Night·in·gale (nītʹn gāl , nīʹtĭng ), Florence. Known as “the Lady with the Lamp.” 1820 1910. British nurse who organized (1854) and directed a unit of field nurses during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing. * * * …   Universalium

  • Nightingale, Florence — ► (1820 1910) Enfermera británica. Se hizo famosa durante la Guerra de Crimea, donde logró que la mortalidad descendiera del 42% al 20%. * * * (12 may. 1820, Florencia, Italia–13 ago. 1910, Londres, Inglaterra). Enfermera británica nacida en… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Nightingale, Florence — Night|in|gale, Flor|ence [ naıtıŋ,geıl, flɔrəns ] noun a woman who is very kind to someone who is sick …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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