The Nursing Profession
In 1860 Nightingale opened the Nightingale Training School for nurses at the St. Thomas Hospital in London England. Her school started out with only ten students and was financed by the Nightingale Fund. She based the school around two principals: 1) Nurses should get good, practical training in hospitals to be used for that sole purpose 2) Nurses should live in a home fit to help form a moral life and discipline.
Nightingale was able to transform nursing from its bad reputation into a respectable career for women. In 1883 Queen Victoria gave Nightingale the Royal Red Cross fror her work and became the first lady to recieve the Order of Merit from Edward VII in 1907.
Florence Nightingale helped make nursing a professional field. She brought nursing into the forefront, gaining respect from doctors and other medical care workers. Nightingale’s work is why we have nursing schools and nurses today. In addition, she helped break the gender barrier where the medical field was predominantly dominated by men. By bringing many female medical workers into the field as nurses, women now had a chance to help save a life.
Nightingale was able to transform nursing from its bad reputation into a respectable career for women. In 1883 Queen Victoria gave Nightingale the Royal Red Cross fror her work and became the first lady to recieve the Order of Merit from Edward VII in 1907.
Florence Nightingale helped make nursing a professional field. She brought nursing into the forefront, gaining respect from doctors and other medical care workers. Nightingale’s work is why we have nursing schools and nurses today. In addition, she helped break the gender barrier where the medical field was predominantly dominated by men. By bringing many female medical workers into the field as nurses, women now had a chance to help save a life.