without Florence nightingales input. the nhs couldn't simply be able to function. she helped improve the death rate in hospitals and subsequently she made nursing a profession
Nightingales improvements to hospitals when she returned to England.
when she came home she restored law and order and devised a new hospital structure ensuring that everyone was cared for. she also made sure that wards were kept clean. so that diseases could not spread
The changes that Nightingale made to the wards in the Crimea.
the first thing she did was order scrubbing brushes to scrub the hospital clean. she then ordered clean bedding an proper bandages to help treat the wounded
The conditions that Nightingale found in the military hospitals of the Crimea.
people were forced to sleep on the floor and the sheets were full of maggots. the wounded were uncared for and diseases were spreading like wildfire
Florence Nightingale, her mission and her early career.
Most of Florence Nightingales early life she spent reading and studying books. She was educated by her father in subjects including English and math
Her Mission Statement was to help people and to serve mankind
A description of the what hospitals were like before Florence Nightingale came on the scene.
Teams of men designated to carry the wounded from the battlefield were mostly drunk, idle and incompetent. Cholera, dysentery and gangrene were rampant.
It was filthy, damp, smelly, and overrun with rats. The medical service was inefficient and wholly ill-prepared for the conflict.
