FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE By Molly Cleary FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Florence

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE By Molly Cleary

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE • Florence Nightingale introduced cleanliness and order into hospitals in the Victorian times. • She realised that the conditions were disgusting and unsanitary. A lot of the soldiers lay in their own blood and poo. • Only some patients got beds as they didn’t have enough so most had to lie on the floor. She helped the soldiers have good hygiene and to make sure they were alright. • She opened a training school for nursing called ‘Nightingale school of Nursing’ at St Thomas’s Hospital in London in 1860.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE • At first Florence’s parents didn’t like the idea of her being a nurse, they didn’t think it was a very nice job. Florence was so determined that she eventually convinced her parents to let her go. • Florence Nightingale arrived at the hospital and found there was no clean linen and that the soldiers clothes were swarming with lice, bugs and fleas. Everywhere was filthy, she also found rats beneath the beds. • Florence provided the hospitals with clean shirts, soap, cups, plates and cutlery.

WHO IS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE? ? • Florence Nightingale was born on the 12 th of May 1820 in Florence, Italy which is how she got her name and died on the 13 th of August 1910 aged 90. • Florence Nightingale became famous serving as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, where she organised care for wounded soldiers. • She was nicknamed ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ as she did rounds in the hospital every night to check on the wounded soldiers, to see it they needed anything and to make sure everything ok.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALES CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY • She was the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit in 1907. • Florence’s parents were William Edward and Frances Nightingale. She was a very intelligent girl. Her father took great interest in her education, helping her learn history, philosophy and writing. • She did very well at achieving high in maths and languages and was able to read and write French, German, Italian, Greek, and Latin at an early age. • This was quite unusual for a girl her age there would not have been good teaching methods back in those day

FLORENCE’S HOSPITAL DUTIES • She served quite high when she got into the role of nursing, with her achievements in her studies it would not of been hard for a clever girl like her to get into something such as nursing. • She had five essentials, pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light. • She was best known for her work at the Scutari Military Hospital in Turkey during the Crimean War for wounded soldiers.

ACHIEVEMENTS • Florence was the first woman ever to be awarded the Order of Merit in 1907. • In 1883 she got the Royal Red Cross medal. This was awarded to her by Queen Victoria. • In 1910 she was also awarded the badge of honour for the Norwegian Red Cross Society.

The Royal Red Cross Order of Merit Norwegian Red Cross

MY OPINION • In my opinion in those days people wouldn’t be expected to live till past 60. Florence Nightingale lived to the age of 90, which means that whatever she did for the hygiene of the soldiers worked.

THANKS FOR LISTENING I HOPE YOU ENJOYED By Molly

MS. O’NEILL’S COMMENTS: I think that this Power. Point is excellent Molly. My reasons for saying this are as follows: • It is clearly written in your own words and it is obvious that you understood everything you wrote. • You have an interesting image on every slide, which helped me to understand what I was reading. • The background is similar in all slides so it kind of ties all the slides together. • You have included very interesting information, like information about Florence’s family, the medals she won etc. • Amazing ! Well done, Molly! • A well-deserved 5 stars!