The hospitals they served held equally low reputations as unclean, disorderly, and infection breeding. www.catherinereef.com. Perhaps when I get past the first 50 pages it will be better. By placing Nightingale's life within the context of the Victorian era—a time of great colonial expansion as well as economic and scientific change—Reef highlights her subject's unique single-minded drive to work and make a difference for the sick and infirm, despite the many obstacles she faced as a woman. Buy Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse by Reef, Catherine (ISBN: 9780358346241) from Amazon's Book Store. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Most people know Florence Nightingale was a compassionate and legendary nurse, but they don’t know her full story. This riveting biography explores the exceptional life of a woman who defied the stifling conventions of Victorian society to pursue what was considered an undesirable vocation. Lea Hurst, the summer home of the Nightingale family, Pastor Theodore Fliedner, founder of the Lutheran deaconesses training center for nurses in Kaiserwerth, Germany, Bust of Florence Nightingale, presented to her by the soldiers after the Crimean War, Plans to unite our students, faculty and staff, The Life and Letters of Florence Nightingale, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/415020/Florence-Nightingale, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, Lister Hill Library at University Hospital, Selanders, Louise. Nightingale was known for providing the kind of personal care, like writing letters home for soldiers, that comforted them and improved their psychological health. Please try again. Very prompt and fast delivery. But Florence went against her parent’s wishes, refused a prospective marriage and in 1851 trained as a nurse in Kaiserswerth, Germany at Pastor Theodore Fliedner’s hospital and school for Lutheran deaconesses.
Though ill and bedridden for much of her later life, Nightingale managed to continue her great work through correspondence. With regard to the marriage and social life of their daughters, the Nightingales held high expectations. So it is not difficult to see why Florence Nightingale’s family, wealthy and respectable as they were, discouraged her from selecting this “unsuitable” profession. It is not holding my attention and I am an avid reader. Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017. After graduation, many of the students staffed British hospitals, and others spread the Nightingale education system to other countries.

I love the old language. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Please try again. I ordered this book from uread store. It was her discussions with Queen Victoria on the conditions of the camp hospitals that sparked the commission’s formation. VERDICT With accessible language, a linear story line, and photographs interspersed throughout, this is a great addition to any library. Something went wrong. Very useful for Y2 school project. Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She is best known for her work during the Crimean War, when she vastly improved gruesome and deadly conditions and made nightly rounds to visit patients, becoming known around the world as the Lady with the Lamp. Both Florence and her sister were named after the Italian cities in which they were born – her sister Parthenope was born in Naples and given the Greek name for its ancient city. Unable to add item to List.

She has worked on a wide variety of books and has a specialist knowledge of history and biographies.
Thanks! Please try again. Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2017. gift for an eight-year old who enjoyed reading this book. Bust of Florence Nightingale, presented to her by the soldiers after the Crimean WarFlorence Nightingale is probably most famous for her work during the Crimean War (1854-1856).

He really enjoyed it. After her return to England, Florence took a position as superintendent for London’s Establishment of Gentlewomen during Illness in 1853. Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019. However, Florence had other ideas, because as a teenager in 1837 she received a "divine calling” to do God’s work, which sparked her advocacy of social and health care causes and eventually led her to establish nursing as a distinct profession. She also wrote about 200 books, pamphlets and reports on hospital, sanitation, and other health-related issues, as well as contributing to the field of statistics (10). In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Try again. Catherine Reef is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books, including many highly acclaimed biographies for young people. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Upon her return from the Crimean War, she devoted the next few years to the Royal Commission investigating health in the British Army. "—Ragan O'Malley, Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn, * " With careful contextualization that sometimes goes missing from purely hagiographic presentations, this title offers a fuller picture of the effort and emotional price Nighingale paid to become a groundbreaker.". Under Florence’s leadership, the nurses brought cleanliness, sanitation, nutritious food and comfort to the patients. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2014. Lea Hurst, the summer home of the Nightingale familyFlorence Nightingale was born in 1820 to wealthy English parents traveling in Florence, Italy. Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse is a powerhouse biography of the world-renown creator of the modern nursing vocation. UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I wanted to gift this book to my friend on valentine day and couldn't find any store which could deliver before Feb 14. Also, Nightingale's statistical data and analysis strongly influenced the commission's findings, which resulted in great public health advances in the British army (7). You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Wonderful, interesting, historic book on Florence. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It was bought to supplement my son's knowledge on Florence Nightingale's life and achievements. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Her tireless and inspiring work continued after the war, and her modern methods in nursing became the defining standards still used today. "Florence Nightingale."

The two girls were educated by their father, and Florence, in particular, excelled academically. Click here to view this letter.).