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Florence Nightingale

1820 - 1910
8 books

Background

Source: Wikipedia

Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards.

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Books by Florence Nightingale

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Cover of Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Nursing

4.8
Cover of Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses: A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital

Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses: A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital

Nursing

2.6
Cover of Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Military hospitals

3.8
Cover of Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

Hospital buildings

2.6
Cover of Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Nursing

2.1
Cover of Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

Women's hospitals

3.1
Cover of Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

Nursing

3.8
Cover of Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital: Prepared for the Army of Virginia, and published by order of the Surgeon General, with essays on "taking food," and "what food."

Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital: Prepared for the Army of Virginia, and published by order of the Surgeon General, with essays on "taking food," and "what food."

Cooking for military personnel

2.8