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But Florence Nightingale was not intimidated by the attitude of the military officers and she decided to fight with all weapons: she contacted the Times and reported the situation in army hospitals, thus forcing the British Army to reorganize their hospitals. Her contribution to the military hospitals paid off when, by improving the quality of sanitation, the number of dead patients was reduced considerably.
Florence Nightingale was a strong supporter of women's rights, believing that women should be able to pursuit carriers. Although a strong supporter of health improvement policies, "Nightingale preferred working behind the scenes to get laws changed and disapproved of women making speeches in public" (Florence Nightingale). Although she was a dedicated nurse and although she was confronted with many prejudices in her work, Florence Nightingale was not a feminist and in fact she was very much adapted to the time and society she was living in. Invited to join a campaign supporting women doctors, Florence Nightingale declined, as she believed that the role of women was better achieved as a nurse, not as a doctor.
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Florence Nightingale was the first female fellow of the British Statistical Society, but she "recognized the political clout of effective communication; therefore, she recruited men to serve as her delegates in promoting her many causes" (Ferguson, 2004).
Bibliography
Read, Campbell B. Florence Nightingale, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1986.
Florence Nightingale, found on http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REnightingale.htm.Last retrieved on January 20, 2007
On her own terms, in her own time. Florence Nightingale as seen by the ones who knew her best, review by Zac Unger, September 5, 2004, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/09/05/RVGQB8FO1N1.DTL;Last retrieved on January 20, 2007
Ferguson, Maureen, Florence Nightingale - Ahead of Her Time, 2004, on http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3980/is_200404/ai_n9380104.Last retrieved on January 20, 2007
Bibliography
Read, Campbell B. Florence Nightingale, in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1986.
Florence Nightingale, found on http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REnightingale.htm.Last retrieved on January 20, 2007
On her own terms, in her own time. Florence Nightingale as seen by the ones who knew her best, review by Zac Unger, September 5, 2004, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/09/05/RVGQB8FO1N1.DTL;Last retrieved on January 20, 2007
Ferguson, Maureen, Florence Nightingale - Ahead of Her Time, 2004, on http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3980/is_200404/ai_n9380104.Last retrieved on January 20, 2007
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In the Crimean War, she arranged for the physical set-up of the patients' beds, the discarding of the infested and soiled linens and the ensuring of good and maintained ventilation. After the War, she advocated for social reforms, one of which was the review of the British Poor Laws. The recall of this Law initiated its amendment into the Hardy's Bill on 1867. This bill looked into the state of
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Nurses should show the patients pictures and entertain them this way. Care, to Nightingale, means thinking of the patient's needs and desires for things to do and to be entertained. Taking Food: The nurse must supply a patient's every need, including the food that brings recovery to the body. She is in favor of hot tea and something to eat every three hours. But she advises never to leave food