Florence Nightingal

eThe Lady with the

Lamp

Childhood

• She was born in Florence, Italy in 1820

• She loved her dolls

Family

• Her family was very rich

Caring

• She first helped a dog with a broken leg.

• She began to help at hospitals

Hospitals in 1830’s

Often, people who went into hospital died

• They were dirty

• Badly run

• Nurses were not trained.

Florence Nightingale

• Her parents were very rich and therefore ..

• They did not want her to become a nurse.

Hard Work

• She studied medicine books herself for many years.

• She was 30 when her parents let her go to Germany and Paris to study nursing

Crimean War 1853-1856

• War between Russia v Turkey (Britain and France)

• The hospitals had terrible conditions.

Most soldiers died from disease

She started to work

• Used the correct medicine

• Washed the bedclothes

• Made the men comfortable

•At night she carried a lamp, so she was called

“The Lady with the Lamp”

•The soldiers kissed her shadow.

They began to get better.Sitting up, getting cheerful

and happier!

Letter from Queen Victoria

• Thanking “Miss Nightingale and her ladies” for all their hard work

            

           

Florence Nightingale was the founder of a nursing school in London.

Nurses all over the world now follow this example.

Florence Nightingale

She died in 1910, aged 90

Her picture was on our British £10 note

• She was famous all over the world

• She changed hospitals all over the world

• There is a museum in London which celebrates her life and work