1863 (Baly & Matthew, 2004) History of Nightingale’s Workįlorence Nightingale credited unsanitary conditions with high mortality rates.Helped bring attention to sanitation reform in India.
How people may live and not die in India.Text written to guide nurses (Clements & Averill, 2006).Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not.Opening of the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas Hospital.Described unsanitary conditions that lead to senseless death amongst the troops (Baly & Matthew, 2004).Notes on matters affecting the health, efficiency, and hospital administration of the British army (1858).Written Work and Accomplishments Written Work and Accomplishments
The author draws on comments from current nursing and medical literature to demonstrate the ongoing relevance of Nightingale’s work.
The first part of the book focuses on Nightingale's core nursing concepts: gender and women’s issues, education, health promotion, infection control, professional ethics, pediatrics, and palliative care, and how they have transcended time to influence professional nursing today. It introduces readers to the "real" Florence Nightingale – who pioneered evidence-based health care, campaigned for hospital safety, promoted economic opportunities for women, and mentored two generations of nursing leaders. The book demonstrates afresh her unparalleled and ongoing influence on professional nursing, on the core concepts of health, disease, and access to care as we understand them today. This in-depth analysis of Nightingale's legacy goes beyond established scholarship to examine her lesser known-and arguably even more important-writings beyond Notes on Nursing. Contributes new insights to Nightingale’s relevance for nursing today