NURSING HEROINES
“THE EFFORTS OF NIGHTINGALE AND HER CADRE OF NURSES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE REDUCED THE MORTALITY RATE WHERE THEY WORKED FROM 42 PER CENT TO TWO PER CENT”
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
HER EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FORMATION OF A MILITARY NURSING CORPS
1820-1910 UNITED KINGDOM
Her name is synonymous with modern nursing, and Florence Nightingale is largely responsible for the recognition of the need to organise nursing care in the British Army. Although the scope of her endeavours to improve lives extended beyond the military, Nightingale’s awareness of the plight of the sick and wounded during the Crimean War led to her ground-breaking initiative to train nurses and their subsequent deployment in or near theatres of war.
Against the will of her family, Nightingale responded to
