In what city was the Nightingale Home and Training School for Nurses set up in 1860?
Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing figure in nursing who greatly affected 19th- and 20th-century policies around proper care. She was known for her night rounds to aid the wounded, establishing her image as the 'Lady with the Lamp.'
Queen Victoria rewarded Nightingale's work by presenting her with an engraved brooch that came to be known as the "Nightingale Jewel" and by granting her a prize of $250,000 from the British government. Nightingale decided to use the money to further her cause. In 1860, she funded the establishment of St. Thomas' Hospital, London and within it, the Nightingale Training School for Nurses.
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stormejohn
Very strange that the British government would reward her $250,000, one would think that they would reward her in Pounds.
Sondra Thompson
Her greatest contribution was in the field of statistics. She proved the need for clean environments in hospitals. Smart woman!
Michael Watson
I got this because I thought it was odd when I was on the US Air Force that we named our C-9 hospital plane after an English citizen.
Alexandrite
stormejohn, I think maybe Wikepedia got it wrong as I believe she was indeed paid in poungs. Good catch!
Maia
There was an article about Ms. Nightingale in Smithsonian Magazine this spring (2020) that admitted that during her first year of caring for the soldiers, there were a lot of disproportionate deaths, but once she figured out that sanitizing the wounds was of utmost concern in healing, there was a much higher rate of survival!
Spc Kook Dude
I'm looking forward to this weekend, Steve.
lrszanto
Love it!
Micki Horton
I think that picture was not from the 1860s.
dlh
I wish I had gotten this correctly. Thanks for the information. 😁
Don Racette
Jonathan Smith I guessed incorrectly.
Helen Allard
Oppps....😂
Scott Morris
She made her mark in the Crimean War
Joanne Serin
stormejohn, maybe they did, but the writer's info converted it to dollars.
Pauline Grant
Watched a rather derogatory documentary on Florence Nightingale saying she killed more men with her care than the actual war did, and that she was treated very badly when she returned to England, the Lady never gave up fighting for what she considered was right. Thought it was a bit of sour grapes on someone’s part. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. The documentary made me rather angry.
Caroline Cannon
Got it. I was a Nurse in England in the 1960s.
ghknives
I also think it is strange that she was rewarded so very much money. I can,t imagine what th Dollar value would be in comparison 1860 to 2019 of $250,000. George Hodges
Caroline Cannon
Got it. She was my heroine growing up. I became a Nurse and later got my Degree in Counselling..