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Book SynopsisFlorence Nightingale remains an inspiration to nurses around the world for her pioneering work treating wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War; authorship of Notes on Nursing, the foundational text for nursing practice; establishment of the world''s first nursing school; and advocacy for the hygienic treatment of patients and sanitary design of hospitals. In Notes on Nightingale, nursing historians and scholars offer their valuable reflections on Nightingale and analysis of her role in the profession a century after her death on 13 August 1910 and 150 years since the Nightingale School of Nursing (now the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King''s College, London) opened its doors to probationers at St Thomas'' Hospital.
There is a great deal of controversy about Nightingaleopinions about her life and work range from blind worship to blanket denunciation. The question of Nightingale and her place in nursing history and in contemporary nursi
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"Notes on Nightingale is an extraordinary achievement, bringing together some of the world's most eminent Nightingale scholars. It explodes myths, develops sophisticated lines of analysis, and reveals the full range of achievement of one of the world’s most iconic figures. In doing so, it also provides a lens through which we might view that most elusive of modern arts: nursing." -- Christine Hallett, Director, the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Manchester
"In reexamining and reinterpreting the life and influence of Florence Nightingale, the authors of the thought-provoking essays in Notes on Nightingale demonstrate the continued power of Nightingale's work and image and, most critically, validate the significance of analyzing contemporary issues from a historical perspective." -- Rima D. Apple, Vilas Life Cycle Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Table of Contents
Foreword
by Rachel VerneyIntroduction
by Sioban Nelson and Anne Marie Rafferty1. The Nightingale Imperative
by Sioban Nelson2. Navigating the Political Straits in the Crimean War
by Carol Helmstadter3. The Dream of Nursing the Empire
by Judith Godden4. Rhetoric and Reality in America
by Joan E. Lynaugh5. Mythologizing and De-mythologizing
by Lynn McDonald6. The Passionate Statistician
by M. Eileen Magnello7. An Icon and Iconoclast for Today
by Anne Marie Rafferty and Rosemary WallNotes
Contributors
Index
