The Nightingale Nurses: (Nightingales 3)

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Can pupils discover if their textbooks/topic books support what they have learnt from the original sources used in this lesson? February the 21st marks World Mental Health Nurses’ Day (#MHNursesDay); a day that calls to celebrate, describe and promote the mental health nursing profession in the UK. Nurses and midwives from Guy’s and St Thomas’ have been recognised for their outstanding practice with a unique professional award. Lucien Baudens, La guerre de Crimée, les campements, les abris, les ambulances, les hôpitaux, p. 104. [25] It’s interesting that they were also expected to do “any act they may be commanded (by the physician or patient) to do.” The Red Cross

Throughout the U.S. Civil War, she was frequently consulted about how to best manage field hospitals. Nightingale also served as an authority on public sanitation issues in India for both the military and civilians, although she had never been to India herself. Florence Nightingale died peacefully in her sleep in her room at 10 South Street, Mayfair, London, on 13 August 1910, at the age of 90. [67] [c] The offer of burial in Westminster Abbey was declined by her relatives and she is buried in the churchyard of StMargaret's Church in East Wellow, Hampshire, near Embley Park with a memorial with just her initials and dates of birth and death. [69] [70] She left a large body of work, including several hundred notes that were previously unpublished. [71] A memorial monument to Nightingale was created in Carrara marble by Francis William Sargant in 1913 and placed in the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Croce, in Florence, Italy. [72] Contributions Statistics and sanitary reformWhy did you want to become a nurse? I wanted to become a nurse because I would see my mum come home after work and share her experiences with me and the passion and fire she had ignited the passion I now have which is what still drives me at present. Recorded to wax cylinder on 30 July 1890, to raise money for veterans of the Charge of the Light Brigade. [2] [3] I often ask myself: what about those who came before Florence? Do we do them a disservice, almost unconsciously dismissing them as not being ‘real’ nurses because they practiced before Florence Nightingale’s time? Ancient nursing schools Once the Islamic state was established in Medina, Rufaidah set up a hospital tent outside the Prophet’s mosque. In recognition of Mental Health Nurses’ Day, we put the spotlight on our extremely dedicated, passionate and caring nursing team, and asked them to share what they love about mental health nursing. Below are some of the highly insightful responses we received.

For me, the speaker with the most impact was the patient representative, who eloquently described her journey with diabetes insipidus. RCN President Professor Anne Marie Rafferty co-edited Notes on Nightingale, a collection of essays about her life and legacy. “She was essentially a celebrity in her own lifetime and achieved that iconic status early on,” says Anne Marie. “Her image was of great appeal to the public and must have been a source of tremendous reassurance. Many of those feminised virtues – compassion, heroism and sacrifice – are very powerful during times of crisis and seem to coalesce around female figures.” Supplies and hygiene These early nurses also had a wide range of skills, including being “competent to cook food and curries, clever in bathing or washing a patient, well conversant in rubbing or pressing the limbs, or raising the patient or assisting him in walking or moving about, well-skilled in making or cleaning beds, competent to pound drugs, or ready, patient, and skilful in waiting upon one that is ailing.”This prestigious award allows us to celebrate and develop our fantastic staff, and build on Florence Nightingale’s legacy of delivering high quality, compassionate care.” Why did you want to become a nurse? I wanted to become a nurse because my siblings and I had the privilege to care for our aged, grandparents who had dementia and cancer until their death. I also had an Aunt who died from a mental health-related illness. Due to the above, I wanted to do something that is challenging and that would make a difference in people’s lives. I am a naturally caring, curious person and I wanted to use this attitude in helping people to the best of my abilities. I have always had the innate desire to help people and care for them in times of need. I’m also blessed to have a wonderful mother from whom I learned so much. My mother is very caring and generous in her love for others, and caring for their needs.

Pay in hospitals was low. For example, in Manchester, wages received by workers in cotton mills were higher than those paid to nurses. When planning sessions for the Society for Endocrinology BES conference or the Endocrine Nurse Update, the Society’s Nurse Committee jointly discusses the topics for presentation, the potential speakers and the chairs for the session. The programme is never put together in isolation and, once agreed, is ratified by the Society’s Programme Planning Committee. St Camillus de Lellis also led the care of Rome’s victims of the bubonic plague and became concerned with care of those at the end of life.What inspires you? Perseverance is an attribute that really inspires me, the reason for that is it is something that I experience on a daily basis, by both staff and patients in very difficult situations. When I see patients persevere, it inspires me. It makes me feel proud that my colleagues and I have given someone the hope that they can overcome any obstacle if they follow through with the treatment and care needed. Other times, I (or someone else in my team) may be the one who is feeling challenged or feel under pressure. In times like this, my colleagues and I really come together as a team. Days, weeks and sometimes even months can be a challenge in our profession, but perseverance and patience will always yield a better outcome. A lot of the time there is an easier option than the option to preserve, and that is why I find it inspiring. Residing in Mayfair, she remained an authority and advocate of health care reform, interviewing politicians and welcoming distinguished visitors from her bed. In 1859, she published Notes on Hospitals, which focused on how to properly run civilian hospitals. Rufaidah bint Sa-ad (also known as Rufaida Al-Aslamia and Rufayda al-Aslamiyyah) has been recognised as the first female Muslim nurse. Born around 620 CE the daughter of a physician, through assisting him she learned about patient care. When she arrived at the hospital, army doctors there did not want the nurses helping. Florence Nightingale realised that if the doctors were going to let her nurses to work then they had to do a very good job.

Individuals will be presented with their personally engraved badge and certificate later this year. Avey Bhatia, Chief Nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “It was wonderful to see so many of our nurses and midwives recognised for their outstanding work. They should all feel immensely proud of their achievements during such a challenging year. With the support of Queen Victoria, Nightingale helped create a Royal Commission into the health of the army. It employed leading statisticians of the day, William Farr and John Sutherland, to analyze army mortality data, and what they found was horrifying: 16,000 of the 18,000 deaths were from preventable diseases—not battle. But it was Nightingale’s ability to translate this data into a new visual format that really caused a sensation. Her polar area diagram, now known as a “Nightingale Rose Diagram,” showed how the Sanitary Commission’s work decreased the death rate and made the complicated data accessible to all, inspiring new standards for sanitation in the army and beyond. She became the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society and was named an honorary member of the American Statistical Association. Florence Nightingale’s Impact on Nursing Florence Nightingale exhibited a gift for mathematics from an early age and excelled in the subject under the tutelage of her father. [d] Later, Nightingale became a pioneer in the visual presentation of information and statistical graphics. [74] She used methods such as the pie chart, which had first been developed by William Playfair in 1801. [75] While taken for granted now, it was at the time a relatively novel method of presenting data. [76]

Our team is highly skilled at managing patients who present with complex psychiatric conditions including psychosis, schizophrenia, and mania as well as patients with dual diagnoses. Although they had been warned of the horrid conditions there, nothing could have prepared Nightingale and her nurses for what they saw when they arrived at Scutari, the British base hospital in Constantinople. The hospital sat on top of a large cesspool, which contaminated the water and the hospital building itself. Patients lay on in their own excrement on stretchers strewn throughout the hallways. Rodents and bugs scurried past them. The most basic supplies, such as bandages and soap, grew increasingly scarce as the number of ill and wounded steadily increased. Even water needed to be rationed. More soldiers were dying from infectious diseases like typhoid and cholera than from injuries incurred in battle. The Florence Nightingale Declaration Campaign, [105] established by nursing leaders throughout the world through the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH), aims to build a global grassroots movement to achieve two United Nations Resolutions for adoption by the UN General Assembly of 2008. They will declare: The International Year of the Nurse–2010 (the centenary of Nightingale's death); The UN Decade for a Healthy World – 2011 to 2020 (the bicentenary of Nightingale's birth). NIGH also works to rekindle awareness about the important issues highlighted by Florence Nightingale, such as preventive medicine and holistic health. As of 2016, the Florence Nightingale Declaration has been signed by over 25,000signatories from 106countries. [106] What is the most rewarding part of being a mental health nurse at Nightingale Hospital? The most rewarding part of the job is seeing patients come to the end of their hospital journey and on the road to recovery.