Florence Nightingale
Or Happy Nurses week… Or Happy International Nurse day… There is also the National women’s health week, national nursing home week, and national hospital and healthcare week.. whew. A whole lot of celebrating going on! I wanted to make sure and wish this important lady a great birthday. Without her knowledge, skill and sheer determination [...]
The latest installment of Change of Shift is up over at Florence Dot Com with Florence, er.. I mean Barbara(SafetyNurse). Barbara, sometimes called BO, does a great job. She claims that she sometimes ‘channels’ Florence Nightengale (Flo) in her blogging. I think Flo showed up. I finally submitted an entry, even if it wasn’t that [...]
This day in history in 1854, during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 women volunteer nurses, trained by Nightingale were sent to treat the war wounded. Please take a moment and read about our pioneer of modern nursing: Florence Nightingale – Sent to Treat War Wounded Carpe Diem Image Source: Wikipedia
