Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, made a name for herself in the field of service by searching for wounded British soldiers in the dark of night with a lantern in hand during the Crimean War. She was called the icon and torchbearer of the Victorian era. Every year on May 12, on her birthday, "International Nurses Day" is celebrated around the world. Today, London's Florence Nightingale Museum and the Florence Nightingale Foundation keep her torch burning. Florence Nightingale's parents strongly opposed nursing, seeing it as an unfavorable field for women. However, she highlighted the important role of women in nursing and proved with her compassion and passion for work that good deeds done with sincerity do not go unnoticed.

Life and Career

Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, into a wealthy British family in Florence, Italy. She was named Florence Nightingale after her hometown. A year after his birth, i.e., in 1821, his family returned to their native Britain. Her father, William Edward Nightingale, and mother, Frances Smith, were philanthropists, liberals, and anti-slavery, whose views Florence Nightingale inherited in her childhood. This was the period when the patients in the hospitals were not comfortable. After receiving initial training in nursing from the Kaiserswerth Institute in Germany in 1851, in 1853 she held the position of superintendent for the care of helpless women in a hospital in London. During the Crimean War, in 1854, with 38 nurses, his duty began in Scutari, Istanbul, where he established a military hospital and provided the best treatment facilities to the wounded with great discipline, which led to an increase in the recovery of soldiers. While deaths decreased significantly. She used to search for the injured in the dark of night and organize medical treatment, due to which her name in history is also known as "Torch Bearer Lady." After returning to London, he introduced nursing departments in the city's hospitals with a significant sum of 50 thousand pounds, among which the first 'Nightingale Training School' was established at St. Thomas's Hospital, which is still standing in his name. He also played an important role in bringing about changes in the conditions of the soldiers. Florence spent most of her life writing Notes on Nursing, which were published in 1859.

A Healthy World is our Right

Florence Nightingale has the honor of being the first British service woman who developed nursing on scientific lines and raised awareness of a healthy world, saying, "A healthy life is the right of all. For a healthy world." "Using all resources is the motto of global service." In 2015, Nightingale's pledge was made a guide for the global goals of sustainable development with regard to a healthy world among all member countries of the United Nations. Nurses and concerned citizens of the international community are dedicated to achieving a healthy world. They take an oath to improve local, national and global health conditions for all human beings by engaging in practical struggle to share information and solve problems. To make this goal accessible and promote personal, national and global health, they will employ public policies.

Honors

Florence Nightingale's greatest honor is that she is the role model of nursing and the torch of the Victorian era, whose light will forever remind people that patient service and compassion are the highest. He received the Order of Merit in 1907 and in 1908 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. She had previously received the German Order of the Cross of Merit and the French Gold Medal of the Secours aux Blesses Militaires. For his services, Queen Victoria presented him with a certificate of recognition. At the age of 90, she died in London Park.