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10 Pounds Bank of England, Great Britain PMG 65 EPQ Gem Unc. Pk# 379c
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The founder of Modern Nursing is Florence Nightingale. She
was born on May 12th, 1820. National Nurses week here in the United
States begins with national nurse’s day May 6th and ends May 12,
Nightingale’s birthday.
Florence Nightingale is the founder of Modern Professional
Nursing. She was the first professional
nurse educator, the first nurse researcher, to first nurse author and
historian, and the first nurse to develop military and public health standards
world-wide.
Nightingale developed the nursing school curriculum that was
implemented with the first professional nursing school program here in the
United States. The important focus of her curriculum was on student education
and quality learning.
Though born to British wealth and nobility, Florence was
named after Florence, Italy -- the location of her birth during her parents’
travel to that area in 1820.
To the horror of her family, Florence Nightingale chose to
be a nurse during a time when nurses were low-life drunkards and thieves. She
spent her life promoting health and professional nursing practice and care. One
of her greatest contributions to nursing and to military healthcare was during
the Crimean War. This was a war between England and Russia -- 1854. Tens of
thousands of England’s sick and wounded soldiers were dying from lack of care.
Amazingly, in just six months, Nightingale and her 38
trained nurses lowered the death rate in those filthy Turkish dirt-floor
hospitals from 42% to 2%!!
Upon Nightingale’s return from the war, the grateful
soldiers and their families donated enough money to her to start the first
professional school of nursing in London. Queen Victoria presented Florence
Nightingale with a broach. Etched upon this broach were the words, “Blessed are
the Merciful.”
To honor Florence Nightingale and pay tribute to her
enormous contributions to nursing and healthcare worldwide, Great Briton placed
her picture on the reverse side of this beautifully engraved currency note.
Treasuredstocks.com proudly displays this stunningly beautiful
note on our web site (see above).
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