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Which war did Florence Nightingale serve as a nurse in?
Which war did Florence Nightingale serve as a nurse in?
- American Civil War
- Crimean War (correct)
- World War I
- Napoleonic Wars
What did Florence Nightingale establish at St. Thomas Hospital?
What did Florence Nightingale establish at St. Thomas Hospital?
- A medical research center
- A hospital for the poor
- A nursing school (correct)
- A rehabilitation center
What is Florence Nightingale best known as?
What is Florence Nightingale best known as?
- A statistician
- The founder of modern nursing (correct)
- A philanthropist
- A social reformer
What did Florence Nightingale's parents think of her ambition to become a nurse?
What did Florence Nightingale's parents think of her ambition to become a nurse?
What did Florence Nightingale announce after her experience as a nurse during the Crimean War?
What did Florence Nightingale announce after her experience as a nurse during the Crimean War?
Which country was Florence Nightingale from?
Which country was Florence Nightingale from?
What was Florence Nightingale's profession?
What was Florence Nightingale's profession?
When did Florence Nightingale establish the Nightingale Training School for Nurses?
When did Florence Nightingale establish the Nightingale Training School for Nurses?
What was Florence Nightingale's contribution to health care?
What was Florence Nightingale's contribution to health care?
What did Florence Nightingale's parents think of her ambition to become a nurse?
What did Florence Nightingale's parents think of her ambition to become a nurse?
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Florence Nightingale
- Florence Nightingale served as a nurse in the Crimean War.
- At St. Thomas Hospital, she established the first professional nursing school in the world.
- Florence Nightingale is best known as the founder of modern nursing.
- Her parents disapproved of her ambition to become a nurse, considering it a lowly occupation.
- After her experience as a nurse during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale announced her intention to improve hospital sanitation and nursing care.
- Florence Nightingale was from England.
- Florence Nightingale's profession was as a nurse and social reformer.
- In 1860, she established the Nightingale Training School for Nurses.
- Florence Nightingale's significant contribution to healthcare was her introduction of hygiene and sanitation practices, which reduced mortality rates in hospitals.
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