Nightingale

Author: Zhang Xiande
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is a biographical read, chronicling the life of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. In her youth, Nightingale resolutely gave up marriage and a luxurious life to pursue nursing knowledge, breaking through the of family and traditional forces. During the wars, she led ambulance teams to the front lines, bravely fighting against natural disasters, human misfortunes, and diseases, saving the lives of thousands of injured soldiers and earning high prestige. After the war, she promoted reforms in military medical systems and poorhouses, founded nursing schools, and tirelessly worked to improve health care conditions, contributing to the establishment of the International Red Cross. In her nursing work, she advocated scientific management and humanitarianism, establishing the rightful place of nursing within the medical system, and was hailed as the "Mother of Modern Nursing."