Nightingale, Florence 1820-1910
Overview
Works: | 1,821 works in 4,505 publications in 10 languages and 122,706 library holdings |
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Genres: | Biography History Biographies Records and correspondence Personal narratives‡vBritish Diaries Sources Personal narratives‡vEnglish Juvenile works Handbooks and manuals |
Subject Headings: | Nurses |
Roles: | Author, Interviewee, Performer, Other, Dedicatee, Correspondent, Editor, Former owner |
Classifications: | RT37.N5, B |
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Most widely held works about
Florence Nightingale
- Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon by Lytton Strachey( Book )
- Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910 by Cecil Woodham Smith( Book )
- High time for heroes by Mary Pope Osborne( Book )
- Nightingales : the extraordinary upbringing and curious life of Miss Florence Nightingale by Gillian Gill( Book )
- Florence Nightingale : mystic, visionary, healer by Barbara Montgomery Dossey( Book )
- Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Nursing as a spiritual practice : a contemporary application of Florence Nightingale's views by Janet Macrae( Book )
- Notes on Nightingale : the influence and legacy of a nursing icon by Sioban Nelson( Book )
- Florence Nightingale in Egypt and Greece : her diary and "visions" by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- I have done my duty : Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, 1854-56 by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale on women, medicine, midwifery and prostitution by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale : an introduction to her life and family by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale's spiritual journey : biblical annotations, sermons and journal notes by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale's theology : essays, letters and journal notes by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale on public health care by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale on society and politics, philosophy, science, education, and literature by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale's European travels by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale on social change in India by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale : extending nursing by Florence Nightingale( Book )
- Florence Nightingale on health in India by Florence Nightingale( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Florence Nightingale
Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not by
Florence Nightingale(
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238 editions published between 1859 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 2,356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a concise, detailed statement of the principles to be observed in nursing the sick. It covers every aspect of the matter: ventilation, noise, bedding, light, food, cleanliness, and the observation of the sick and the care of children.--From book jacket
238 editions published between 1859 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 2,356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a concise, detailed statement of the principles to be observed in nursing the sick. It covers every aspect of the matter: ventilation, noise, bedding, light, food, cleanliness, and the observation of the sick and the care of children.--From book jacket
Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not by
Florence Nightingale(
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91 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Outspoken writings by the founder of modern nursing. Reviews fundamentals in the needs of the sick that must be provided in all nursing. Covers such timeless topics as ventilation, noise, food, bed and bedding, light, cleanliness, and observation of the sick
91 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Outspoken writings by the founder of modern nursing. Reviews fundamentals in the needs of the sick that must be provided in all nursing. Covers such timeless topics as ventilation, noise, food, bed and bedding, light, cleanliness, and observation of the sick
Cassandra : an essay by
Florence Nightingale(
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5 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Cassandra and other selections from Suggestions for thought by
Florence Nightingale(
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20 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale (1820-1920) is famous as the heroine of the Crimean War and later as a campaigner for health care founded on a clean environment and good nursing. Though best known for her pioneering demonstration that disease rather than wounds killed most soldiers, she was also heavily allied to social reform movements and to feminist protest against the enforced idleness of middle-class women. This original edition provides bold new insights into Nightingale's beliefs and a new picture of the relationship between feminism and religion. Nightingale argues that work was the means by which every individual sought self-fulfillment and served God. She wrote influentially about the group most Victorians declared to be above work unmarried, middle-class women. Suggestions for Thought to the Searchers after Truth Among the Artisans of England (1860), which contains the novel Cassandra, is a central text in nineteenth-century history of feminist thought and is published here for the first time
20 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale (1820-1920) is famous as the heroine of the Crimean War and later as a campaigner for health care founded on a clean environment and good nursing. Though best known for her pioneering demonstration that disease rather than wounds killed most soldiers, she was also heavily allied to social reform movements and to feminist protest against the enforced idleness of middle-class women. This original edition provides bold new insights into Nightingale's beliefs and a new picture of the relationship between feminism and religion. Nightingale argues that work was the means by which every individual sought self-fulfillment and served God. She wrote influentially about the group most Victorians declared to be above work unmarried, middle-class women. Suggestions for Thought to the Searchers after Truth Among the Artisans of England (1860), which contains the novel Cassandra, is a central text in nineteenth-century history of feminist thought and is published here for the first time
Selected writings by
Florence Nightingale(
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4 editions published in 1954 in English and Undetermined and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1954 in English and Undetermined and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Introductory notes on lying-in institutions. Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives
and midwifery nurses by
Florence Nightingale(
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19 editions published between 1871 and 2013 in English and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The greatest postnatal killer of the nineteenth century was puerperal fever. A vicious and usually fatal form of septicaemia, puerperal or childbed fever was known to occur in maternity hospitals far more frequently than at home births, and to spread faster in crowded wards than in those with fewer patients. Its cause was unknown. In this precise statistical analysis of the facts, gathered from several sources across the major cities of Europe, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) explores the mystery of puerperal fever and its possible causes. She stresses the necessity of good ventilation in hospitals, condemning those with overcrowded wards, and cites instances where the layout of wards has a noticeable correlation with the number of deaths. Published in 1871, just before Pasteur's work on germ theory proved that the problem could be all but eradicated if doctors washed their hands more rigorously, this work remains clear, scholarly and engaging
19 editions published between 1871 and 2013 in English and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The greatest postnatal killer of the nineteenth century was puerperal fever. A vicious and usually fatal form of septicaemia, puerperal or childbed fever was known to occur in maternity hospitals far more frequently than at home births, and to spread faster in crowded wards than in those with fewer patients. Its cause was unknown. In this precise statistical analysis of the facts, gathered from several sources across the major cities of Europe, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) explores the mystery of puerperal fever and its possible causes. She stresses the necessity of good ventilation in hospitals, condemning those with overcrowded wards, and cites instances where the layout of wards has a noticeable correlation with the number of deaths. Published in 1871, just before Pasteur's work on germ theory proved that the problem could be all but eradicated if doctors washed their hands more rigorously, this work remains clear, scholarly and engaging
Dear Miss Nightingale : a selection of Benjamin Jowett's letters to Florence Nightingale, 1860-1893 by
Benjamin Jowett(
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4 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale to her nurses; a selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale
school at St. Thomas's hospital by
Florence Nightingale(
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24 editions published between 1914 and 2015 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1914 and 2015 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale's Notes on nursing : what it is and what it is not & Notes on nursing for the labouring classes : commemorative
edition with commentary by
Florence Nightingale(
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15 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and French and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"With the 2010 publication of Dr. Victor Skretkowicz's Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing (Revised with Additions) in Florence Nightingale's (1920-1910) centenary year, nurses and others will recognize this extraordinary woman whose dedication and determination helped to shape the course of modern global healthcare and holistic and integral relationship-centered care.". - Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN International Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Arlington, Virginia. Simultaneously witty, scathing, and anecdotal, Florenc
15 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and French and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"With the 2010 publication of Dr. Victor Skretkowicz's Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing (Revised with Additions) in Florence Nightingale's (1920-1910) centenary year, nurses and others will recognize this extraordinary woman whose dedication and determination helped to shape the course of modern global healthcare and holistic and integral relationship-centered care.". - Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN International Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Arlington, Virginia. Simultaneously witty, scathing, and anecdotal, Florenc
A century of nursing, with hints toward the organization of a training school, and Florence Nightingale's historic letter
on the Bellevue School, September 18, 1872. Hospitals and training schools; report to the Standing Committee on Hospitals
of the State Charities Aid Association, New York, May 24, 1876. To which is added: Founding of the Bellevue Training School
for Nurses, chapter VI [of] Recollections of a happy life, by Elizabeth Christophers Hobson by
Abby Howland Woolsey(
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9 editions published between 1950 and 1990 in English and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1950 and 1990 in English and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The cause : a short history of the women's movement in Great Britain / by Ray Strachey by
Ray Strachey(
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3 editions published in 1928 in English and held by 207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1928 in English and held by 207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Notes on hospitals by
Florence Nightingale(
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29 editions published between 1859 and 2015 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The founder of modern nursing expressed her revolutionary ideas of hospital reform in these two essays, published in 1859 and presented the previous year at the Social Science Congress. During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale achieved renown as The Lady with the Lamp, the tireless caretaker of wounded soldiers. Afterward, Nightingale searched Europe for innovations to help the army improve its hospital care. This report of her findings and suggestions had a profound effect on the medical community and reestablished the author as an international healthcare authority.Despite the advances i
29 editions published between 1859 and 2015 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The founder of modern nursing expressed her revolutionary ideas of hospital reform in these two essays, published in 1859 and presented the previous year at the Social Science Congress. During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale achieved renown as The Lady with the Lamp, the tireless caretaker of wounded soldiers. Afterward, Nightingale searched Europe for innovations to help the army improve its hospital care. This report of her findings and suggestions had a profound effect on the medical community and reestablished the author as an international healthcare authority.Despite the advances i
Florence Nightingale at Harley Street: her reports to the governors of her nursing home, 1853-4 by
Florence Nightingale(
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5 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I have done my duty : Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, 1854-56 by
Florence Nightingale(
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12 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Notes on nursing; what it is, and what it is not ... A facsimile of the first ed. pub. in 1860 by
Florence Nightingale(
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3 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Notes on nursing : a guide for today's caregivers by
Florence Nightingale(
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10 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale wrote 'Notes on Nursing' for caregivers in the home and it is remarkable how much of the original remains relevant today. This modern edition, published 150 years after the original, aims to complement and update her work, extending her reach to new generations committed to caring for the people they love
10 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale wrote 'Notes on Nursing' for caregivers in the home and it is remarkable how much of the original remains relevant today. This modern edition, published 150 years after the original, aims to complement and update her work, extending her reach to new generations committed to caring for the people they love
Notes on nursing for the labouring classes by
Florence Nightingale(
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31 editions published between 1861 and 2014 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
31 editions published between 1861 and 2014 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Una and her paupers:" memorials of Agnes Elizabeth Jones by
J Jones(
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18 editions published between 1872 and 1963 in English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1872 and 1963 in English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale and hospital reform by
Florence Nightingale(
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9 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale began working on hospital reform even before she founded her famous school of nursing; hospitals were dangerous places for nurses as well as patients, and they urgently needed fundamental reform. She continued to work on safer hospital design, location, and materials to the end of her working life, advising on plans for children’s, general, military, and convalescent hospitals and workhouse infirmaries. Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform, the final volume in the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, includes her influential Notes on Hospitals, with its much-quoted musing on the need of a Hippocratic oath for hospitals—namely, that first they should do the sick no harm. Nightingale’s anonymous articles on hospital design are printed here also, as are later encyclopedia entries on hospitals. Correspondence with architects, engineers, doctors, philanthropists, local notables, and politicians is included. The results of these letters, some with detailed critiques of hospital plans, can be seen initially in the great British examples of the new "pavilion" design—at St. Thomas’, London (a civil hospital), at the Herbert Hospital (military), and later at many hospitals throughout the UK and internationally. Nightingale’s insistence on keeping good statistics to track rates of mortality and hospital stays, and on using them to compare hospitals, can be seen as good advice for today, given the new versions of "hospital-acquired infections" she combatted
9 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Florence Nightingale began working on hospital reform even before she founded her famous school of nursing; hospitals were dangerous places for nurses as well as patients, and they urgently needed fundamental reform. She continued to work on safer hospital design, location, and materials to the end of her working life, advising on plans for children’s, general, military, and convalescent hospitals and workhouse infirmaries. Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform, the final volume in the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, includes her influential Notes on Hospitals, with its much-quoted musing on the need of a Hippocratic oath for hospitals—namely, that first they should do the sick no harm. Nightingale’s anonymous articles on hospital design are printed here also, as are later encyclopedia entries on hospitals. Correspondence with architects, engineers, doctors, philanthropists, local notables, and politicians is included. The results of these letters, some with detailed critiques of hospital plans, can be seen initially in the great British examples of the new "pavilion" design—at St. Thomas’, London (a civil hospital), at the Herbert Hospital (military), and later at many hospitals throughout the UK and internationally. Nightingale’s insistence on keeping good statistics to track rates of mortality and hospital stays, and on using them to compare hospitals, can be seen as good advice for today, given the new versions of "hospital-acquired infections" she combatted
Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon by
Lytton Strachey(
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3 editions published between 1920 and 1948 in Undetermined and English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with skepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation
3 editions published between 1920 and 1948 in Undetermined and English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with skepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation
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- McDonald, Lynn 1940- Author Editor
- Strachey, Lytton 1880-1932 Author
- Manning, Henry Edward 1808-1892
- Gordon, Charles George 1833-1885
- Arnold, Thomas 1795-1842
- Vallée, Gérard 1933- Author Editor
- Woodham Smith, Cecil 1896-1977 Author
- Nightingale Training School (London, England)
- Springer, Nancy Author
- Macrae, Janet 1947- Author Editor
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Alternative Names
Florence Naitingeila
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale britische Krankenpflegerin und Erfinderin des Kriegslazaretts
Florence Nightingale Brits verpleegster (1820-1910)
Florence Nightingale enfermera y activista social
Florence Nightingale English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
Florence Nightingale infermiera britannica
Florence Nightingale infirmière britannique, pionnière des soins infirmiers modernes et de l'utilisation des statistiques
dans le domaine de la santé
Florence Nightingale nykyaikaisen sairaanhoidon ja sairaanhoitajan esikuva sekä tilastotieteilijä
Florence Nightingale pielęgniarka angielska
Florence Nightingale pioner innen moderne sykepleie
Florence Nightingalová
Florens Naytingel
Florentia Nightingale
Fluorencėjė Naitėngol
Naitingeila, Florence, 1820-1910
Naitingeila, Florensa, 1820-1910
Naitingeila, Florense, 1820-1910
Naitingeile, F. (Florense), 1820-1910
Naitinγale, .. 1820-1910
Nandinggeer 1820-1910
Nayitinγale, .. 1820-1910
Nightingale, Florence
Nightingale, Florence 1820-1910
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. Florence Nightingale (Manchester, England)
Nightingalová, Florence 1820-1910
Woolsey, Abby Howland
Φλόρενς Νάιτινγκεϊλ
Найтингейл, Флоренс сестра милосердия и общественный деятель Великобритании
Найтингель Ф
Найтингель Ф. 1820-1910
Флоренс Найтингейл
Флоренс Найтингейл сестра милосердия и общественный деятель Англии
Флоренс Найтінгейл
Флоренс Найтінгейл англійська медсестра, організатор і керівник загону санітарок під час Кримської війни 1853—1856 років
Флоренс Најтингел
Флоренс Најтингејл
Флорънс Найтингейл
Флорэнс Найцінгейл
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ניטינגיל, פלורנס
פלורנס נייטינגייל
פלורנס נייטינגייל סופרת בריטית
فلورانس نایتینقل
فلورانس نایتینگل
فلورنس نايتينجيل
فلورينس نايتينجيل
فلورينس نائيٽ انگل
फ़्लोरेन्स नाइटिंगेल
फ्लोरेन्स नाइटिङ्गेल
फ्लोरेन्स नाईटिङेल
फ्लोरेन्स नैटिन्गेल
ফ্লোরেন্স নাইটিঙ্গেল
புளோரன்ஸ் நைட்டிங்கேல்
ఫ్లోరెన్స్ నైటింగేల్
ಫ್ಲಾರೆನ್ಸ್ ನೈಟಿಂಗೇಲ್
ഫ്ലോറൻസ് നൈറ്റിൻഗേൽ
ഫ്ലോറൻസ് നൈറ്റിൻഗേൽ വിളക്കേന്തിയ വനിത
ෆ්ලොරන්ස් නයිටිංගේල්
ฟลอเรนซ์ ไนติงเกล
ဖလော်ရင့်(စ)နိုက်တင်ဂေးလ်
ფლორენს ნაიტინგეილი
나이팅게일, 플로렌스 1820-1910
플로렌스 나이팅게일
ナイチンゲール, F.
ナイチンゲール, フロレンス
ナイティンゲール, フローレンス
フローレンス・ナイチンゲール
フローレンスナイチンゲール
フローレンスナイチンゲール 1820-1910
南丁格爾
南丁格尔 1820-1910
弗羅倫斯·南丁格爾
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