1860 - Considered the "Mother of modern Nursing" though her professionalism of the career

* Following her nursing experience in the Crimean War, Nightingale returned to England to found the first professional nurse training school in London in 1860. It was the first secular nursing school in the world. * As part of the developing nursing curriculum, she stressed the need for improving sanitary conditions, including hand washing, to decrease the death rate of patients. * Her social reforms included improving healthcare for all sections of British society, advocating better hunger relief in India, helping to abolish prostitution laws that were harsh for women, and expanding the acceptable forms of female participation in the workforce.

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Category:
Nursing; Public Health

Completion Status:
done

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