Florence Nightingale and the Nursing Legacy

Monica Baly (Internation History of Nursing Journal)

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English

John Wiley & Sons Inc
15 October 1997

History of medicine; Nursing

This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experiments in nursing and midwifery training in the nineteenth century. It traces the development of nurse training and discusses the problems that beset a fledgling profession.

By: Monica Baly (Internation History of Nursing Journal)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 200mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9781861560445
ISBN 10: 1861560443
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 October 1997
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Nightingale Fund; founding the Nightingale school; St Thomas's Hospital moves to Surrey Gardens; training midwifery nurses; poor law nursing; nursing in military hospitals; district nursing; the Nightingale School moves to Lambeth; the Nightingale Training School, 1875-1890; the Fund Council and nursing politics; the Nightingale legacy at the beginning of the 20th century.

Monica Eileen Baly was an English nurse, historian of nursing, and an advocate for social change.