Nightingale behandelt onderwerpen zoals: ventileren en verwarmen, gezondheid in en om het huis, dagelijkse leiding, geluid, afwisseling, eten, welke voeding?  Meer

Vergeet alles wat je dacht te weten over verpleegkunde! Ver voorbij de ziekenhuismuren schreef Florence Nightingale een revolutionair werk dat de basis legde voor échte zorg.  Meer

On 31 December 1852, Nightingale reflected on the past year: “The last day of the old year. I am so glad this year is over. Nevertheless it has not been wasted, I trust.  Meer

Most people are familiar with the name of Florence Nightingale and the image of 'the lady with the lamp'. Initially celebrated for her efforts during the Crimean War, Nightingale is best known as a reformer of army medical services and of nursing more generally.  Meer

In this classic historical text on hospitals, Florence Nightingale voices the importance of hygiene, fresh air and water, cleanliness, proper drainage, and ample light as well as ongoing consideration for patients' feelings.  Meer

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.  Meer

Returning from the Crimea, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) used her experience of army medicine to ameliorate civilian nursing care. She was appalled by the conditions she found, affirming that the first requirement of a hospital was that 'it should do the sick no harm'.  Meer