Florence

Nightingale
Reformer of Modern Nursing

By Henry Hering (1814-1893) - National Portrait Gallery, London, Public Domain

  Born on May 12th, 1820 to an Upper Middle
Class Family
 Was well educated in Mathematics and
Languages

 Rejected Societal Norms at the time

Who was she?  Felt a calling from God to a life of philanthropy
 Took up various volunteer positions caring for
the sick

 Pursued Nursing at Kaiserworth against her

family's wishes
  Crimean War Broke out in 1853 (Russia vs England,
France, Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire)
 Florence was commissioned by the British Secretary of
Crimean War War in 1854

 She traveled to Scutari with a team of 38 Women

  Conditions were filthy.
 Soldiers were dying from diseases as opposed to battle
wounds.

 Her ability to lead and her administrative skills averted

Crimean War disaster between 1854-1855.
 Focused on:
(Continued)  Nutrition
 Sanitation
 Comfort
 Mortality Rate was reduced from 60% to 42% to 2%.
  Wrote Publications on how to reform nursing
 Establish the Nightingale Training School for Nurses
Crimean War
 Designed Improved Hospitals
Continued and
 Mentor Nurse Matrons
Post Crimean War
Mortality
Analysis
 Traits

Symbol of
Visionary Motivator Disciplined
Hope

Use of Power Effective

Intelligent Humble
and Position Communicator

Introspective
 Comparison To Leadership Theories (Crimean
War)

Hersey
Directive Initiating
Autocratic Blanchard
Leadership Structure
S-1 (Telling)
Comparison To Leadership Theories (Post
Crimean War)
Idealized Influence
The
Transformational
Leadership Theory
Inspirational
Motivation
Characterized by
the 4I’s
Intellectual
Stimulation

Individualized
Consideration
What if Things  What if she came from a poor family
were different
  Nursing School at St. Thomas Hospital in London
(now King’s College).
 Florence Nightingale Museum at location above
 1st Woman to receive order of merit
Legacy and  Three Statues in Derby

Monuments  Statue in Westminster and a Statue in London

 Only Woman other than the Queen to appear on
British Currency
 Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria in 1883
 Order of Merit in 1907
 Florence
Nightingale Statue
in London

By ChrisO - Own work

References