support her desire to train as a nurse,

Florence since this profession was only for the

working class, she was destined to be
Nightingale married.

A woman sure of her vocation, who

"The lady with the lamp" during her travels visited the health
centers of the places where she went,
NURSING EXPERT IN TIMES OF WAR. kept a diary, where she wrote
everything that she saw and learned.

In August 1853, she became

superintendent at the Institute for the
Care of Sick Ladies, where she began
her career as a nurse.

During the Crimean War, Florence

and 39 other nurses moved to the
conflict zone, to the Scutari military
hospital in Turkey. She prepared a
report where she showed that of the
18,000 deaths, 16,000 were due to
lack of hygiene, which made the
hygienic conditions of this hospital
improve.

On July 9, 1860, the Florence

1 Source. Comunicación Madrid (2020) Nightingale School of Nursing and
Midwifery was inaugurated.
This wonderful woman known as the
Florence Nightingale died on August
lady with the lamp, was born on May
13, 1910 in London. Every May 12,
12, 1820, in Florence, Italy. Which at
coinciding with the anniversary of her
that time was the capital of Grand
birth, International Nursing Day is
Duchy of Tuscany.
celebrated.
Florence, was from a cultured and
wealthy family, her family did not