The growth of hospital care in the 19th century
I can evaluate the impact of Florence Nightingale on hospital care in the 19th century.
The growth of hospital care in the 19th century
I can evaluate the impact of Florence Nightingale on hospital care in the 19th century.
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Key learning points
- Most hospitals were unsanitary and staffed by untrained nurses.
- Hospitalism referred to the high risk of infection for patients.
- Florence Nightingale's reputation helped her promote change.
- The Nightingale School for Nurses improved nurses' standards and reputation.
- Many hospitals were built according to pavilion plans from the 1860s onwards.
Keywords
Sanitary - relating to preventing disease by removing dirt and waste
Infirmary - a hospital
Ward - a room in a hospital where people receiving treatment stay
Common misconception
Florence Nightingale encouraged reforms based on her acceptance of Germ Theory.
A lot of Nightingale's ideas were informed by the idea of miasma and how to protect people from it.
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