Florence Nightingale and the Nursing Legacy
2. Edition October 1997
270 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-86156-044-5
John Wiley & Sons
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.
Preface to the Second Edition viii
Acknowledgements xv
Sketch of Florence Nightingale by Lord Cadogan, 1856 xvi
Introduction 1
1 The Nightingale Fund 5
2 Founding the Nightingale School 20
3 St Thomas's Hospital Moves to Surrey Gardens 45
4 Training Midwifery Nurses 67
5 Poor Law Nursing 84
6 Nursing in Military Hospitals 103
7 District Nursing 121
8 The Nightingale Nurses Abroad 134
9 The Nightingale School Moves to Lambeth 147
10 The Nightingale Training School, 1875-1890 169
11 The Fund Council and Nursing Politics 184
12 The Nightingale Legacy at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 201
Acknowledgements xv
Sketch of Florence Nightingale by Lord Cadogan, 1856 xvi
Introduction 1
1 The Nightingale Fund 5
2 Founding the Nightingale School 20
3 St Thomas's Hospital Moves to Surrey Gardens 45
4 Training Midwifery Nurses 67
5 Poor Law Nursing 84
6 Nursing in Military Hospitals 103
7 District Nursing 121
8 The Nightingale Nurses Abroad 134
9 The Nightingale School Moves to Lambeth 147
10 The Nightingale Training School, 1875-1890 169
11 The Fund Council and Nursing Politics 184
12 The Nightingale Legacy at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 201
Monica Eileen Baly was an English nurse, historian of nursing, and an advocate for social change.