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    Florence Nightingale's impact on healthcare

    • Before the 1800s, there was no official training for nurses - they learned from family or other nurses.

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    • Nursing often relied on natural treatments.

    • In the 1800s, attitudes to nursing changed and it began to be considered a profession. Official training and nursing colleges were set up.
    • Florence Nightingale nursed soldiers during the Crimean War and made a lasting impact on the nursing profession.
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    Who was Florence Nightingale?

    Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.

    She was named after the Italian city Florence, where she was born.

    She grew up in England in a wealthy family. Her family’s wealth and her parents’ attitude to girls’ education meant that she and her sister were well educated - which was unusual for the time.

    She studied a variety of subjects, including history, mathematics, languages and literature.

    Nightingale wished to become a nurse but her family disapproved. At the time i