this is the leadership qualities of Florance nightingale.

4. The Mother ofThe Mother of
Modern NursingModern Nursing
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5. Florence Nightingale
MOTHER OF MODERN NURSING
The lady with the lamp

6. Pioneer of Modern
Nursing
Florence
Nightingale

7. Biography
o Name : Florence Nightingale
o Place : Florence, Italy
o Date of Birth : May 12, 1820
(International nursing day)
o Occupation : Nurse
o Death Date : August 13, 1910
o From a very young age, Florence
Nightingale was active in
philanthropy.
o In 1854, the Crimean War broke out
in here, she became famous as ‘The
Lady with the Lamp’.

8. o She visited sick people at
home.
o In 1851, her father gave
permission to train as a
nurse.
o Florence Nightingale
received a letter of
appeal from the Minister
of war
o With 38 nurses from
Catholic and Protestant
Orders she set for
Crimea

9. o Through her tireless
efforts the mortality
rate among the sick
and the wounded was
greatly reduced
(from 42% to 2%)

10. “THE LADY WITH THE
LAMP”
o At night she carried a lamp
while taking rounds from
room to room to look after
her patients.
o This earned her the
affectionate title of "Lady
with the Lamp."

11. Her Achievements
o She founded the Nightingale School and
Home for Nurses using money donated in
contribute to her services.
o The school marked the beginning of
professional education in the nursing field.
o Her book Notes on hospitals’ and ‘Notes on
Nursing’ became the first definitive textbook
for the field.
o She gave dignity and honor to Nursing, and
revolutionized hospital conditions, making
them more organized.
o 1907 – King Edward conferred on her the
‘Order of Merit’

12. How Principles of
Leadership apply in Florence
Nightingales’ life
Today, we have leadership theories in abundance. Theories
are important, they guide our practice.
Florence Nightingale had no leadership theories to guide her.
She had herself and that self was made up of a set of core
values that guided all her future endeavors.
Florence Nightingale knew who she was, she knew what her
core values were, she knew what she had to offer and she
knew what she wanted.

13. Leadership Functions of
Florence Nightingales’ life
o Determine Goals :
Determined to pursue her true calling despite her
parents' objections, in 1844, Nightingale enrolled
as a nursing student
o Coordination :
Nightingale created a number of patient services that
contributed to improving the quality of their
hospital.

14. Leadership Functions of
Florence Nightingales’ life
(Con't)o Motivation :
When she saw all the sick men on the battlefield
she was driven to cure them of their sicknesses.
o Evaluation of performance :
Florence used mathematics to collect data to calculate the
mortality rate in the hospitals. These calculations
showed that an improvement in the sanitary
methods employed would result on a decrease in the
number of deaths.

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