Nightingale,Florence

Nightingale,Florence
Night·in·gale (nītʹn-gāl', nīʹtĭng-), Florence. Known as “the Lady with the Lamp.” 1820-1910.
British nurse who organized (1854) and directed a unit of field nurses during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing.

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  • Nightingale, Florence — UK [ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl, ˈflɒr(ə)ns] US [ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl, ˈflɔrəns] http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/nightingale florence.htm See:Florence Nightingale …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nightingale, Florence — См. Florence Nightingale. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • Nightingale, Florence — born May 12, 1820, Florence, Italy died Aug. 13, 1910, London, Eng. Italian born British nurse, founder of trained nursing as a profession. As a volunteer nurse, she was put in charge of nursing the military in Turkey during the Crimean War. Her… …   Universalium

  • Nightingale, Florence — (1820–1910)    Philanthropist.    Nightingale was born into an aristocratic English family in Florence. In the face of strong disapproval, she insisted on studying nursing and she visited the Sisters of Charity in Alexandria in 1849 and… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • Nightingale, Florence — UK [ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl, ˈflɒr(ə)ns] / US [ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl, ˈflɔrəns] See: Florence Nightingale …   English dictionary

  • NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE —    a famous philanthropic nurse, born at Florence, of wealthy English parentage; at the age of 22 entered the institution of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaiserswerth to be trained as a nurse, and afterwards studied the methods of nursing and… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Nightingale, Florence — ► (1820 1910) Enfermera británica. Se hizo famosa durante la Guerra de Crimea, donde logró que la mortalidad descendiera del 42% al 20%. * * * (12 may. 1820, Florencia, Italia–13 ago. 1910, Londres, Inglaterra). Enfermera británica nacida en… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Nightingale, Florence — Night|in|gale, Flor|ence [ naıtıŋ,geıl, flɔrəns ] noun a woman who is very kind to someone who is sick …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Nightingale, Florence —  (1820–1910) English nurse and hospital reformer …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Nightingale — Nightingale, Florence …   Enciclopedia Universal

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