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Florence  Nightingale

(佛羅倫斯南丁格爾)

1820 – 1910 (西元年)

 
Florence Nightingale
was
born in Italy
(生於義大利).

Though(雖然)
her wealthy parents(富裕的雙親)
did not want their daughter to work,
Florence wanted to help people.

She trained as a nurse(受訓成為護士)
in Germany(德國).

 

During a war (在戰爭期間)
in 1854(西元年),
Florence was asked
to manage
the nursing
of soldiers(管理士兵護理事務)
in a hospital(醫院)
in Turkey(土耳其).

When she arrived there,
the hospital conditions
were very bad
(她到達那裡,醫院的狀態非常差).

The hospital
was very dirty(髒的)
and many of
the wounded soldiers
died(受傷的士兵死亡). 

Florence and her nurses
improved the sanitation
(改善衛生設備)
by
cleaning
the hospital
thoroughly
(徹底地清潔醫院)
and
having toilets built
(建造廁所).

They also took care of (照顧)
the wounded soldiers
by washing and
feeding(餵) them.

Florence
became known as
“The Lady with the Lamp”
(以”拿著燈的女士”聞名)

because she
checked to see(檢查)
if the patients(病患)
were comfortable(舒適的)
at night.
 

 
After the war(在戰爭過後),
Florence
used her good reputation
(利用她的良好的聲譽)
to improve the medical care
(改善醫藥照護)
in hospitals
in England(英國).

Thanks to Florence Nightingale,
nursing is
a respected profession
(一個受尊重的行業)
today.