Pioneering Nurses (ppt)

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• This lesson explores how discrimination can
  prevent people from making a full contribution to
  society.

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PIONEERING NURSES
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• Have you heard of
• Florence Nightingale
• Mary Seacole

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• In March 1853 Russia invaded Turkey. England and
  France were very worried about the growing power
  of Russia, and went to Turkeys aid. The Crimean
  Peninsular became a battle ground.

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• The Crimean War began in 1854.
• It was to last two years.

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• Conditions in the army hospital in Scutari were
  appalling. Wounded soldiers lay in their army
  uniforms that were "stiff with dirt and gore".
  They had no blankets to cover them, and nothing
  healthy to eat.
• Wounds only accounted for one death in six.
• Diseases such as typhoid, cholera and dysentery
  were the main reasons why so many soldiers lost
  their lives.

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• Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 to wealthy
  parents while they were on a two year honeymoon
  in Florence, Italy.

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• Her parents wanted her to marry a rich man, but
  she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were
  opposed to this, as nursing was considered to be
  a job for poor women.
• Eventually, when Florence was 31, her father
  gave her permission to train.
• Two years later she was appointed resident lady
  superintendent of a hospital for women in Harley
  Street, London.

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• Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in
  1805. At the time most black people were enslaved
  to the owners of sugar plantations.
• Because she was of mixed race, she wasnt a
  slave, but her family had few civil rights. They
  could not vote, or enter the professions.

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• However, her mother was well known in her home
  town as a healer and she taught her daughter how
  to treat wounds, diseases and minor ailments.

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• When Florence Nightingale heard about the
  thousands of men suffering from disease in the
  Crimea, she volunteered her services to the
  British army.
• She was eventually given permission to take a
  group of thirty-eight nurses to Turkey.

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• Mary Seacole had travelled widely, and had
  learned to cure people suffering from Cholera and
  Typhoid, using her gentle herbal remedies.
• She recounted her adventures in a book The
  Wonderful Adventures
• of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands.

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• Despite her special skills and knowledge, Marys
  application to join Florence Nightingales group
  of nurses was turned down, because she was black.
  
• Nevertheless, Mary decided to pay for the 3,000
  mile journey herself, and made her own way to the
  Crimea.

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• Florence Nightingale and her nurses were based
  in a hospital several miles from the front.

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• Here, by insisting on order, cleanliness and
  hygiene she was able to dramatically reduce the
  death-rate of her patients.
• Every night she toured the wards carrying a
  Turkish oil lamp

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• Mary started up a business called the British
  Hotel, a few miles from the battlefront. Here she
  sold food and drink to the British soldiers.
• With the money she earned from her business,
  Mary was able to finance the free medical
  treatment she gave to the soldiers.

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• It is said that Mary worked from 5 a.m. until 8
  p.m. at night.
• Often she would be seen treating wounded
  soldiers from both sides on the battlefield,
  while the battle was still raging!

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• Wounded at the battle of Balaclava

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• In 1856 Florence Nightingale returned to England
  as a national heroine.
• She had been deeply shocked by the lack of
  organisation, hygiene and elementary care that
  wounded men received from the British Army.
• She began a campaign to improve the quality of
  nursing in military hospitals.

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• Later that year she had
• a special interview with Queen Victoria.

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• Florence died in 1910
• at the age of ninety.
• The Lady of the Lamp is still revered as one
  of the most famous women in British History.

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• Mary Seacole was awarded medals by the British,
  Turkish and French in commemoration of her work
  with the soldiers of all nationalities.
• After the Crimean war, Mary Seacole divided her
  time between Jamaica and England She died in
  London in 1881 at the age of 76.

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• Sadly, after her death, The name of Mary Seacole
  was all too quickly forgotten.
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150 years later .

• One of the principle factors in transmitting
  infections in hospitals is related to hospital
  staff not cleaning their hands properly.
• Professor Robert Pratt,

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• A report has suggested that as many as 5,000
  patients a year could be dying from infections
  caught in hospital.
• It estimated that a total of 100,000 people may
  catch bugs in hospital each year!

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• Both Mary and Florence had to overcome the
  prejudices of their times.
• How did they do this?

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• Do we have any prejudices nowadays which stop
  groups of people fulfilling their ambitions?

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• Can you name three other famous black or Asian
  people.
• Find out more about them.
• Prepare a presentation for the class.

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Glossary

• Prejudice bias, discrimination
• Hygiene - cleanliness
• Transmitting passing on, sending out
• Ambitions goals, aims

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Activities to complete this lesson include
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• crossword puzzle
• experiment to test different methods of hand
  washing

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Useful Web Links

• www.maryseacole.com all you need to know about
  Mary Seacole
• www.100greatblackbritons.com
• http//www.black-history-month.co.uk- Black
  History Month Mary Seacole
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard
  /nightingale/index.shtml - quiz and learning
  about Florence Nightingale for kids
• http//www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/ - the
  Florence Nightingale museum all you need to know
  about Florence Nightingale
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/
  shp/modern/indrevdoctorsrev2.shtml - history of
  women in medicine
• http//www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID1
  15 resources on the history of women in
  medicine