Stefanelli Angelo
Via Curro 4-5, 16151 Genova, Italy.
Acta Med Hist Adriat. 2008;6(2):321-32.
Florence Nightingale was the pioneer of modern nursing. The aim of this article is to give a brief review of her character. Her Christian name derives from her birthplace, albeit her English nationality. She was trained in England, save for a brief spell in Germany. The nursing profession of her time left much to desire; competent nurses were hard to find, their preparation was poor, and so was availability. In Paris, she first encountered real issues related to nursing and sanitation, but did not tarry a moment to get to grips with them. She did not hide her organisational skills and humanitarian outlook, and the occasion to put them to good use presented itself with the Crimean War, where the opposition of army officers only aggravated the arduous process of putting local hygienic conditions under control. Invariably, Florence Nightingale was perceived by soldiers as an almost mythical mother figure, gentle and authoritative, a single firm point in moments of physical or moral decline. She did her best to help improve conditions in India, despite the odds. She died in London in 1910.
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔是现代护理学的先驱。本文旨在对她的性格做一个简要回顾。她的教名源于她的出生地，尽管她是英国国籍。她在英国接受培训，仅在德国有过一段短暂的经历。她那个时代的护理行业有很多不尽人意之处；称职的护士很难找到，她们的培训不足，而且数量也很有限。在巴黎，她首次遇到了与护理和卫生相关的实际问题，但她毫不犹豫地着手解决这些问题。她毫不掩饰自己的组织能力和人道主义观念，而克里米亚战争为她提供了将这些能力发挥作用的机会，在这场战争中，军官们的反对只会加剧控制当地卫生条件这一艰巨过程。士兵们始终把弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔视为一个近乎神话般的母亲形象，温柔且有威严，是他们在身体或精神衰退时刻唯一坚定的依靠。尽管困难重重，她仍竭尽全力帮助改善印度的状况。她于1910年在伦敦去世。
