Magruder, Kerry2015-12-232015-12-232015Kerry Magruder, "Florence Nightingale: Professionalized Health Care," Lynx Open Ed, 2015.http://hdl.handle.net/11244/23337Florence Nightingale championed social reform and the organization of nursing as a profession. During the Crimean War, she organized the care of injured soldiers, making the rounds at night as the ÐLady with the lamp.Ð Her emphasis on hygiene and hand washing dramatically reduced the death rate. This OER explores the breadth of Nightingale's work in the nineteenth century.Galileo's WorldHistory of ScienceWomen's Studies.Women in ScienceHealth Sciences, Nursing.Learning Object