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Hu Jintao (3rd L), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China, poses with Chinese laureates of the 41st Florence Nightingale Award during an awarding ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2007 ... BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday conferred the Florence Nightingale medal on five Chinese nurses for their outstanding contributions to healthcare ... Florence Nightingale, a British nurse... (Xinhuanet, China)
Capio UK: First round bids for OpCo due 12 July but buyers wary of rental ratchet Jul 12, 2007
The disposal includes both Capio UKs ICT and diagnostic business but excludes the Florence Nightingale Hospitals, the buyout source said. Opica, a buyout vehicle backed by funds managed by Apax Partners and Nordic Capital, acquired Capio, the listed Swedish hospitals business, last year for approximately GBP 1. (FT.com -- Markets)
Nurse Bey's ER Dash Jul 10, 2007
Beyonce Knowles has come over all Florence Nightingale. She's taken it upon herself to visit the ailing folk in hospital. (Sky News)
Traveling ancient routes, by foot and by boat, and for the journey itself Jul 9, 2007
Florence Nightingale wrote about her travels to Egypt in 1859. She became something of a traveling companion and unexpected icon for Mahoney, who knew nothing of Nightingale's "bristling intelligence ... keenly observant mind ... wicked sense of humor." Icon forsooth; doppelganger is a snugger fit. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The value of an animal's visit Jul 9, 2007
By Mary Engel, Times Staff Writer July 9, 2007 "A small pet animal is often an excellent companion for the sick," wrote Florence Nightingale in 1859, but it was not until a century later that scientists began documenting that claim. Clinical psychologist Boris Levinson of New York's Yeshiva University wrote about pet-oriented child psychotherapy in the 1950s after finding that disturbed and withdrawn children opened up to him when his dog, Jingles, was in the room. (Los Angeles Times)
Flu shots call after 3 die Jul 9, 2007
"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine" Sir William Osler, Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105 "It is the first duty of the hospital to do the patient no harm" Florence Nightingale wrote in "Notes on Hospitals. London: Longman Green and Co., 1863, Introduction.". Posted by: Steve of Melbourne 2:36pm today. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Another tale of independence being lived out Jul 5, 2007
You re expected to be Florence Nightingale, everyone s mother and stay objective. Then, when you re dead tired from mopping blood, cleaning up vomit, installing catheters and doing technical procedures which, wrongly done, can kill as easily as help, a guy grabs your buns or accidentally touches your breast. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Which books capture their era? Jul 3, 2007
Declaring that 'discretion is not the better part of biography', he made a ruthless, witty and irreverent demolition of four Victorian icons (Thomas Arnold, Cardinal Manning, General Gordon and Florence Nightingale). Eminent Victorians reprinted six times in its first year of publication; it both reflected and contributed to the postwar mood of cynicism. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Turkish delight Jul 3, 2007
And in spending the afternoon at this 18th century-era Hamman, youll be following in the footsteps not only of countless Turks, but also Franz Liszt, Florence Nightingale and Kaiser Wilhelm, all of whom got the treatment when in Istanbul. 7 p.m.-10 p.m.: Hop aboard the private skiff of the restaurant for a sunset sail across the Bosporous and across continents. (MSNBC -- Travel)
RCC awards nursing pins to 15 graduates Jun 26, 2007
During the pinning ceremony, graduates lit candles and recited the Florence Nightingale Pledge. Each student received a pin to represent his or her particular area of study. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
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Nancy Drew: Feminist or daddy's girl? Jun 17, 2007
She was Nancy Drew, the preternaturally talented and perpetually cheerful young detective who could swim like an Olympian and nurse like Florence Nightingale, who could pick locks, solve puzzles, stare down crooks, and change a tire on her zippy blue roadster with the same ease she shopped for an evening gown. She was always polite but ever firm, brave but sensible, gracious but independent. (Globe and Mail)
Web inventor gets Queen's honour Jun 14, 2007
Past recipients have included Florence Nightingale, Sir Winston Churchill, Bertrand Russell, Graham Greene, Sir Edward Elgar, Mother Teresa and Baroness Thatcher. SEE ALSO 02 Nov 06 | Technology 23 May 06 | Technology 01 Nov 06 | Technology 05 Aug 06 | Technology 28 Jan 05 | UK 09 Aug 05 | Technology 16 Jul 04 | Technology. (BBC News)
On Your Mind Jun 12, 2007
And why is the Herald always trying to have Giffords appear as the new political Florence Nightingale coming to our rescue. And why does the Herald make her local appearances seem like stellar events when local appearances have always been the norm for a congressman, especially during a congressional holiday break like the Memorial Day weekend. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Career in caring inspires student intent on following role model's example Jun 9, 2007
Kelly gave her young friend, now grown, a porcelain lantern symbolic of Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse who revolutionized the profession. Kelly received the lantern as a gift when she graduated from nursing school. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Red Cross bestows its highest honor on Beaver County woman Jun 6, 2007
A Beaver County woman has been named one of 40 recipients worldwide of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest honor awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Catherine Head Click photo for larger image. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Hannah DeLong gets new set of lungs May 31, 2007
"Flo--short for Florence Nightingale.". Hannah said while she was in the hospital she didn't always feel strong but the countless letters, many from complete strangers, buoyed her spirits. (Carmi Times, IL)
Battle in the pacific May 27, 2007
Steve s brother, Jim Petek, also served in the Navy during WWII, on the USS Florence Nightingale (LCVP), an amphibious transport. Jim served in the European and Pacific Theaters, being involved with the invasions of both Southern France and Okinawa. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
She's the nurse to know May 14, 2007
After pinning, each student lights a lamp or candle in tribute to Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing popularly known as the "lady with the lamp." The class then recites a pledge to uphold the ideals of their new profession. Compiled by News Researcher Helen Morey. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
List of schools with compromised tests May 14, 2007 Andre Picard May 12, 2007 Governor Rendell Urges Nurses to Support Rx for PA During National Nurses Week May 11, 2007 More of this story May 10, 2007 Spend time, not money| May 9, 2007 Thirty-two NWOSU graduating nurses honored at pinning ceremony May 8, 2007 Hospital historyFamous patients tell tales about NHS treatment May 7, 2007 Nurse Leaders Lend a Hand with More Dollars for Struggling Students May 4, 2007 On eve of 10th anniversary, WND founder pays tribute Apr 27, 2007 A Thames Townin China? Apr 12, 2007 Nursing the Rock to life Apr 9, 2007 Girl Scouts introduced to nursing Apr 1, 2007 Business profile: The gods smile on Bonny Mar 25, 2007 The island of sorrow for leprosy victims Feb 26, 2007 Angel Of Mercy Feb 14, 2007 Professor Barry Marshall: Hit and Myth Feb 8, 2007 Girls' schools reveal secret trove of historic papers Feb 4, 2007 AMERICA'S LADY MACBETH Jan 27, 2007 Sanitation a Top Medical Milestone Jan 20, 2007 Where the truth lies about lives of the famous Jan 4, 2007 The game of the name Jan 2, 2007
Florence Nightingale Middle School, Los Angeles Unified. 31. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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THIS IS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK National Nursing Week is observed the week of May 6-12, ending on Florence Nightingale s birthday. The nursing profession has been supported and promoted by the American Nurses Association since 1896. (Gridley Herald, CA)
International Nurses Day is celebrated each year on May 12, Florence Nightingale's birthday ... A modern-day Florence Nightingale would, no doubt, embrace politically unpopular causes such as safe injection sites, decriminalization of prostitution, provision of affordable housing, the raising of the minimum wage and so on, because all have clear public health benefits ... The 21st-Century incarnation of Florence Nightingale would also use all the tools at her disposal to fight the problem,... (Globe and Mail)
" The Governor said out-dated limitations and barriers on a nurses' scope of practice -- like the "astonishing" fact that Pennsylvania is currently the only state in the nation where nurse midwives do not have the authority to prescribe drugs -- make no sense. Nurse midwives currently deliver roughly 10 percent of the babies across the state, a number which is much higher in some rural areas, but they cannot prescribe the necessary prenatal vitamins and other drugs necessary to ensure healthy... (PR Newswire)
According to the Nursing World Web site, National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and runs through May 12, coinciding with Florence Nightingale s birthday. In 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, and in 2003, the Wednesday within National Nurses Week was designated as National School Nurse Day. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
If you were to believe the numerous websites and advertorials dedicated to Mothers Day, you would be forgiven for thinking that your mum may just be falling a little short of the media mum Florence Nightingale meets Martha Stewart meets Cindy Crawford. Oh that idyllic picture of a perfectly groomed young mother carefully placing a plaster on her tearful little tyke. (iAfrica.com)
Quoting from Florence Nightingale, the 19th century founder of modern nursing and nursing education, McKenzie paraphrased some of the advice that Nightingale gave her nurses improve your powers of observation, keep yourselves current, improve your proficiency, and write down your concerns and feelings. She added some of her own advice. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Speaking for an oral history project for London's Florence Nightingale Museum, he said: "The hospital had gone to considerable lengths to protect him from being seen in public. And because he was on television and so on people saying 'Oh how's his cancer doing' would've been very difficult Jonathan Dimbleby "Because he was on television and so on, people saying 'How's his cancer doing ... " Gill Hicks on her wedding day Jonathan, along with a patients including politician Tony Benn and 7 July... (BBC News -- UK)
Established in late 2005, Flo's Cookie Jar, named for nursing icon Florence Nightingale, provides one-time, emergency grants-in-aid to pre- licensure RN students facing personal or educational emergencies. When a nursing student requests assistance from the fund, and his or her nursing program's dean or director vouches for the student's need, Flo's Cookie Jar works to put up to $2,000 in the student's hands within 72 hours. (PR Newswire)
Florence Nightingale. They think they are making society better. (WorldNetDaily)
On her way to the grocery store each day, she walks past the Cob Gate Fish & Chip shop and bronze statues of Winston Churchill, Florence Nightingale and William Shakespeare. Tall men decked out in the red uniforms of the Queens Guard nod hello. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Over the course of the next 60 years, she becomes both a local legend and national hero, and is dubbed Florence Nightingale of the North by the people to whom she tended with stern but affectionate dedication. Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's Tempting Providence, which opened Wednesday at Factory Theatre, pays reverential homage to the iconic Nurse Myra (n;e Hindley) Bennett, who preferred to be addressed as "Nurse" rather than Miss or Missus. (Toronto Star)
The scouts learned about the history of nursing from students dressed as historical nursing figures like Florence Nightingale and the American poet Walt Whitman, who was a nurse during the Civil War ... Gina Woody, vice president of Beta Nu, welcomed the girls to the event and led them in the Girl Scout Pledge and the Florence Nightingale Pledge for nurses. (The Daily Reflector)
When he is not managing money, Edward Bonham Carter sits on the board of a Florence Nightingale charity for nurses at St Thomas's Hospital. "She was a distant cousin," he says nonchalantly. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Three former nurses on the island won the prestigious Florence Nightingale Medals and about 10 others have married their patients. (Yonhap News). (Korea Herald, Korea)
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Last Update: 11:20 AM EST. HER FIRST CRUSH MUST BE SORRY. (New York Post -- Gossip)
February 07, 2007 12:00am. The experts had long said ulcers were caused by stress. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Write a life of either Florence Nightingale or of Lord Roberts. . (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
It is great comedy to see people plumbing the depths of one of the great dissemblers in American history ng a Florence Nightingale. Of course, Europeans have more insight into American than the dumb slobs living here. (TimesOnline)
Florence Nightingale is credited with establishing standardized training for nurses, but she did not open her school until 1860. Anyone who has ever had a bone heal after wearing a cast may owe a debt to an X-ray. (ABC News)
All this has caused me to reflect on how easy it is to turn the life of anybody be they Mother Teresa, Florence Nightingale or Laurens van der Post into a negative caricature if somebody sets out to do so, and how little there is that can be done about it. Once the subject is dead, there appears to be nothing to stop anybody doing what Thomas Beer did to Stephen Crane, the author of The Red Badge of Courage, and write what Richard Holmes* called a whole tissue of inventions. (TimesOnline)
Florence Nightingale (the Lady with the Lamp) was almost worshipped in English-speaking countries after the Crimean War. The choice of her name (inspired by the Italian city of Florence, where she was born) increased from a few in the 1860s to a torrent between 1871 and 1910. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
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