Florence Nightingale: The Lady of the Lamp
by Basil Miller
This was a very quick read and went into depth about her entire life. The early pages talk heavily how she’s always felt a calling towards nursing and believed that it was God’s plans for her. It’s apparent in her letters she wrote to others but also her demeanor as a child. Even though she had a longing to pursue nursing, she had her doubts about it, and often asked people outside her family their decisions. It was only then that she declared to her parents that she would be studying nursing. During that time almost any woman could become a nurse, it’s said that in the book people in court were often given the choice of going to prison or going to work in the hospital. Therefore her family was against her choice in profession, and tried everything to get the idea out of her mind. Being a determined woman, she decided to pursue it anyway. At 31 she finally began her nursing career, throwing herself completely into her studies. There she began her work first in Scutari with injured soldiers where she became the lady with the lamp. Nightingale from here became one of the most well known women in nursing and even set up scholarships and funds at hospitals for prospective nurses.
If you’re heavily religious and into nursing, this book is definitely for you.This was much more religion based than anything else, which I was not expecting.. Guess I didn’t pay too much attention to the back cover when buying it. Goes into a very detailed description about her early life and how much she excelled in her personal studies before choosing nursing. Also how she was very compassionate and nurturing nature even towards animals. It was a quick read, but honestly, every chapter made some kind of connection back to how God was guiding her towards her nursing career. I do believe in people being born to do and accomplish certain things, but it doesn’t need to be said ten times a page. Other than that it was a great read, as a prospective nursing student I really enjoyed being able to learn about one of the fore-mothers of nursing. It was incredible what she was able to organize and rearrange for the betterment of the wounded…but also the reforms she was able to present and get passed.
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