Nurturing Nurses
Have you or your family ever been poorly and had to go to hospital? Did you notice all the hard work the nurses were doing to care for the patients and help them get better? Today, nurses are recognised as important, super-skilled professionals. But that hasn’t always been the case. Believe it or not, at the start of the 19th century, nurses usually had no training at all, and they weren’t even paid for the work they did!
BBC Teach - Nurturing Nurses | |
A series of five short videos about the work of nurses, other health care professionals, hospitals and the NHS. |
Florence Nightingale
Born: 12 May 1820 in Florence, Italy
Lived in: England, UK
Occupation: Nurse
Died: 13 August 1910
Best known for: Founding modern nursing
Also known as: Lady with the Lamp
Mary Seacole
Full name: Mary Jane Grant
Born: 1805
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Occupation: Nurse and business woman
Died: 14 May 1881
Best known for: Her work in helping the sick and wounded – particularly during the Crimean War.
Also known as: Mother Seacole
Edith Cavell
Full name: Edith Louisa Cavell
Born: 4th December 1865
Hometown: Swardeston, Norfolk, England.
Occupation: Nurse
Died: 12 October 1915
Best known for: Her work as a nurse in the First World War and for being sentenced to death for helping Allied soldiers escape German territory.
Who was Edith Cavell? | |
National Geographic Kids - Edith Cavell | |
The Cavell Nurses Trust - Who was Edith Cavell? | |
Edith Cavell.org.uk | |
The Imperial War Museum - Who was Edith Cavell? |