Florence Nightingale (1 Hour)

We have talked a lot about Florence Nightingale in nursing school. I decided to take the continuing education course about Florence Nightingale to learn more about Florence and how she was a leader in nursing. Florence focused on promoting health. She wrote many health guides and reports to lead people in their quest for health. Florence started a nursing school to teach and lead future nurses. The nurses she taught were able to provide nursing care all over the world. This course discussed eight Millenium Development Goals that were created by the United Nations. Each of these goals relate back to Nightingale. She was an early leader in nursing and the effects of her leadership extend to today. The eight goals are to eradicate poverty, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat infectious disease, ensure environment sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development. The authors of this course went through each goal individually and discussed how Nightingale had similar goals and actions related to each one. The authors talked about how Nightingale was a leader in nursing and how we all can be leaders and promote change. The course inspired and motivated me to want to become a nurse leader and bring about change in the world.