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Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, Mark Bostridge’s Florence Nightingale is a masterful and enjoyable biography of one of Britain’s most iconic heroines. Whether honoured and admired or criticized and ridiculed, Florence Nightingale has invariably been misrepresented and misunderstood. As the Lady with the Lamp, ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of sentimental appeal and one that is permanently lodged in our national consciousness. But the awesome scale of her achievements over the course of her 90 years is infinitely more troubling – and inspiring – than this mythical simplification.
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Concise historical introduction to Florence Nightingale and her continuing influence on the world. Florence Nightingale is widely known as the founder of modern nursing. She is also a brilliant and highly influential social reformer. Written by a world authority, this brief history explores Nightingale’s background and motivations. It also offers an informed assessment of the scale and significance of her legacy. It has been called timely and important by Alasdair Redfern, Bishop of Derby 2005-2018.
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A History of Nursing explores the history of nursing by investigating the earliest records of the caring profession, how it progressed and what established it along the way to becoming the nursing we see today. It starts at the beginning of the story - how, once upon a time, all we had to depend on was Mother Nature. How did nursing go from being knowledge handed down through ancient scripts, folklore and sometimes by accident, to the degree-level, accountable practice of modern times? And why do nurses not wear hats anymore? A History of Nursing answers all these questions and more.
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How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? Author Brene Brown (Daring Greatly; Rising Strong; Braving the Wilderness) shows that leadership is not about titles, status or power. Leaders are those who take responsibility for developing the potential in people and ideas.