Hospitals

Detailed Notes on Hospital Development and Florence Nightingale

Hospital Development

• 18th Century: Shift towards treating patients and teaching.

• 1530s: Dissolution of monasteries led to hospital closures.

• Early 18th Century: Charity hospitals like Middlesex Infirmary, The London Hospital, and Guy's Hospital opened.

• 19th Century: Hospitals founded alongside universities.

• 1860s: Cottage hospitals by GPs for rural areas.

Florence Nightingale

• 1820-1910: Florence Nightingale's life span.

• 1849: Nightingale studied nursing.

• 1853-54: Crimean War; Nightingale improved nursing care at Barrack Hospital.

• 1859: Published 'Notes on Nursing'.

• St. Thomas' Hospital, London: Nightingale School of Nursing established.

• Discipline and Attention to Detail: Emphasized in nursing training.