SuitabookFlorence Nightingale and the advancement of nursing
Bonnie Hinman
- Reading
- Read together at a comfortable pace, pausing where her early unhappiness or disagreements with doctors arise; invite the reader to distinguish her actions from others’ reactions.
- Themes
- Persistence and authority: Nightingale fights to become a nurse and clashes with military doctors while working to improve hospital conditions. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- A complicated public image: The book addresses a complicated public image; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The contrast suggests a more complex portrait, but how the book weighs these qualities is not established.
- Worth knowing
- Pay particular attention to emotional intensity.