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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital in Scutari (Üsküdar), writing letters for wounded soldiers of the Crimean War, 1855.
Florence Nightingale received her nursing training at the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. She attended the institution for two weeks of training in July 1850 and returned for a three-month period in July 1851. During this time, she gained foundational knowledge in basic nursing skills, the importance of patient observation, and the principles of effective hospital organization.1