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Civilian nursing was not high on Nightingale's agenda after her return from the Crimean War, nonetheless the public outpouring of gratitude had resulted in the creation of the Nightingale Fund,...
When she returned from the Crimea Nightingale was recuperating from Crimean fever, which was most likely to have been caused by brucellosis (Young, 2005), an illness that may be followed months—or...
At the beginning of the Crimean War senior military officers displayed an appalling disregard for the lives of British soldiers. However, unlike previous wars, when the general public were kept in the...
Nursing is as old as humanity itself, with the word nurse originating from the Latin nutricia, meaning ‘to nourish’. Although all societies throughout history attended to the sick and injured, it was...
In 2016, the NHS as a whole failed a major cross-government test of its ability to handle a severe pandemic. The results of this Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) exercise, known...
Coronaviruses include a range of organisms that can cause diseases, including the common cold and the current SARS-CoV-2. Despite the original severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus...
During times of need, such as conflicts, nurses have often undertaken procedures that are normally within the jurisdiction of a trained medical practitioner. Zarnitz and Malone (2006) discussed how...
It is important to stress that many long-term conditions of childhood have emerged perhaps as a tribute to the success of modern medicine. This is because prior to the 20th century many...
On 16 March 2020, the CQC declared that it was going to suspend routine hospital inspections and commence a new and different phase of its regulatory activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Euthanasia is the act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve suffering; assisted suicide is the act of deliberately assisting or encouraging another person to take their own life..
After years of austerity, the people of Romania rebelled against the communist government. Ceauşescu and his wife were put on trial and executed on Christmas day 1989, paving the way for the country's...
Once humans began to live in close proximity to their fellow man the lack of good personal hygiene and sanitation ultimately led to the emergence of communicable diseases. Perhaps the best known of...
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