03738cam a2200361 4500 278096780 TxAuBib 20161111120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544535824 0544535820 B01912QAM4 Amazon c7adfb4c-5582-42d0-8f17-f113af75d399 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2516914 OverDrive (Product ID) 2516914 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Reef, Catherine. Florence Nightingale [Libby] : The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 155MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 155MB. Biography & Autobiography. Young Adult Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Starred review from October 3, 2016<br /> Best recognized for her work during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) receives full credit for her most far-reaching accomplishment in this lucid, handsomely designed volume: transforming nursing from an unsavory profession for women into a respectable one. Veteran biographer Reef (<em>Noah Webster: Man of Many Words</em>) provides abundant background on Nightingale’s family and the Victorian era, making vividly clear how revolutionary her work was. (Prior to Nightingale’s insistence that dirty bandages, putrid water, and foul food had no place in a hospital, eight of nine British soldier deaths were due to disease, rather than wounds.) Drawing extensively on primary sources, Reef reveals Nightingale’s complex character—highly intelligent and inquisitive, demanding, irascible, and driven by her belief in God’s work—and does not minimize the impact of her ambitions and expectations on her family and colleagues. Reef sharply delineates Nightingale’s enormous suffering for her refusal to follow convention while celebrating her lesser-known achievements: founding the first secular nurse-training school, advising government leaders on topics of health and social welfare, and applying statistics to medical analysis. Archival photos and illustrations further contextualize Nightingale’s life, work, and era. Ages 12–up.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:<p>Most people know Florence Nightingale was a compassionate and legendary nurse, but they don't know her full story. This riveting biography explores the exceptional life of a woman who defied the stifling conventions of Victorian society to pursue what was considered an undesirable vocation. She is best known for her work during the Crimean War, when she vastly improved gruesome and deadly conditions and made nightly rounds to visit patients, becoming known around the world as the Lady with the Lamp. Her tireless and inspiring work continued after the war, and her modern methods in nursing became the defining standards still used today. <i>Includes notes, bibliography, and index</i>.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-11-10 23:00:02. http://westtexas.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=c7adfb4c-5582-42d0-8f17-f113af75d399 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c7adfb4c-5582-42d0-8f17-f113af75d399&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c7adfb4c-5582-42d0-8f17-f113af75d399&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c7adfb4c-5582-42d0-8f17-f113af75d399&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) CCTYL