1820年5月12日,弗罗伦斯·南丁格尔在父母旅行于欧洲的途中生于托斯卡纳大公国(Grand Duchy of Tuscany)佛罗伦斯市的一个英国上流社会家庭,且跟她的姊姊帕耳忒诺珀(Parthenope)一样,她的名字也是取自她的出生地:佛罗伦斯。她因在克里米亚进行护理而闻名,被誉为“提灯女神”。她是世界上第一个真正的女护士,开创了护理事业,1908年3月16日,她在88岁高龄时被授予伦敦城自由奖。“5.12”国际护士节设立在南丁格尔的生日这一天,就是为了纪念这位近代护理事业的创始人。
Florence Nightingale was a celebrated British social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night。
Nightingale was born to a wealthy upper-class family, at a time when women of her class were expected to focus on marriage and child bearing. Unitarian religious inspiration led her to devote her life to serving others, both directly and as a reformer. Nightingale rejected proposals of marriage so as to be free to pursue her calling。
Her father had progressive social views, providing his daughter with a well-rounded education that included mathematics and supported her desire to lead an active life. Nightingale's ability to effect reform rested on her exceptional analytic skills, her high reputation, and her network of influential friends. Starting in her mid thirties, she suffered from chronic poor health, but continued working almost until her death at the age of ninety。
誓言:
I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work,and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care。
—— The Florence Nightingale Pledge
誓言中译:余谨以至诚, 于上帝及会众面前宣誓: 终身纯洁,忠贞职守, 尽力提高护理之标准; 勿为有损之事, 勿取服或故用有害之药; 慎守病人家务及秘密, 竭诚协助医生之诊治, 务谋病者之福利。 谨誓。
——弗洛伦斯。南丁格尔
银幕上的弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔的事迹英在2008年由英国导演诺曼·斯通拍成了电影《弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔》,以此来致敬这位“提灯女神”——永远的白衣天使。
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔 Florence Nightingale(2008)
导演:诺曼·斯通
主演:基思·克利福德 蒂姆·丹恩 劳拉·弗雷泽
BBC drama that explores the emotional and spiritual trauma suffered by Florence Nightingale on her return from the Crimean War. After witnessing the horrors of the war first hand, Florence Nightingale campaigned strongly for an investigation when she finally returned to England. The findings however, that many of the soldiers in her care died as a result of her own failings, caused her to re-evaluate her life's mission, breaking her in mind and spirit。
剧情:这部电影讲述了英国历史上最伟大的女英雄之一——弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔在从克里米亚战争前线回国之后情绪和精神上所遭受的创伤。由于反感军人们受到的不必要的痛苦,这位护士纠缠当局允许她对军队医院的状况进行调查。然而调查结果却是很多士兵由于她自己的失败而死,这使她开始重新评价她今生的使命。