開創(chuàng)了護(hù)士的先河 南丁格爾.

　　1820年5月12日，弗羅倫斯·南丁格爾在父母旅行于歐洲的途中生于托斯卡納大公國(guó)(Grand Duchy of Tuscany)佛羅倫斯市的一個(gè)英國(guó)上流社會(huì)家庭，且跟她的姊姊帕耳忒諾珀(Parthenope)一樣，她的名字也是取自她的出生地：佛羅倫斯。她因在克里米亞進(jìn)行護(hù)理而聞名，被譽(yù)為“提燈女神”。她是世界上第一個(gè)真正的女護(hù)士，開創(chuàng)了護(hù)理事業(yè)，1908年3月16日，她在88歲高齡時(shí)被授予倫敦城自由獎(jiǎng)?！?.12”國(guó)際護(hù)士節(jié)設(shè)立在南丁格爾的生日這一天，就是為了紀(jì)念這位近代護(hù)理事業(yè)的創(chuàng)始人。

　　Florence Nightingale was a celebrated British social rormer 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 rormer. 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&aposs ability to fect rorm 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 bore 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 isdeleterious 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

　　誓言中譯：余謹(jǐn)以至誠(chéng)， 于上帝及會(huì)眾面前宣誓： 終身純潔，忠貞職守， 盡力提高護(hù)理之標(biāo)準(zhǔn); 勿為有損之事， 勿取服或故用有害之藥; 慎守病人家務(wù)及秘密， 竭誠(chéng)協(xié)助醫(yī)生之診治， 務(wù)謀病者之福利。 謹(jǐn)誓。

　　——弗洛倫斯.南丁格爾