This deep dive covers What Did Nightingale Do? within Florence Nightingale for GCSE History. Revise Florence Nightingale in Medicine Through Time for GCSE History with 8 exam-style questions and 4 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still be a useful differentiator on mixed-topic papers. It is section 2 of 10 in this topic. Use this deep dive to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
Topic position
Section 2 of 10
Practice
8 questions
Recall
4 flashcards
🧠 What Did Nightingale Do?
| At Scutari (1854-56) | After the War |
|---|---|
| Improved hygiene: clean bedding, proper food, ventilation | Wrote Notes on Nursing (1859) — first nursing textbook |
| Death rate fell from 42% to 2% | Founded Nightingale Training School (1860) — professional nursing |
| Used statistics to prove deaths were from disease, not wounds | Campaigned for hospital design reforms — pavilion wards with space and light |
| Challenged army medical officers (made enemies!) | Advised governments on healthcare policy |