“Florence Nightingale was the Lady with the Lamp, Right! But there's much, much more....
...An exciting, inspiring collection! It's about nursing, and health, and community and families, and the medical profession, and collaboration. It puts forth its message, straight from the Lady of the Lamp herself, that healing, leading, and global action will save the world. Her life, 1820 to 1910, and works were limited by her times, yet speak to the present. She knew what was needed and laid the groundwork for others who follow. The authors of this book know that her future has arrived. The tools are now in hand to put into practice what Florence Nightingale proposed."
Rosaleen Dixon, EMBASSY-DIPLOMACY THIS WEEK, MARCH 1-2, 2005, Ottawa
Ms. Dixon is an active octagentarian journalist, member of the Board of the Canadian National Press Club and the Executive Council of the Media Club.
"We now all are challenged by historical Nightingale and timeless contemporary Nightingales to heed the call for informed
moral action at practical and global levels."
Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
“I received the BOOK TODAY - WOW !!!!!!
I already started reading different sections & can't put it down!!! Truly an amazing book!”
J.A., Tucson, AZ
from Nurses Books.org
"Every now and then a book comes along that has the potential of re-awakening nursing to its true heritage and potential. Florence Nightingale Today is one of those books.... a skillful and beautiful blending of the art and science of nursing. Good scholarship is blended with a very readable style…..The reader sees Nightingale’s vision, achievements, and contributions to nursing and health through a new lens, as well as how Nightingale’s life and work inform and ignite the authors’ visions for nursing and global health today… Nightingale comes alive through illustrated essays that help the reader to appreciate the underlying stories of her life and to have more of a feel for who this remarkable woman was in her own time, and the richness of her life and legacy for today….. The contemporary healthcare agenda, both locally and globally, requires visionary leaders to bring peace and healing to our planet that is currently in great crisis. Remembering that her story and wisdom reside in each of us, nursing has much to learn from its philosophical founder and Florence Nightingale Today is a great resource for nursing in this quest."
Margaret A. Burkhardt PhD, ARNP, HNC
Director, Healing Matters, Beckley , West Virginia
"What I like about this book is that it avoids the trap into which so many books on Nightingale have fallen. Over the generations, certainly since I started reading books on Nightingale, authors have used historical research to "prove" that Nightingale was — a sanitary engineer, a statistician, an organizer, an environmentalist, whatever theme suited their needs of the moment (typically whatever played into the themes popular in nursing’s development at the time). Indeed, it was sometimes hard to tell whether these works were about the same person….[This] book is the first one I’ve seen that avoids this self-serving pitfall by comprehensively covering all aspects of Nightingale’s work and personality, even those aspects that might not be popular….
This book will be very beneficial for young nurses who sometimes fail to recognize the power of history. The linkages are laid out here in a clean and concise manner. Historians, even those who object to interpreted biography, will appreciate the wealth of original documents presented here. This book is a signal contribution to the history and influence of Florence Nightingale."
Barbara Stevens Barnum, RN, PhD, FAAN
(retired Dean of Columbia University School of Nursing and widely respected nursing journal editor)
"A close study and scholarly interpretation and translation of timeless messages embedded within Nightingale’s formal letters, books, notes, conversations, alongside detailed attention to the historical context and critique of other author’s work…. not for historical folks alone… a foundation text for any student in nursing, for any faculty member, or any practicing nurse…. instructive for anyone involved in leadership, system or social changes, medical and health science students in any field…
Moreover, this work stands alone as the text for understanding her life and work for today’s "musts" for students and scholars across all health, education, and human service disciplines…. This book offers models for leadership, healing, and global action, far beyond anything we have considered to date. We now all are challenged by historical Nightingale and timeless contemporary Nightingales to heed the call for informed moral action at practical and global levels."
Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Murchinson-Scoville Endowed Chair in Caring Science
University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
