Fitting Finale To Nightingale Series
2 December 2010
The 'Lady of The Lamp' Florence Nightingale.
Professor Lorraine Ellis delivered her inaugural lecture Bringing Science to the bedside: Against all odds at the University's Kedleston Road site.
The lecture on November 10 was the final one in the Florence Nightingale series of public talks held this year. Around 100 people attended this event, making it another great success.
The series celebrated the life and contribution of the Lady of the Lamp and illustrated how she helped to shape modern medicine in the health sector.
In this final talk Professor Ellis - Head of the School of Health at the University and Assistant Dean within the Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences - presented a synopsis of her PhD and postdoctoral funded research.
The research charted Florence Nightingale's life and career, highlighting the barriers she faced on first announcing she wanted to devote her life to nursing. It also examined Florence Nightingale's impact in supporting wounded troops injured in the Crimean War, as well as the legacy of the improvements she introduced into the health service.
Professor Ellis said: "Florence Nightingale was the founder of nurse education, which placed evidence and research-led science at the heart of the curricula."
