- Hello everyone!
- How are you all?
- I am a Nurse.
- If you are not feeling well, tell me.
- I will make you feel better.
- This is my lamp.
- People call me “The lady with the lamp”.
- Yes, My name is Florence Nightingale.
- I was born on May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy.
- My parents named me after the city.
- They were very rich and I had an older sister named Parthenope.
- My childhood days were happy.
- I did not go to school but I was a good student.
- My father taught me foreign languages, history and math.
- Above all, I always wanted to nurse the sick.
- But my parents wanted me to marry and settle down.
- Still, I was sure that I wanted to be a nurse and help people.
- I read books, learnt about health and hospitals and I became an expert to treat the sick and make them better.
- When I was 26, I went to Germany to visit a nursing school in Kaiserswerth and learn there.
- Then I went to Paris, France, to work as a nurse.
- Later, I worked at a hospital for sick women in London.
- In 1854, there was the Crimean War between Britain and Russia.
- Most of the injured soldiers were sent to Scutari.
- So, I went there along with a group of nurses to help them.
- The wards were dirty and the food was not good.
- So I made the ward cleaner and food better.
- I just walk around the hospital at night comforting patients.
- So people call me “The lady with the lamp”.
- When the war ended in 1856, I was famous.
- You know, even Queen Victoria wanted to meet me.
- Everyone wanted to get my advice about hospitals and health.
- In 1860, I set up the Nightingale School for Nurses in London.
- So, Kids do remember. Nursing is a very much respected profession.
- We need hard work and dedication to cure the sick people.
- To say, I am happy that my birthday is celebrated as International Nurses Day.
- Keep the hospitals cleaner and safer. Let us have trained nurses to help the sick.
- Thank you.
Fancy Dress Speech as Florence Nightingale
