Badge of courage
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Nurse Edith Cavell's patriotism and sense of duty as a committed Christian resulted in her death at the hands of a German firing squad on Oct. 12, 1915. Cavell, the daughter of a Norfolk, England, vicar, began her career as a governess but decided to become a nurse after nursing her seriously ill father to a good recovery in 1895. She was appointed matron of the Berkendael Medical Institute when it opened in Brussels, Belgium, in 1907. Cavell took enormous risks in nursing Allied soldiers during the first world war and helping them to escape, and was finally arrested by the Germans.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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Travels of my aunt
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Pioneering nurse, Myra Ellerby introduced British nursing practice to Guatamala in 1910 at the request of the Guatamalan ambassador in London. In 1912 she became matron of Quirigua hospital, Guatamala City. She worked closely with Dr Neil MacPhail on research into infectious diseases until he died in 1949. She retired due to illhealth in 1949 and moved to England in 1954. However, she was unable to settle and returned to Guatamala where she died in 1960. The Guatamalan government awarded Ellerby the Order of the Quetzal for her contribution to nursing.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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Keeping watch
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Modern date nursing techniques regarding nurses and patients relationships were originally formed by nursing pioneer Hildegard Peplau, who died on 18 March 1999. Peplau was born in 1909 in the USA. From an early age she enjoyed watching people and their interaction with each other. She further developed this when she studied medicine at university, forming a theory relating to the relationship between nurses and patients.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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