Florenece Nightingale

What is Florence Nightingale sometimes known as?

• Lady and the tramp

• Lady in red

• Lady with the lamp

• Lady with the needle

What country was Florence Nightingale born in?

• Germany

• Turkey

• England

• Italy

Why did Florence go to Germany?

• To visit her parents

• To learn about nursing

• To meet new people

• To marry a German Prince

What type of family was Florence from?

• a poor family

• a rich family

Why didn't Florence's parents want her to be a nurse?

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• hospitals were filthy and horrible

• she would need to be educated

• they wanted her to be a pig farmer

• they expected her to get married then stay at home

Where was Florence based during the war?

• Italy

• Turkey

• England

• Germany

How did Florence help during the Crimean War?

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• She made the hospitals cleaner

• She had dirty hands

• She got good food and fresh water

• She got medicines and blankets

Choose 3 words to describe how Scutari hospital was when Florence arrived.

• filthy

• overcrowded

• clean

• smelly

What did Florence do when she returned to England?

• opened a new bank account

• opened a training school for nurses

• went to university

• married her German Prince

Why did Florence tell nurses and doctors to wash their hands?

• to stop germs and infections being spread

• to stop wounded soldiers singing karaoke

• to stop doctors feeling more important than nurses

• because Florence was bossy and liked to be in charge