Florence Nightingale is one of the world's leading medical leaders whose hard work changed medical issues, remaining here to this day. She started out as a city girl, her family being one of the richest around. They wanted Florence to pursue a nobler cause than work that fit a peasant's perspective. She strongly disagreed and attended nursing school for a while, then voluntarily went to a war hospital in Crimea when the Crimean War broke out. She was appalled by the state of things going on at the hospital, so she decided to stand up and try to fix the things she thought nurses should have done back then, like sterilizing utensils and cleaning the hallways to make things easier. operate more easily. Florence is the role model for modern nurses because she helped pave the way for all aspiring nurses to know how to be one the right way. If she didn't accomplish what she did, today's nurses would still leave their patients scattered in the hallways, unattended to them, unless it was serious. (A+E Corporations, 2009)(A+E Corporations, 2009) Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy. She started out as a largely city girl, with an extremely wealthy family. His father was William Shore Nightingale, who was a wealthy landowner who inherited two estates. He then married Frances Nightingale. Florence began to acquire this passion for nursing in her everyday life, even doing household chores, she dreamed of being one, but her parents did not allow her to degrade herself with a "regular" job like that of a nurse. For this, she often clashed with her mother over nursing and many other topics. She was also expected to marry a man of noble stature...... middle of paper ...... fr at the time for her exceptional deeds, in which Florence was the first woman to have never received this award. This award was later known to be named after him, as the "Nightingale Jewel". (A+E Corporations, 2009)(A+E Corporations, 2009) Florence Nightingale is one of the world's leading medical leaders whose hard work changed medical issues, while still being used to this day. From her beginnings to her heroic deeds, she was a postmodern medical leader, paving the way for nurses around the world. She would now change the definition of being a nurse. It would no longer be tedious work, but a beautiful journey that a man/woman could undertake. She is now considered the pioneer of modern nursing. A+E Networks Corporate, (2009). Florence Nightingale Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story. A+E Enterprise Networks.