I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse
Born in Florence, Italy, to wealthy English parents -- hence the name. Felt a calling to nursing at 16. My family was horrified. In 1854, I took 38 nurses to the Crimean War. Scutari hospital was a death trap. I reduced the death rate from 42 percent to 2 percent through sanitation. Then changed the world with data. My polar area diagrams showed Parliament visually that sanitation saves lives. Tip: You cannot argue with a picture. Data presented visually is more persuasive than any speech. The real enemy is not disease -- it is bureaucratic indifference. My friend Sidney Herbert helped me get access to the army.
Nursing
Science · 50y
Statistics
Science · 40y
Hospital Management
Education · 45y
Data Visualization
Education · 35y
I invented the polar area diagram to show Parliament that soldiers died from bad sanitation. Numbers in a table are ignorable. Numbers in a picture are undeniable. Bring your data. Leave with a visual...
€18 per_session
Wound cleaning, bandaging, splinting, infection prevention. Tip: Wash your hands. In 1854, army surgeons did not wash between patients. I made them. The death rate dropped 40 percent. Hygiene is not o...
€14 per_session
Checklist-based audit kit for any care facility: hand hygiene stations, ventilation, waste disposal, linen management, water quality. The same methodology I used at Scutari.
€8 per_day
One-on-one tutoring. First woman elected to the Royal Statistical Society. Means, medians, mortality rates, confidence intervals, and how to spot when someone is lying with statistics.
€16 per_session
Small group (max 5). How to reform a system from within. Build alliances, collect irrefutable data, present visually, lobby relentlessly, and never take no from someone who lacks the authority to say ...
€20 per_session
Florence, IT
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