Tutkulu Bir İstatistikçi: Florence Nightingale

Giriş: Hemşireliğin modern kurucusu Florence Nightingale, hemşire rolü ile iyi bilinmesine karşın matematikçi ve istatistikçi yönü hakkında çok fazla tanınmamaktadır.Amaç: Bu kavramsal makalede Florence Nightingale’in aldığı istatistik eğitimi, istatistik konusunda ilgisini ve istatistik bilgilerini hemşirelik bakımına nasıl uyguladığı ve istatistik bilimine yaptığı katkıları incelemek amaçlanmıştır.Bulgular: Florence Nightingale küçük yaşlardan itibaren matematik ve istatistiğe ilgi duymuş ve bu konularda çeşitli eğitimler almıştır. Nightingale’in kültürlü bir aile ortamında yetişerek aldığı dersler, matematik ve sayılar konusundaki yeteneği ve dini inancı istatistiğe yönelmesinde çok önemli bir rol oynamıştır. İstatistik felsefesinin oluşmasında Quetelet’in fikirlerinden etkilenmiş, istatistik çalışmalarında William Farr’ın desteğini almıştır. Kırım Savaşı sırasında istatistik bilgilerini hemşirelik bakımına uygulamış, pek çok istatistiksel yöntem ve grafikler geliştirerek, sağlık alanında çığır aşan reformların gerçekleştirilmesini sağlamıştır.Sonuç: Nightingale’in istatistiğe olan ilgisi, geniş vizyonu, dini inancı ile kaynaşmış olan istatistik fikirleri, geliştirdiği yenilikçi grafikleri ve yürüttüğü olağanüstü istatistiksel projeler mesleki başarılarının temelinde etkili olmuştur. Florence Nightingale istatistik alanında kadınlara da örnek bir model olmuştur. Günümüzde hemşirelik bakım uygulamalarında ve eğitim programlarında istatistik ve araştırma kullanımı ve öğretimi onun verdiği ışıkla devam etmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Florence Nightingale, İstatistik, Kırım Savaşı, Hemşirelik.

Florence Nightingale: A Passionate Statistician

Background: Florence Nightingale the modern founder of the nursing is most famous for her role as a nurse. But not so much known about her contributions as an mathematician and statistician. Objective: In this conceptual article it is aimed to examine Florence Nightingale's statistics education, how she used her passion for statistics and applied statistical data in nursing care and her scientific contributions to statistical science. Results: Florence Nightingale has interested in mathematics and statistics at her early ages and has received various trainings in these subjects. Lessons learned by Nightingale in a cultured family environment, her talent in mathematics and numbers, and her religious beliefs played a crucial role in the direction of the statistics. She was influenced by Quetelet's ideas in the formation of the statistical philosophy and received support from William Farr in her statistical studies. During the Crimean War, she applied statistical knowledge to nursing care, developed many statistical methods and graphics, so that she made revolutionary reforms in the health field. Conclusion: Nightingale's interest in statistics, her broad vision, the statistical ideas fused with religious beliefs, the innovative graphics she has developed and the extraordinary statistical projects that she carried out has been influential on the basis of her professional achievements. Florence Nightingale has also become a model for women in statistics. Today, using and teaching of statistics and research in nursing care practices and education programs continues with the light she gave

Keywords:

Florence Nightingale, Statistics, Crimean War, Nursing,

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