DON’T MISS NIGHTINGALE! International Nurses Day event 1997, Wellington, New Zealand The Nursing Education and Research Foundation sponsored this event which was hosted by the Minister of Health in the Legislative Council Chamber at Parliament. NERF also sponsored a practice-based story series - “At the Heart of Nursing” - published in Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand , and that project was launched at a reception beforehand in the Great Hall by Brenda Wilson, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Executive Director and Kai Tiaki editors, Teresa O’Connor and Anne Manchester. Nurses were invited to attend the event in uniform or historic uniform. After introductory remarks by the Master of Ceremonies, NZNO President Nigel Kee, the Minister of Health, Bill English paid tribute to Nightingale in a speech attentive and relevant to the purpose and import of the evening. Lady Keith, as the co- writer of the presentation “Nightingale Recalled”, gave a mihi welcoming those present to the gathering and the historic venue, and introduced the presentation which was given by Shelley Jones. The presentation featured a recording of Florence Nightingale's voice, at which Nightingale (played by actor Vanessa Byrnes) herself appeared amongst us, sitting down to a desk to prepare her reports on her return from the Crimea and sharing her thoughts on nursing as expressed in her little book Notes on Nursing. A letter to Nightingale - the winning entry in a New Zealand Post letter writing competition - written by a young person (Michelle Fox) provided a link to the International Council of Nurses’ th eme Healthy Young People = A Brighter Tomorrow . Four nurses working with young people had been invited to give brief presentations about their work: Kelly Tikao (Kai Tahu, Kati Irakehu), RN, broadcaster, and presenter at Max TV Elizabeth Farrell, Coordinator, Public Health Nurse, South Auckland Health Bronwyn Dunnachie-McNatty, Nurse Specialist/Clinical Coordinator, Youth Specialty Services, Healthlink South Karyn Bycroft, Paediatric Oncology Community Nurse, Wellington Hospital, Capital Coast Health. The presentation concluded with the suggestion that, were Nightingale recalled to service, her work to promote the health of young today would require the skills of nurses such as these, and that she would be drawing her research reports to the attention of the politicians of the day. This version of the presentation omits some material (comparing contemporary nursing concepts with Nightingale's ideas) and does not include the presentations from the four nurses. Shelley Jones and Jocelyn Keith 1997 final draft of presentation: NIGHTINGALE RECALLED/edited and notated 2016/2020 by Shelley Jones page 1 INTERNATIONAL NURSES’ DAY: DON’T MISS NIGHTINGALE!
Run Sheet/Slides Presentation script PRE SHOW STATE Slide 1: Image of Nightingale 1 is on screen as people enter 1820 Upstairs gallery is seated 1825 Downstairs seating - VIPs to front 1830 Master of Ceremonies Nigel Kee (President, NZNO): thanks to Minister, welcome and opening remarks 1835 Minister of Health 1845 Presentation begins NIGHTINGALE RECALLED Introduction & Mihi (Lady Keith) by Shelley Jones and Jocelyn Keith CBE My intention, in planning this evening, was that I would be sitting where you all are, and standing here, would be Lady Keith. I had planned that it would happen that way, not only because I would enjoy it more (sitting down), but also because of the considerable work Jocelyn has done on Nightingale’s influence on nursing in New Zealand. However, she is tonight addressing the New Zealand Federation of University Women, and I am left to preach to the converted. We have said to you, nurses and colleagues, “Don’t Miss Nightingale”, and you have taken that injunction to heart - you are here. And we have promised you, for your efforts, that you shall hear Florence Nightingale speak. Some of you have thought to ask how that might be done. The answer is simply that we have a recording of her voice, which we will hear shortly. To hear Nightingale speak is the easy part, because while one imperative on International Nurses’ Day is to honour Nightingale, the second is to give attention to the theme set by the International Council of Nurses. This year the theme is Healthy Young People = A Brighter Tomorrow . Linking Nightingale last century to the health of young people in the next (century) is no easy task, but links will be made. We will be hearing from four nurses working with young people, and in their work today, I believe we can see the Nightingale tradition, and the promise of nursing roles towards health for all. Are we still aiming for "Health for all by the year 2000?". The turn of the next century is almost upon us... The recording we have of Florence Nightingale was probably made at the turn of this century, when Nightingale was in her 70s. And how, you might ask, did Nightingale get involved in this technological breakthrough? Let me tell you how we have come by th is recording. One day, Jocelyn’s mother said to her that she’d heard Nightingale on the radio. “Mother, Nightingale is dead”, said Jocelyn. But her mother insisted and partly to humour her, partly because her interest was piqued, Jocelyn wrote off to Ra dio New Zealand’s sound archives. After many months, finally a letter came, yes there was a recording. But when and why and how was the recording made? Jocelyn’s first theory was that perhaps Nightingale had addressed an International Council of Women’s conference in London in 1899. Grace Neill from New Zealand had attended, and this particular year was historically significant because a nursing interest group formed at that conference became the International Council of Nurses. So it was certainly an occasion worth recording. But the sentiment of Nightingale’s message seems to fit better with a second theory, which is that Edison, who invented the wax cylinder, which made possible a single unique recording, went on to invent the wherewithal for making multiple recordings. Apparently, Edison had the technology about 1899, and to demonstrate it, set about making recordings of famous people. Nightingale would have been close to eighty, and the record of her last going out visiting from her home was 1901, 1 By Perry Pictures [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFlorence_Nightingale_1920_reproduction.jpg Shelley Jones and Jocelyn Keith 1997 final draft of presentation: NIGHTINGALE RECALLED/edited and notated 2016/2020 by Shelley Jones page 2 INTERNATIONAL NURSES’ DAY: DON’T MISS NIGHTINGALE!
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