"Croce Azzurra" Nursing School

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"Croce Azzurra" was the first Italian school of nursing, following the teachings and methods of Florence Nightingale. Amy Turton inaugurated the "Croce Azzurra" School in 1896 in a ward of the "Gesù e Maria" Hospital in Naples. Turton was soon replaced as director of the School by Grace Baxter who directed the school until 1913¹.

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Bibliography

- Gabriele De Blasi, "Una romantica donna inglese. Excursus sulla vita e l’opera di Miss Amy Turton pioniera del nursing in Italia", Italian Journal of Nursing, n. 35 (2021)

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