Florence Nightingale

Question 1

when was florence nightingale born?

Answer 1

may 12 1820

Question 2

where was florence nightingale born?

Answer 2

florence, grand duchy of tuscany

Question 3

when did florence nightingale die?

Answer 3

august 13, 1910

Question 4

florence nightingale studied nursing for 3 months at ___________

Answer 4

kaisersworth, germany

Question 5

Established __________ in England and wrote many manuscripts about hospital reform and nursing care.

Answer 5

St. Thomas Hospital

Question 6

(T OR F) Nightingale viewed the manipulation of the physical environment as a major component of nursing care.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

(enumeration) aspects as major areas of the physical, social, and psychological environment that the nurse could control

Answer 7

health of houses, ventilation and warming, light, noise, variety, bed and bedding, cleanliness of room and walls, personal cleanliness, nutrition and food intake, chattering hopes and advices, observation of the sick, petty management.

Question 8

PURE AIR, WATER, EFFICIENT DRAINAGE, CLEANLINESS AND LIGHT

Answer 8

HEALTH OF HOUSES

Question 9

”KEEP THE AIR THAT HE BREATHES AS PURE AS THE EXTERNAL AIR, WITHOUT CHILLING HIM”. EMPHASIS OF IMPORTANCE OF ROOM TEMPERATURE. THE PATIENT SHOULD NOT BE TOO WARM OR COLD.

Answer 9

VENTILATION AND WARMING

Question 10

HAS “QUITE REAL AND TANGIBLE EFFECTS UPON THE HUMAN BODY”

Answer 10

LIGHT

Question 11

BELIEVED THAT PATIENTS SHOULD NEVER BE WAKED INTENTIONALLY OR ACCIDENTALLY DURING THE 1ST PART OF SLEEP

Answer 11

NOISE

Question 12

VARIATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT WAS A CRITICAL ASPECT AFFECTING THE PTS RECOVERY. CHANGES IN COLOR AND FORM, INCLUDING BRINGING BRIGHTLY COLORED FLOWERS OR PLANTS, ROTATING PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS, ADVOCATING READING, NEEDLEWORK, WRITING AND CLEANING ACTIVITIES.

Answer 12

VARIETY

Question 13

THE BED SHOULD NE PLACED IN THE LIGHTEST PART OF THE ROOM AND PLACED SO THE PATIENT COULD SEE OUT THE WINDOW. EVEN IN MODERN TIMES, IT REMAINS IMPORTANT FOR THE NURSES TO KEEP BEDDING CLEAN, NEAT AND DRY.

Answer 13

BED AND BEDDING

Question 14

URGED REMOVAL OF DUST WITH THE USE OF DAMP CLOTH RATHER THAN FEATHER DUSTER. FLOORS SHOULD BE EASILY CLEANED RATHER THAN BEING COVERED WITH DUST TRAPPING CARPETS

Answer 14

CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND WALLS

Question 15

UNWASHED SKIN POISONED THE PT AND NOTED THAT BATHING AND DRYING THE SKIN PROVIDED GREAT RELIEF TO THE PATIENT. ADVOCATED THAT PERSONAL CLEANLINESS EXTENDED TO THE NURSE AND THAT “EVERY NURSE OUGHT TO WASH HER HANDS FREQUENTLY DURING THE DAY”

Answer 15

PERSONAL CLEANLINESS

Question 16

ADDRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIETY IN THE FOOD SERVED TO THE PATIENT. SHE HAS PROVEN THAT ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PATIENT AFFECTED HOW THE PATIENT ATE. NO BUSINESS BE DONE WITH PATIENT WHILE THEY ARE EATING.

Answer 16

NUTRITION AND TAKING FOOD

Question 17

TO FALELY CHEER THE SICK BY MAKING LIGHT OF THEIR ILLNESS AND ITS DANGER IS NOT HELPFUL. IT IS STRESSFULL FOR A PATIENT TO HEAR OPINIONS AFTER ONLY BRIEF OBSERVATION HAS BEEN MADE. FALSE HOPE WAS DEPRESSING TO PATIENTS.

Answer 17

CHATTERING HOPES AND ADVICES

Question 18

“THE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICAL LESSON THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO NURSES IS TO TEACH THEM WHAT TO OBSERVE- HOW TO OBSERVE– WHAT SYMPTOMS INDICATE IMPROVEMENT – WHAT IS THE REVERSE – WHICH ARE OF IMPORTANCE – WHICH ARE OF NONE – WHICH ARE EVIDENCE OF NEGLECT – WHAT KIND OF NEGLECT.

Answer 18

OBSERVATION OF THE SICK

Question 19

SHE BELIEVED THAT THE HOUSE AND THE HOSPITAL NEEDED TO BE WELL-MANAGED – THAT IS ORGANIZED, CLEAN AND WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES

Answer 19

PETTY MANAGEMENT

Question 20

anything that can be manipulated to place a patient in the best possible condition for nature to act. Emphasized that nursing was to assist nature in healing the patient.

Answer 20

Environment

Question 21

referred to the person as a “patient”. Nurses performed tasks to and for the patient and controlled the patients environment to enhance recovery.

Answer 21

PERSON

Question 22

she defined health as being well and using every power (resource) to the fullest extent in living life. In addition, she saw disease and illness as a reparative process that nature instituted when a person did not attend to health concerns.

Answer 22

HEALTH

Question 23

she believed that every woman, at one time, in her life, would be a nurse in the sense that nursing is being responsible for someone else’s health.

Answer 23

NURSING

Question 24

(T OR F) IN SUMMARY, NIGHTINGALES THEORY IN NURSING IS TIMELESS. HER WRITINGS ARE AS MEANIGFUL TODAY AS THEY WERE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. HER 13 CANONS MAY DIFFER IN THE SPECIFICS OF APPLICATION TODAY, BUT THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES PROVIDED BY NIGHTINGALE REMAIN SOUND AND RELEVANT.

Answer 24

TRUE