Florence Nightingale Flashcards
when was florence nightingale born?
may 12 1820
where was florence nightingale born?
florence, grand duchy of tuscany
when did florence nightingale die?
august 13, 1910
florence nightingale studied nursing for 3 months at ___________
kaisersworth, germany
Established __________ in England and wrote many manuscripts about hospital reform and nursing care.
St. Thomas Hospital
(T OR F) Nightingale viewed the manipulation of the physical environment as a major component of nursing care.
True
(enumeration) aspects as major areas of the physical, social, and psychological environment that the nurse could control
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.
PURE AIR, WATER, EFFICIENT DRAINAGE, CLEANLINESS AND LIGHT
HEALTH OF HOUSES
”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.
VENTILATION AND WARMING
HAS “QUITE REAL AND TANGIBLE EFFECTS UPON THE HUMAN BODY”
LIGHT
BELIEVED THAT PATIENTS SHOULD NEVER BE WAKED INTENTIONALLY OR ACCIDENTALLY DURING THE 1ST PART OF SLEEP
NOISE
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.
VARIETY
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.
BED AND BEDDING
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
CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND WALLS
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”
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
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.
NUTRITION AND TAKING FOOD
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.
CHATTERING HOPES AND ADVICES
“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.
OBSERVATION OF THE SICK
SHE BELIEVED THAT THE HOUSE AND THE HOSPITAL NEEDED TO BE WELL-MANAGED – THAT IS ORGANIZED, CLEAN AND WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES
PETTY MANAGEMENT
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.
Environment
referred to the person as a “patient”. Nurses performed tasks to and for the patient and controlled the patients environment to enhance recovery.
PERSON
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.
HEALTH
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.
NURSING
(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.
TRUE
