FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Flashcards
Nursing is an art if: if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painters work or sculpture work
Florence Nightingale
“If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.”
Florence Nightingale
Nursing ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet - all at the least expense of vital power to the patient”
Florence
When and where Florence born and died
May 12, 1820 - Florence, Grand Duchy of
Tuscany
August 13, 1910 (aged 90) Mayfair, London, England British
What is florence known for?
•Pioneering modern nursing
•Polar area diagram
What is Nightingale awards?
•Royal Red Cross (1883)
•Lady of Grace of the Order of St John [LGStJ) (1904)
•Order of Merit (1907)
Nightingales scientific career (field & institution)
Hospital hygiene and sanitation, statistics
•Selimiye Barracks, Scutari
•St Thomas’ Hospital
Where and how many months did florence study nursing
3 months, Kaiserwoth Germany (24 yrs old)
Which war did florence nightingale served?
Crimean War (wrote nursing theory)
Who advocated “nursing knowledge is distinct from medical knowledge.”
Florence nightingale
What are the theoretical sources of development of Florence Nightingale?
• Her personal, societal and professional values and concerns.
• Her education under by her well-educated , intellectual father
•Her aristocratic status provided her with easy access to people of power and influence
•She recognized the societal changes of her time and their impact on the health status of individuals.
•Her religious affiliation and beliefs. Reared as unitarian, her belief that action for the benefit of others is a primary way of serving god, served as the foundation for defining her nursing work as a religious calling.
Viewed the manipulation of the physical environment as a major component of nursing care.
Environmental Model
These following aspects are 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 rooms and wall
Personal cleanliness
Nutrition and taking food
Chattering hopes and advices
Observation of the sick
Petty management
It refers to pure air, water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light
HEALTH OF HOUSES
It refers to “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
It has “quite real and tangible effects upon the human body”
Light
She believed that patients should never be waked intentionally or accidentally during the 1st part of sleep
Noise
It refers to environment as 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
She said that the bed should be 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
Urging to remove 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 or rooms and wall
She advocated that personal cleanliness extended to the nurse and that “every nurse ought to wash her hands frequently during the day”. unwashed skin poisoned the pt and noted that bathing and drying the skin provided great relief to the patient.
Personal Cleanliness
She said that falely cheering 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
It refers to lithe 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
