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is the most recognized name in the field of nursing

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Florence Nightingale

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changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care

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Environmental Theory

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when and where was Forence Nightingale born?

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May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy

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where did Florence Nightingale study nursing?

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Kaisersworth, Germany in the Institution of Deaconesses

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Because of Florence Nightingale’s works in reforming nursing, she was given the title

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Founder of Modern Nursing

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Nightingale strongly advocated that

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nursing knowledge is distinct from medical knowdledge

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Nightingale’s philosophy in nursing is

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environement-oriented

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Factors that influenced the development of Nightingale’s philosophy of nursing:

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  1. personal, societal, and professional values and concerns
  2. her education from her father
  3. her social status as a Victorian lady
    4 religious affiliations and beliefs
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viewed the manipulation of the physical environment as a major component of nursing care

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Environmental Theory

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Nightingale identified the following aspects as major areas of the physical, social, and psychological environment that the nurse could control:

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  1. health of houses
  2. ventilation and warming
  3. light
  4. noise
  5. variety
  6. bed and bedding
  7. cleanliness of rooms and walls
  8. personal cleanliness
  9. nutrition and taking food
  10. chattering hopes and advices
  11. observation of the sick
  12. petty management
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Nightingale used ________________________ in the conceptualization of her philosophy based on her description of health and sanitary conditions in Crimea and England

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empirical evidence

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The major assumption of nightingale’s Environmental Philosophy on Environment

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Environment: anything that can be manipulated to place a patient in the best possible condition for nature to act

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The physical component of the environment refers to (7)

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ventilation, warmth, light, nutrition, medicine, stimulation, room temperature and activity

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The psychological components of the environment include

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avoiding chattering hopes and providing variety

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The major assumption of nightingale’s Environmental Philosophy on Person

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Person: the one who is receiving care; a dynamic and complex being

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Nightingale envisioned the person as

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comprimising physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual components

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The major assumption of Nightingale’s Environmental Philosophy on Health

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Health: Healthy is not only to be well, but to be able to use well every power we have

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Nightingale believed in the _______________________________________ in addition to nursing patients from illness to health

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prevention and health promotion

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The major assumption of Nightingale’s Environmental Philosophy on Nursing

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Nursing: Nightingale believed nursing to be a spiritual calling. Nurses were to assist nature to repair the patient

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Nightingale defined different types of nursing as

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nursing proper (nursing the sick), general nursing (health promotion), and midwifery nursing

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nursing proper

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nursing the sickrs

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general nursing

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health promotion

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Nightingale viewed nursing as the

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Science of environmental management

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nurses were to use _____________________________________________________ to allow nature to effectively repair the patient

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common sense, observation, and ingenuity

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Nightingale believed
Observation may always be improved with training ---- will seldom be present without training; for otherwise the nurse does not know what to look for
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changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care
Enviromental Theory
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Florence Nightingale served the wounded soldiers during the
Crimean War
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Florence Nightingale's writing, which included philosophy and directions were inspired from
a need to define nursing and reform hospital environments
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Florence Nightingale established
a school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in England
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Nightingale believed that the person is a ________________ and thus had a spiritual dimension
holistic individual
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In using Nightingale's theory, the nurse must consider
Nightingale's 13 Canons, health promotion and spiritual distress
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Nightingale viewed the ________________________________________________ as a major component of nursing care
manipulation of the physical environment
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is closely related to the presence of pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light
Health of Houses
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Nightingale believed that it was essential to "keep the air he breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him"
Ventilation and Warming
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Nightingale also belived that "noxious air" or "effluvia" or foul odor affects the client's health
Ventilation and warming
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other words for foul odor
noxious air or effluvia
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Nightingale also emphazised the ______________. The patient should not be too warm or too cold.
importance of room temperature
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Nightingale advocated that the sick needs both fresh air and light --- direct sunlight was what clients wanted
Light
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has quite real and tangible effects upon the human body
light
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NICU
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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ICCU
Intensive Coronary Care Unit
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PACU
Post Anesthesia Care Unit
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Nightingale belived that patients should never be waked intentionally or accidentally during the first part of sleep
Noise
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In these modern times, noises that may irritate patients are
jewelries worn by nurses, keys that jingle, snapping of rubber gloves, the clank of the stethoscope against metal bed rails, radios, TV's, telephones ringing, machines that beep or alarm, etc.
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Nightingale stressed that variety in the environment was a critical aspect affecting the patient's recovery
Variety
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Nightingale agreed that the __________ greatly affects the ___________
mind, body
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She believed that the bed should be placed in the lighter part of the room and placed so the patient could see out of the window
Bed and Bedding
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Nightingale emphasized that "the greater part of nursing consists in preserving cleanliness"
Cleanliness of Rooms and Walls
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She believed that unwashed skin poisoned the patient and noted that bathing and rying the skin provided great relief to the patient
Personal Cleanliness
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She has proven that attention given to the patient affected how the patient ate
Nutrition and Taking Food
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Nightingale Percieved that falsely cheer the sick by making light of their illness and its danger is not helpful
Chattering Hopes and Advices
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She felt strongly about the importance of obtaining complete and accurate information about patients
Observation of the Sick
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"what you do when you are there, shall be done when you are not there"
Petty Management
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She believed that the house and the hospital needed to be well-managed----- that is organized, clean, and with appropriate supplies
Petty Management
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Nightingale's report of her experiences and data was submitted to the
British Royal Sanitary Commission in "Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army Founded Chiefly on the Experience of the Late War"
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In most of Nightingale's writings, she referred to the peron as
patient
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when was Notes on Nursing published originally?
in 1859
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provide women with guidelines for caring for their loved ones at home and t gice advice on how to "think like a nurse"
Notes on Nursing
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Nightingale recommended two essential behaviors by the nurse in the area of assessment
1. Ask the client what is needed or wanted 2. Observation
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Nightingale believed that data should be used as the basis for forming any conclusion
Nursing Diagnoses
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is the patient's responses to the environment and not the environmental problem
nursing diagnosis
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is focused on modifying the environment to enhance the client's ability to repsond the disease process
Planning
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Takes place in the environment that affects the client and involves taking action to modify that environment
Implementation
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is based on the effect of the changes in the environment on the client's ability to regain his/her health at the least expense of energy
Evaluation
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is the primary method of data collection used to evaluate the client's response to the intervention
Observation
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Nightingale's work addresses 3 major relationships:
1. environment to patient 2. nurse to environment 3. nurse to patient
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