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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Flashcards

1
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Florence Nightingale was raised on the family state at _______

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Lea Hurst

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what is the core principle of Florence Nightingales’s Environmental Theory

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The environment plays a crucial role in patient health and recovery.

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How does the nurse use the environment to promote patient recovery according to this theory?

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The nurse can manipulate the environment to create conditions that are conducive to healing, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, cleanliness, lighting, and noise reduction.

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What factors within the environment are relevant to patient health, according to Nightingale?

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ventilation, temperature, noise, light, cleanliness, and the overall condition of the patient’s surroundings

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When and where was Florence Nightingale born?

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May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy.

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What education did Florence Nightingale receive?

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classical education, including studies in German, French, and Italian.

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What was the motivation of Nightingale for pursuing a career in nursing?

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after witnessing the poor conditions and lack of care for the sick and wounded during a cholera epidemic in her hometown.

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What significant event in Nightingale’s life shaped her nursing philosophy?

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Her experiences during the Crimean War (1853-1856) significantly shaped her nursing philosophy, as she observed the deplorable conditions and high mortality rates among soldiers.

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What were some of Nightingale’s major contributions to nursing?

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establishment of the Nightingale Training School, the development of nursing as a profession, and her groundbreaking work on sanitation and environmental health.

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What awards and honors did Nightingale receive?

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  • Royal Red Cross (1883)
  • Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John (1904)
  • Order of Merit (1907)
  • Honorary Freedom (1908)
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What was the significance of “Notes on Nursing”?

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“Notes on Nursing” was a groundbreaking work that outlined Nightingale’s principles of nursing care and emphasized the importance of environmental factors in patient recovery.

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How did Nightingale’s work during the Crimean War impact nursing practice?

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Nightingale’s work during the Crimean War dramatically improved the conditions for wounded soldiers and revolutionized nursing practices, leading to significant reductions in mortality rates.

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when was the Nightingale training school established and what was it for?

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established in 1860 to provide formal training for nurses

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14
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Who is considered the founder of modern nursing?

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Florence Nightingale

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What is the name of Florence Nightingale’s groundbreaking work on nursing principles?

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Notes on Nursing

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In which war did Florence Nightingale gain significant recognition for her nursing efforts?

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Crimean War

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Name two specific factors within the environment that Nightingale believed were crucial for patient health.

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Ventilation and cleanliness

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List three major contributions of Florence Nightingale to nursing.

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  • Establishment of the Nightingale Training School
  • Development of nursing as a profession
  • Emphasis on sanitation and environmental healt
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How does Nightingale define human beings in relation to their environment?

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Human beings are influenced by and influenced by their environment.

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What is the significance of the environment in relation to human health?

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A healthy environment is essential for promoting health and recovery.

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What is the role of nursing in promoting health

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A healthy environment is essential for promoting health and recovery.

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How do poorly constructed houses affect health?

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Poorly constructed houses can contribute to illness

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Why is fresh air important for patient health?

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Fresh air purifies the air and removes harmful impurities.

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What is the second most important environmental factor for the sick?

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Light

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What is the central focus of Nightingale’s Environmental Theory?

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The importance of the environment in promoting patient health.

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What was Florence Nightingale’s occupation before she became a nurse?

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Nightingale was a social reformer and statistician before she became a nurse.

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In which year did Florence Nightingale begin her nursing career?

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Nightingale began her nursing career in 1854, during the Crimean War.

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Where did Florence Nightingale establish her famous training school for nurses?

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St. Thomas’ Hospital in London.

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in (year)_____, she led an expedition of ___women to take over the management of the barrack hospital at _______ where she observed the disastrous sanitary conditions

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1854, 38, Scutari

30
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once the nurses were trained, they were sent to hospitals all over ______ where they introduced the ideas that they learned, and established nursing training on the ________

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Britain, Nightingale Model

31
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Nightingale became known as ________

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The Lady with the Lamp

32
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During the _______, she initially made her rounds on horseback and at night used an ________ to light her way

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Crimean war, oil lamp

33
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despite being known as the heroine of the Crimean war, she felt ill in ________

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August 12, 1910

34
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she died unexpectedly at _______, the following day, ________, __________ at her home in London

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2 pm, saturday, August 13

35
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the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery

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Environmental Theory

36
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It involves the nurse’s initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient’s health, and that external factors associated with the patient’s sorroundings affect life or biologic and physiologic processes, and his development

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Environmental theory

37
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what nursing has to do is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him

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Environmental Theory

38
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Major concepts of Florence Nightingale’s Theory

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  • Human beings
  • Environment
  • Health
39
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defined in relation to their environment and the impact of the environment upon them

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Human beings

40
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all that surrounds human beings is considered in relation to their state of health

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Environment

41
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nursing should provide care to the healthy as well as the ill and discussed health promotion as an activity in which nurses should engage

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Health

42
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subconcepts of the Environmental Theory

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  • health of houses
  • ventilation and warming
  • light
  • noise
  • variety
  • bed and bedding
  • personal cleanliness
  • nutrition and taking food
  • chattering hopes and advice
  • social considerations
43
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badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. once ensure the air is stagnant and sickness is certain to follow

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Health of houses

44
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keep the air he breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.

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Ventilation and warming

45
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keep the air he breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.

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Ventilation and warming

46
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she was very concerned about “_____” or “_____” and foul odors that came from excrement

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noxious air, effluvia

47
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she also criticized “________” for she believed xxthat the offensive source, not the smell must be removed

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fumigations

48
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the importance of ________ was also stressed by Nightingale. The patient should not be too warm or too cold

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room temperature

49
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The temperature could be controlled by an appropriate balance between _______ and _______

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burning fires, ventilation from windows

50
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Nightingale believed that second to fresh air, the sick needed ________. She noted that direct sunlight was what patients wanted.

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Light, direct sunlight

51
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she stated that patients should never be “________” or accidentally during the _____ part of sleep.

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“waked intentionally”

first

52
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she discussed the need for changes in color and form, including bringing the patient brightly colored flowers or plants.

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Variety

53
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she also advocated rotating ___ or ___ paintings and engraving each day, week or month to provide variety for the patient

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10, 12

54
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Nightingale also advocated ______, ______, ______ and ______ as activities to relive the sick of boredom

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reading, needlework, writing, cleaning

55
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she believed that the bed should be placed in the lightest part of the room and placed so the patient could see out a window.

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bed and bedding

56
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she also reminded the caregiver never to _______, _____ or unnecessarily ______ the bed of the patient

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lean against, sit upon, shake

57
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just as it is necessary to renew the air round a sick person frequently to carry off morbid effluvia from the lungs and skin, by maintaining free ventilation, so it is necessary to keep pores of the skin free from all obstructing excretions

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Personal cleanliness

58
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“every nurse ought to wash her hands very frequently during the day”

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personal cleanliness

59
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Nightingale noted on her environmental theory that individuals desire _________ at ______ of the day and that ___________ may be more beneficial to the patient than a large breakfast or dinner.

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different foods, different times, frequent small servings

60
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she urged that no business be done with patients while they are eating because this was a _________

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distraction

61
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to falsely cheer the sick by making light of their illness and its danger is not helpful

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Chattering hopes and advice

62
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she encouraged the nurse to heed Ehat is being said by the visitors, believing that sick persons should hear the _________ that would assist them in becoming healthier

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Good news

63
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Nightingale supported the importance of looking beyond the individual to social environment in which he or she lived

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Social considerations

64
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Enumerate the 5 Environmental Factors that Nightingale identified

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  • pure fresh air
  • pure water
  • effective drainage
  • cleanliness
  • light
65
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“well water of a very impure kind is used for domestic purposes. and when epidemic disease shows itself, persons using such water are almost sure to suffer”

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Pure water

66
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“all the while the sewer maybe nothing but a laboratory from which epidemic disease and I’ll health is being installed into the house

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effective drainage

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