FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Flashcards
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE THEORY
Environmental Theory
F.N BORN: DIED:
May 12, 1820
August 13, 1910
lack of sanitation and presence of filth.
Environmental problems
- Founder of Modern Nursing
- Lady with the Lamp
- notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not (book that she published)
- Rich and intellectual family
- Ferst scientist – theorist
- Nightingale training school for nurses
- Called by God (God spoke to me and called me to his service)
- Environmental theory
florence nightingale
Healthy surroundings
L-A-W-C-D
LIGHT
AIR
WATER
CLEANLINESS
DRAINAGE
She created the ____________ to represent the extent of needless death in the British military hospitals in Crimea.
Polar Area Diagram
- “ The act of utilizing the environment of the client to assist him in his recovery.”
- Nurse’s initiative to configure environmental settings
- Manipulation of the physical environment as a major component of nursing care
ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY
Position patients to expose them to sunlight.
light
Dirty environment (floors, walls, clothing & bed linen = source of infection)
cleanliness
Proper ventilation - patient warm (fire), open windows
air
- Assess the need for quiet and intervene as needed.
QUIET
Bathe daily & wash hands frequently
water
Appropriate handling and disposal of bodily excretions & sewage
drainage
- Assess dietary intake, meal schedule & its effect on the patient.
DIET
Nursing Administration Nurse was in control of the environment (physically & administratively)
PETTY MANAGEMENT
