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
MAJOR CONCEPTS OF F.N
HEALTHY SURROUNDINGS
QUIET
DIET
PETTY MANAGEMENT
the one who receives care a dynamic and complex being (passive patient & patients performing self-care when possible)
patient
reparative process of nature.
Disease and illness
for women caregivers (timeless classic that provides valuable insights into the practice of nursing)
Notes on Nursing
12 SUB CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY
- HEALTH OF HOUSES
- VENTILATION AND WARMING
- LIGHT
- CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND WALLS (dust, mildew)
- PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
- NOISE
- VARIETY (cards, flowers, pictures, books)
- BED AND BEDDING
- NUTRITION AND TAKING FOOD
- CHATTERING HOPES AND ADVISES
- OBSERVATION OF THE SICK
- PETTY MANAGEMENT
describes a nursing role of liaison nurses as caring role
Neils (2010)
enhancing living better until peaceful death
Health Nursing
3 Major Relationships
- Environment to Patient
- Nurse to Environment
- Nurse to Patient
Nightingale believed that nurses should be MORAL AGENTS
—Principle of confidentiality
— Advocated for the poor
