Florence nightingale and changes in hospitals Flashcards
understand there changes that nightingale implimented in the hospital in Scutari
when with who why and by who was she sent to Scutari
when? the 5th of November of 1854
with? 32 neurses
why? to help the conditions in the hospital in the Crimea
by who? Sidney Herbert
what were soldiers dying from
they were dying from infection of their wounds from battle
what were the conditions of the hospital before nightingale
the hospital was filthy, smelly and men were dying on the floor, there was a lack of clean water and food there was also not enough doctors so soldiers would wait days to see one
what were the conditions of the hospital after nightingale
the hospital then had a bed for every patient with space between them, made sure there was good ventilation and made separate wards for the different illnessess
with the 32 nurses that came with her what did they need to do
the nurses need to scrub the floors, walls and furniture, make sure the soldiers has clean clothes and bedding, order medical supplies, bath the patients and provide them with food and water
in what did nightingale believe in
the miasma theory