FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY

Question 1

Is known as the mother of modern nursing, the lady with the lamp

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Florence Nightingale

Question 2

Nightingale’s Concept

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Person, Environment, Health, Nursing

Question 3

Are those elements external to an which affect the health of the sick and healthy person

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Environment

Question 4

The one who needs nursing care regardless of the patient’s social worth

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Person

Question 5

Is responsible for controlling the environment, so that the patient is protected from physical and psychology harm

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Nursing

Question 6

She emphasized that promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention of diseases thru prudent control of the environment

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Health

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Concept of a Therapeutic Environment

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Healthy Environment, Ventilation and Warming, Variety, Light, Noise, Bed and bedding, Cleanliness of rooms and walls, Personal Cleanliness, Nutrition and taking of food, Shattering hopes and Advices, Observation of the sick, Management

Question 8

Nightingale She believed that the house and the hospital needed to be well-managed that
is organized, clean, and with appropriate supply

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management

Question 9

oShe felt strongly about the importance of obtaining complete and accurate
information about patients that she said: “If you cannot get the habit of
observation, one way or another, you had better give up being a nurse, for it is
not your calling. However kind and anxious you maybe.”

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Observation of the sick

Question 10

She considered it stressful for a patient to hear opinions after only brief
observation have been made. False hope was depressing to patients, she felt and
caused them to worry and become fatigued

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Shattering hopes and advices

Question 11

She has observed that individual’s desire different foods at different times of the day and that frequent small servings may be more beneficial to the
patient than a large breakfast or dinner

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Nutrition and taking of food

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personal cleanliness

Question 13

She urges the removal of dust with the use of a damp cloth rather than a feather
duster

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Cleanliness of rooms and walls

Question 14

She believed that the bed should be placed in the lightest part of the room and
placed so that the patient could see out of the window

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Bed and bedding

Question 15

Nightingale believed that patients should never be waked intentionally or
accidentally during the first part of sleep.

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Noise

Question 16

She noted that the sick rarely lies with their face toward the wall but are much
more likely to face the window, the source of the sun.

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Light

Question 17

She stressed that variety in the environment was a critical aspect affecting the
patient’s recovery

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Variety

Question 18

She noted that the cleanliness outside the house affected the inside

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Healthy Environment

Question 19

She emphasized the importance of room temperature. The patient should not
be too warm or too cold.

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Ventilation and warming