Nightigale Flashcards
Born - May 12 1820 , Florence Italy
Founder of modern nursing. • The first nursing theorist.
Florence Nightingale
Also known as “The Lady with the Lamp”
Florence Nightingale
She explained her environmental theory in her famous book Notes on Nursing:
What it is, What it is not .
She was the first to propose nursing required specific education and training.
Florence Nightingale
Her contribution during Crimean war is well-known. (Scutari, Turkey) • Establish a school of nursing:
Florence Nightingale
International Nurses Day, is observed in respect to her contribution to Nursing.
May 12
Died August 13, 1910
90 years old
Nursing is different from medicine
True
Nursing is the “activities that promote health which occur in any caregiving situation. They can be done by anyone.”
True
Nursing Paradigm
Person, Health, Environment, care
Patient perform self-care when possible.
Person
Maintenance of health through prevention of disease via environmental control and social responsibility.
Health
Sick poor people would benefit from environmental improvements that will affect their mind and bodies.
Environment
5 Essential Components of Environmental Health
Pure air Pure water Efficient drainage Cleanliness Light
bathing patient daily - nurses bathe daily and their clothes
Cleanliness
direct sunlight -patients be exposed to direct sunlight
Light
proper ventilation -Recognized that surroundings is a source of disease and recovery -Manipulate surrounding to maintain ventilation and patient warmth -Good fire, opening windows and proper positioning of the patient
Pure air
access to water that is not contaminated with dirt and other matter
Pure water
proper disposal of bodily excretions and sewage were required to prevent contamination of the environment
Efficient drainage
Nightingale’s work is clear and easily understood. It contains the 3 major relationships:
- Nurse to Environment
- Nurse to patient
- Environment to patient
critique a theory
Simplicity
Generality
Accessibility
Importance
Nightingale’s theory have been used to provide general guidelines for nurses. • Nurses are recognizing the role of observation and measurement of outcomes as an essential component of nursing practice
Generality
She tested her theory by collecting data and verifying improvements. • She provided general rules and explanations that would result in good nursing care for patients.
Simplicity
Concepts and relationships within Nightingales theory frequently are stated implicitly and are presented as truths rather than as tentative, testable statement. • Her concepts are amenable to studies with the qualitative and quantitative methods.
Accessibility
Nightingale’s writings direct the nurse to take action on behalf of the patient. • Her principles to shape nursing practice are the most specific. • She believed that doing nursing as a means of doing the will of God.
Importance
