Nursing Theorist Flashcards
It is a significant development to a body of substantive knowledge to guide nursing practice to establish nursing as a profession and an academic discipline
NURSING THEORIES
• Plays an important role in critical thinking and nursing actions towards clinical practice
• Backbone of clinical care
Provides the nurse with focus and framework to sort patients data’s in practice
“theory without practice is empty and practice without theory is blind”
Nursing Theorist
She was given the title “Founder of Modern Nursing.
Florence Nightingale
She established a school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in England.
Florence Nightingale
She believed that the person is a holistic individual
and thus has a spiritual dimension. “Matriarch of Modern Nursing”
“First Nursing Theorist”
“The Lady with the Lamp”
“Nurse Statistician”
Awards:
- Order of Merit (OM)
- Royal Red Cross (RRC) by Queen Victoria of Great Britain
Florence Nightingale
THEORETICAL SOURCES OF NIGHTINGALE’S THEORY
- Education
- Literature
- Intellectuals
- Religious Beliefs
The act of utilizing the environment of a patient to assist him in his recovery
Very essential for everybody’s well-being Wrote “Notes on Nursing” to provide women with guidelines for caring for their loved ones at home and
to give advice on how to “think like a nurse.” She expected nurses to use their powers of observation in caring for patients.
Nursing
