week 5 Flashcards
(32 cards)
- FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING
florence nightingale
place of the first nursing school
germany
a protestant pastor who
opened a hospital in Kaiserswerth, Germany with no
staff thus designed a school of nursing.
Pastor Theodor Fleidner
what war Florence Nightingale volunteer as a Nurse
crimean war english vs. turkish
at age 17 Nightingale wrote about her “calling” in her diary: “God spoke to me and called me to his service”
1837
what year Florence completed her nursing training
1851
2 years after completing her training she became the superintendent of the Hospital for invalid Gentlewoman in London
1853
She was called The Lady of the Lamp, as immortalized in the poem ”Santa Filomena”
1857
in what age Florence lost her vision?
80s
in what age and year Florence died?
August 13, 1910, 90
give 2 in Florence writing
Notes on Matters Affecting Health
Notes on Hospital
Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British
Army
Report on Measures Adopted for Sanitary
Improvements in India
Notes on Nursing
- defined in relation to his/her environment and the impact
of the environment upon him/her
person
- balance between human and his/her environment
health
- Described components o surroundings
environment
- “ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet – all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.”
nursing
- presence of pure air
- pure water
- efficient drainage
- light
health of houses
- direct sunlight
- purifying effect of direct sunlight upon room air
light
- breathe air that is as pure as external air; without chilling
- source of the air in the patient’s room
- proper room temperature
- patient’s body temperature
ventilatiion & warming
- can harm the patient
- Wake patient intentionally or accidentally during the first part of sleep.
- Whispered and long conversations
- Unnecessary noises
noise
- Bed should be placed in the lightest part of the
room and placed so the patient could see out a
window. - Care giver should never lean against, sit upon, or unnecessarily shake the bed of a patient.
- clean, neat, and dry
- positioning the patient for maximum comfort
bed & bedding
- need for changing color and form
- reading, needlework, writing and cleaning as activities to relieve the sick of boredom
variety
- dietary intake
- variety of food
- no distraction while eating
- right food brought at the right time
nutrition
- False hope can be depressing.
- Heed what is being said; sick persons should
hear good news.
chattering hopes & advices
ask the client what is needed or wanted, i.e. ask many questions to know the actual status of the client.
assessment
