Florence Nightingale: a Leader in Nursing
Running head: A LEADER IN NURSING
A Leader in Nursing, Organizations and Carper’s Way of Knowing
Crystle Eldridge
University of Maine at Fort Kent
Nursing Leader (Question 1) Nursing has evolved as a scientific discipline and is starting to emerge into professional status. One of the great leaders in nursing who helped this change take place was Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered as a pioneer in the nursing profession. She has contributed a lot in the field of nursing and her works are considered as assets, and will be remembered for many years. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Florence, Italy, and was named after her birthplace. Nightingale died in 1910. She was a brilliant mathematician, and used statistics in achieving her reforms. Florence was a well-educated woman in a number of fields other than math; she was educated by her father in history, economics, astronomy, science, philosophy, and a number of languages. (Florence Nightingale. 2008) Florence, at thirty-one, went to Kaiserwerth, Germany where she studied to become a nurse at the Institute of Protestant Deaconesses. (Simkin, J., 1997) Nightingale's lasting contributions are her roles in founding and setting high standards for the nursing profession and founding training schools for nurses. She believed that nursing involves environmental manipulation, nutrition, and conservation of patient energy. All these aspects are concerned with the wellness and health of the individual. She set an excellent example for nurses everywhere of compassion, commitment to patient care, as well as diligent and thoughtful hospital administration. She was the first nurse to exert political pressure on government to improve health conditions. (Blais, K. K., Hayes, J. S., Kozier, B., & Erb, G. 2006) Florence Nightingale defined nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery”. (Bermin, A., Snyder, S.J., Kozier, B., Erb, G. 2008) Nightingale linked
A Leader in Nursing, Organizations and Carper’s Way of Knowing
Crystle Eldridge
University of Maine at Fort Kent
Nursing Leader (Question 1) Nursing has evolved as a scientific discipline and is starting to emerge into professional status. One of the great leaders in nursing who helped this change take place was Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered as a pioneer in the nursing profession. She has contributed a lot in the field of nursing and her works are considered as assets, and will be remembered for many years. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Florence, Italy, and was named after her birthplace. Nightingale died in 1910. She was a brilliant mathematician, and used statistics in achieving her reforms. Florence was a well-educated woman in a number of fields other than math; she was educated by her father in history, economics, astronomy, science, philosophy, and a number of languages. (Florence Nightingale. 2008) Florence, at thirty-one, went to Kaiserwerth, Germany where she studied to become a nurse at the Institute of Protestant Deaconesses. (Simkin, J., 1997) Nightingale's lasting contributions are her roles in founding and setting high standards for the nursing profession and founding training schools for nurses. She believed that nursing involves environmental manipulation, nutrition, and conservation of patient energy. All these aspects are concerned with the wellness and health of the individual. She set an excellent example for nurses everywhere of compassion, commitment to patient care, as well as diligent and thoughtful hospital administration. She was the first nurse to exert political pressure on government to improve health conditions. (Blais, K. K., Hayes, J. S., Kozier, B., & Erb, G. 2006) Florence Nightingale defined nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery”. (Bermin, A., Snyder, S.J., Kozier, B., Erb, G. 2008) Nightingale linked
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