Thank you‚ Rhonda‚ for sharing this information. I support the way you have decided to improve your practice by “Setting examples of continuing to comfort the afflicted.” Nursing is all about caring. Since the time of Florence Nightingale‚ the nursing goal is to provide safe and comfortable care to the patient. This will promote health and wellbeing (Selanders & Crane‚ 2012). Mr. Rory Rochelle‚ Director of Nursing and Allied Health Education Nursing says that caring‚ altruism and holism are important
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character and his girlfriend become “stranded” at the drive in after their car parts have been stolen and the manager of the drive in tells them there is no way that they can leave‚ in effect lying to them. The same form of lying is adopted by Florence Nightingale in A Fat Man in History‚ as she makes them believe that they really can’t do anything to escape their place as the hated fat people in society except rebel against the government‚ suggesting all sorts of odd methods to do so such as ‘eating
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Historical Perspective of Nursing Research Nursing research is not only the responsibility of nurse scientists but also the responsibility and obligation of all nurses. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse but also a statistician; her approach to quality nursing care had bases on data collection and statistics. When she fought for fair treatment of soldiers during the Crimean war‚ her arguments had scientific data and statistics back up. Her statistical analysis taught her the importance of
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long history of nursing‚ many concepts of holistic assessment brought forth by Florence Nightingale are still in place (Dossey‚ 2005). She outlines a variety of ideas throughout her well-known “Notes on Nursing” in regards to holistic health concepts. Nightingale focuses on cleanliness and purity of the whole environment including specific standards for the air‚ water‚ light‚ linens‚ diet‚ and noise (Nightingale‚ 1860). Each of these components is not necessarily more important than the other
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research utilization. One key historical development in nursing research is the work done by Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. She researched the ill effects of poor hygiene and sanitation among the military during the war. The rate of sickness and death among the soldiers was greatly impacted by the poor conditions the soldiers faced on the battlefield. Because of the work of Florence Nightingale‚ "The military began to view the sick as having the right to adequate food‚ suitable quarters
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that came before us are the foundations upon which we continue to practice. Through trial and error and through painstaking groundwork‚ our founders such as Florence Nightingale and others (……….20..) have provided the foundation for the future growth of nursing. I noticed three trends from the required timeline reading: Florence Nightingale looked at trends affecting the health and healing of patients. By doing so‚ she help to reform how the health organization looked at sanitary conditions‚
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Observation of Patients Florence Nightingale is said to be one of the major influences in nursing throughout history and today. In 1898‚ she wrote Notes on Nursing What it is‚ and What it is Not. Her ‘notes’ on nursing outline many of the nursing practices used and implemented in today’s practices. Observation in patient’s is a key element in being able to give proper care and gathering the proper data‚ as well as being able to properly assess and monitor the patient to enable them to make
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A Nurse is defined as a “person trained to care for the sick or infirm‚ especially in a hospital” (The free dictionary‚ 2002) while caring is defined as “a feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others; showing or having compassion” (The free dictionary‚ 2002). The two are very intertwined with each other. To be a nurse you must show both aspects. An ideal nurse to me is someone that goes out of their way to help others‚ someone that is an overall caring person that is professional‚ passionate
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the nursing profession‚ men show less concern about society’s thoughts because of their gender because nursing is less discriminatory now than it was in the past. The Nursing Journal states: “Historical events and influential people such as Florence Nightingale hold significance in contributing to some of the dilemmas men in nursing face” (Clementson‚ 2008‚ p. 42). The Industrial Revolution was a time when men worked as factory works‚ not nurses. Some men considered the nursing profession but the
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most distinguished in nursing’s history. Nursing education began with Florence Nightingale’s Principles for Nurses. Nightingale believed in educating nurses properly‚ so they could fully understand how to treat patients efficiently. In this time period‚ technology was obsolete‚ so Nightingales principles were the base of nursing education. In the year of 1873 three nurse educational programs opened‚ and were known as “Nightingale Schools”. The schools were the beginning of a
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