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The notes, entitled Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not (1860), listed some of her theories that have served as foundations of nursing practice in various settings, including the succeeding conceptual frameworks and theories in the field of nursing. [1] Nightingale is considered the first nursing theorist.
Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. [4]
1873 – The first nursing school in the United States, based on Florence Nightingale's principles of nursing, opens at Bellevue Hospital, New York City. 1874 – Group of Anglican nuns arrive in South Africa (Bloemfontein) to work as nurses. Among them was Sr. Henrietta Stockdale who started the first training for nurses in Africa. [25]
Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1859. [1] [2] [3] A 76-page volume with 3 page appendix published by Harrison of Pall Mall, it was intended to give hints on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others.
Florence Nightingale was an influential figure in the development of modern nursing. No uniform had been created when Nightingale was employed during the Crimean War . Often considered the first nurse theorist, Nightingale linked health with five environmental factors: (1) pure or fresh air, (2) pure water, (3) efficient drainage, (4 ...
Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale, like the majority of people living in the Victorian time period, believed in the miasma theory of disease. [4] Though she was a mathematician and statistician, she was asked by the British secretary of war to join a nursing service during The Crimean War. [5]
Photos thought to be among the last taken of Florence Nightingale are among a number of items related to the famed English nurse going up for auction in London. ‘Final’ photos of nursing ...
Florence Udell President of the Royal College of Nursing 1964-1966. Florence Wald (1917-2008), founder of the hospice movement in the U.S. Lillian Wald (1867-1940), founder of visiting nursing in the U.S. Jean Watson, an American nurse theorist and nursing professor, best known for her Theory of Human Caring.