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  2. Nightingale Pledge - Wikipedia

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    In a 1935 revision to the pledge, Gretter widened the role of the nurse by including an oath to become a "missioner of health" dedicated to the advancement of "human welfare"—an expansion of nurses' bedside focus to an approach that encompassed public health. [1] US nurses have recited the pledge at pinning ceremonies for decades. In recent ...

  3. Nightingale's environmental theory - Wikipedia

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    She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery" (Nightingale 1860/1969), [3] that it involves the nurse's initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient's health, and that external factors associated with the patient's surroundings affect life or biologic ...

  4. Notes on Nursing - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Florence Nightingale - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Germ theory's key 19th century figures - Wikipedia

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    Statistical diagram created by Florence Nightingale detailing cause of death in the British army in The Crimean War. Though Nightingale first believed bad air was the cause of disease, she used the term "germ" in her contribution to Dr. Richard Quain's medical dictionary which was published in 1883: [17] [18]

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  8. Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

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    In 1999 it was renamed the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery. [18] In September 2014 the school changed its name to the "Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery". In 2017 the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's moved from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine to join with the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery.

  9. Top 5 nursing trends shaping health care in 2025 - AOL

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    Vivian Health examines five trends that could redefine nurses' roles, enhance patient care, and alter the entire healthcare system in 2025 and beyond.