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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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]

  4. History of nursing - Wikipedia

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    The Crimean War was a significant development in nursing history when English nurse Florence Nightingale laid the foundations of professional nursing with the principles summarised in the book Notes on Nursing. Nightingale arrived in Crimea in 1855, where she became known as "The Lady with the Lamp."

  5. Nursing - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Florence Nightingale Museum to reopen on International ... - AOL

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    The director of the Florence Nightingale Museum has said fighting to reopen after the pandemic has been an “emotional roller-coaster”. The London museum celebrating the most famous figure in ...

  8. Timeline of nursing history - Wikipedia

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    1854 – Florence Nightingale appointed as the Superintendent of Nursing Staff. 1854 – Florence Nightingale and 38 volunteer nurses are sent to Turkey on October 21 to assist with caring for the injured of the Crimean War. 1854 – In a letter written November 15, 1854, to Dr Bowman, Florence Nightingale gives definite statistics:

  9. History of nursing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Florence Nightingale is regarded as the founder of modern nursing profession. [3] There was no hospital training school for nurses until one was established in Kaiserwerth , Germany, in 1846. There, Nightingale received the training that enabled her in 1860 to establish, at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the first school designed primarily to ...