Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale's Theory of Nursing

• Nursing is distinct from medicine, according to Florence Nightingale.
• Nightingale became a nurse for three reasons: a sense of duty, a desire to help others, and a sense of spiritual calling.

Environment for Patients

• Nightingale believed that a proper environment for patients does not include carpets, which are a source of dust and germs.
• According to Nightingale's theory, the five specific elements of a proper environment are:
  • Ventilation
  • Heating
  • Light
  • Noise
  • Cleanliness

Canons of Nursing

• The first canon of nursing is that the nurse's role is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon.
• The second canon of nursing is that the nurse's role is to direct the patient's powers obediently.

Nightingale's Career

• Florence Nightingale established her own Nightingale School and Home for Nurses in 1860.
• In 1860, Nightingale established the first professional nursing school in the world.

Nursing and Medicine

• Nightingale asserted that nursing is a separate profession from medicine, with its own distinct principles and practices.