Florence Nightingale Notes PDF

OBJECTIVES After 1.5 hours of interactive lecture-discussion the BSN level 1 student nurses will be able to gain beginning knowledge, skills, and attitude in the concept of Environmental Theory by Florence Nightingale. Specifically, the students will be able to: 1. Discuss the early life of...

OBJECTIVES After 1.5 hours of interactive lecture-discussion the BSN level 1 student nurses will be able to gain beginning knowledge, skills, and attitude in the concept of Environmental Theory by Florence Nightingale. Specifically, the students will be able to: 1. Discuss the early life of Florence Nightingale 2. Trace her educational background 3. Identify her contributions in nursing 4. Explain her nursing theory 5. Discuss the four paradigms in nursing FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (MAY 12, 1820-AUGUST 13, 1910) Founder of modern nursing BORN IN 1820 IN FLORENCE, ITALY had great compassion and sympathy for people of all types helped the poor in silence for years Born on May 12, 1820 in Florence , Italy —Born to a wealthy family —Her calling was to serve God and serve mankind —At age 24, she decided to work in a hospital- her family disapproved EDUCATION studied music; grammar; composition; modern languages; classical Greek and Latin; constitutional history and Roman, Italian, German, and Turkish history; and mathematics 1851 (GERMANY) first acquaintance with Kaiserswerth, a Protestant religious community that contained the Institution for the Training of Deaconesses, with a hospital school, penitentiary, and orphanage 1852 (IRELAND) touring hospitals and keeping notes on various institutions along the way WORK EXPERIENCE NOTABLE WORKS Crimean War “The Lady with the Lamp”- served during Crimean War After the war, she wrote the Environmental Theory She intensely worked reforms in nursing and was given the title “The Mother of Modern Nursing” She established a school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in England Developed the first theory of nursing: Environmental Theory She believed that in the nurturing environment, the body could repair itself First nursing theorist First professional nurse —Published books (1859) :“Notes on Nursing: What it is, What it is not” : Notes on Hospital She provided the nursing profession the “Legacy of Caring” She advocated that “nursing knowledge is different from medical knowledge” Data Analysis The nurse must use Nightingale’s 13 Canons in health promotion and spiritual distress Metaparadigm