The Application of Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory NUR 501 Chamberlain School of Nursing Application of Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory Introduction The environment theory of nursing is a patient-care theory. The delivery of patient centered care is the best delivery of care a patient can receive. Applying Nightingales environmental care theory of manipulation of the patient environment can affect the patient and assist in the delivery
Recognized as the first nursing theorist, Florence Nightingale’s vast contributions to nursing laid a foundation of theories, beliefs, education, and evidence-based practice propelling a once disparaged occupation into a respected profession. Her environmental theory arose from thoughts and reflections based on personal experiences and observations. Nightingale did not set out to create nursing theory but to provide suggestions for women who may find themselves presiding over the health of another
Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory The first influential thinker to describe nursing values and beliefs, Florence Nightingale based her writings on an assortment of influences through her own personal experiences. Born into a rather wealthy family on May 12th, 1820, Nightingale was the younger of two children (Nightingale, 2014.) Nightingale, extremely intelligent women who aggressively pursued nursing at age sixteen, even though her parents illicitly attempted to prohibit her from pursuing
This paper will examine the origin of the nursing theory in reference to the Florence Nightingale Theory of Positive Manipulation Of the environment. Initially the paper will introduce the theorist and the context in which the theory was developed. Will critique the theory according to nursing theory critique. The paper will further describe the utility of the theory with respect to practice, administration, education and research will also examine the empirical precision of the theory(testability
Notes on Nursing Halie Cartner, Shanitra McNealy, Ashlee Homer, & Sharee Walker Queens University of Charlotte Notes on Nursing Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing (Smith & Parker, 2015). She was born in Italy, France and spent majority of her childhood years traveling the European countries with her family. Nightingales was open-minded, generous, and valued the life of others (Smith & Parker, 2015). She was a woman of strong faith who studied a variety of religions
Functional Differences As a nurse, a personal professional development plan is important to aid in progression in the nursing profession. There are two types of organizations that relate the nursing profession. The first is a regulatory agency, which is an agency that oversees and helps govern the nursing profession (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2016). For example, the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) for the state of Utah may apply administrative penalties, such as a fine or citation
can be applied to nursing practice. Even though this theory still need more clarification, I still agree with Nightingale’s suggestion in her theory. Florence Nightingale pioneered the concept of formal education for nurses. She served the injured soldiers during the Crimean war where she developed her philosophy of nursing. Florence Nightingale is the first nursing theorist. According to her, external influences and conditions can prevent, suppress, or contribute to disease or death. Her goal in
The first version of the code of ethics was named after Florence Nightingale in 1893. Designed after medicine’s Hippocratic Oath, the author, Lystra Gretter, believed that Florence Nightingale exemplified the “highest ideals of nursing” (Fowler, 2010, p. xiii) and wrote the “Florence Nightingale Pledge” in her honor. To this day, nursing schools all over the country, recite this, or similar versions at, at graduation. This public expression of nursing’s values, commitments, and duties was the foundation
Margaret Sanger, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton; they're all well known names in history. They made the world a better place with their hard work and achievements. Not only did they make changes in history, but they were nurses. Nurses, “a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital,” are in high demand all over the country if not the world as well. Nurses are known as some of the most important men and women in the world. With almost three million registered nurses
Nursing is universal in the sense that nurses can be found almost in all countries around the world (Henderson, 1978). They are in the hospitals, in school clinics, in the community centres, residential homes and even play major roles in some of the popular soap operas in television. There are even television shows that mainly revolve around nurses and which chronicles what they do at work - both the positive and the negative. It is one of the most visible and easily identifiable occupations as compared