Environmental Hygiene
Florence Nightingale’s Philosophy of Nursing
Susan Nixon RN
Saint Joseph’s College
Abstract
This paper will walk you through Florence Nightingale’s early years of wealth, education, and travel and how it molded her to become the “Lady with the Lamp.” I will outline Nightingales philosophy of nursing and how it relates to today’s nursing structure and philosophies. I will use the meta-paradigm of nursing to explore Nightingales philosophy and how it has helped mold the nurses of today. I will highlight the changes in nursing over the years and the way they have stayed the same. I will expand on how the shift of nursing from direct physical care to coordination and supervision of care has become the new nursing role. (Norrish & Rundall, 2001). I will conclude how the nursing meta-paradigm continues to include nursing, environment, person, and health and in what ways it is evident in today’s nursing practice.
Florence Nightingale’s Philosophy of Nursing
In this paper I will explain the different aspects of Florence Nightingales philosophy of nursing. I will briefly touch on how she was brought up and what she was exposed to that helped form her desire to help the sick and the weak. I will discuss how the meta-paradigm of nursing has changed over the years, and in what ways they have stayed the same. Florence Nightingale was born to William and Frances Nightingale while on their extended honeymoon. Nightingales parents named her after the city she was born in, Florence, Italy. Nightingale grew up in a wealthy English household. She was able to speak and write in many different languages at an early age. Her father spent many hours educating her on all the major subjects. Nightingale grew to love the great philosophers and also kept up on the politics and social happenings of her day. Nightingale traveled the world with her parents and saw what the effects of poverty and sickness had on the different countries and
Susan Nixon RN
Saint Joseph’s College
Abstract
This paper will walk you through Florence Nightingale’s early years of wealth, education, and travel and how it molded her to become the “Lady with the Lamp.” I will outline Nightingales philosophy of nursing and how it relates to today’s nursing structure and philosophies. I will use the meta-paradigm of nursing to explore Nightingales philosophy and how it has helped mold the nurses of today. I will highlight the changes in nursing over the years and the way they have stayed the same. I will expand on how the shift of nursing from direct physical care to coordination and supervision of care has become the new nursing role. (Norrish & Rundall, 2001). I will conclude how the nursing meta-paradigm continues to include nursing, environment, person, and health and in what ways it is evident in today’s nursing practice.
Florence Nightingale’s Philosophy of Nursing
In this paper I will explain the different aspects of Florence Nightingales philosophy of nursing. I will briefly touch on how she was brought up and what she was exposed to that helped form her desire to help the sick and the weak. I will discuss how the meta-paradigm of nursing has changed over the years, and in what ways they have stayed the same. Florence Nightingale was born to William and Frances Nightingale while on their extended honeymoon. Nightingales parents named her after the city she was born in, Florence, Italy. Nightingale grew up in a wealthy English household. She was able to speak and write in many different languages at an early age. Her father spent many hours educating her on all the major subjects. Nightingale grew to love the great philosophers and also kept up on the politics and social happenings of her day. Nightingale traveled the world with her parents and saw what the effects of poverty and sickness had on the different countries and
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