Florence Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820 in Florence‚ Italy. She came from a wealthy family. As a child she had a vivid imagination‚ was considered a dreamer and often dreamed of helping others. Nightingale was well educated‚ a benefit of her family’s wealth and her fathers belief in education‚ even for women. She studied all of the basic subjects‚ such as history‚ math‚ philosophy‚ science‚ music and art. She also learned five different languages. At a very young age she discovered
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about the life of Florence Nightingale‚ her contributions and achievements in nursing. It also focuses on how she has influenced nursing today. Nightingale was a great believer in environmental cleanliness and communal hygiene. She believed that the simple things are the key to good nursing care. Although her approach is fairly simple‚ the implications of her work are insightful and have relevant meaning today in nursing practice. Biographical Data Florence Nightingale‚ also known as Lady with the
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Abstract On her death in 1910‚ Florence Nightingale left a vast collection of reports‚ letters‚ notes and other written material. There are numerous publications that make use of this material‚ often highlighting Florence’s attitude to a particular issue. In this paper we gather a set of quotations and construct a dialogue with Florence Nightingale on the subject of statistics. Our dialogue draws attention to strong points of connection between Florence Nightingale’s use of statistics and modern
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discuss Florence Nightingale environmental model. It will discuss application of her theory in nursing environment such as Alzheimer’s unit. Contributions to the medical field‚ and emphasize key points of her theory of nursing. The paper will discuss and compare two other theorists such as Dorothea Orem and Dorothy Johnson by emphasizing the importance of using Nightingales theory in Alzheimer’s unit setting. Keywords: Florence Nightingale‚ Dorothea Orem‚ Dorothy Johnson‚ Analysis. The Theory
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Florence Nightingale was a legend in her lifetime and was one of the greatest pioneer’s in nursing. She lived ninety years and accomplished many great things for the field of nursing. Her descriptions of nursing‚ health‚ environment‚ and humankind are remarkable and still true to this day. Nightingale reformed nursing and changed the way nursing was viewed. Some of the issues during Nightingale’s time‚ the 1800’s‚ we still face today. Nightingale not only impacted nursing in the 1800’s‚ but
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Florence Nightingale can be titled the pioneer of the nursing profession. Her theory of the impact of the environment to human health created history and is still used today. Her focus is on making a clean‚ healthy‚ calming environment to promote a fast and productive recovery. After Florence Nightingale came up with her theory she based a school of nursing on it. This nursing theory is very important even in today’s healthcare system. In this essay I will describe Florence Nightingales theory and
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Nursing Theorist Grid Theorist Selected: Florence Nightingale Description of Theory: Nightingale was the first to publish her theory in 1860 about the importance of the environment on the patient and healing. The patient in connection with the environment‚ air‚ temperature‚ light‚ water and remaining clean that contribute to the healing process (Parker‚ 2006). Her theory also states that it is the nurses calling to assist the patient to place him or her in the best conditions for
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Ode to a Nightingale In Ode to a Nightingale‚ John Keats‚ the author and narrator‚ used descript terminology to express the deep-rooted pain he was suffering during his battle with tuberculosis. This poem has eight paragraphs or verses of ten lines each and doesn’t follow any specific rhyme scheme. In the first paragraph‚ Keats gave away the mood of the whole poem with his metaphors for his emotional and physical sufferings‚ for example: My heart aches‚ and drowsy numbness pains My
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foot the frog sang till the break of dawn. The stones‚ prayers‚ sticks‚ insults‚ complaints and bricks could not silence the frog’s determination to display his heart’s great pride and joy. One night‚ in the moonlight cool and pale‚ a nightingale perched upon the sumac tree. She casted forth her melody and the frog sat dumbstruck in complete silence. The whole bog starred towards the sumac tree totally interested that they could not think of anything else; and at the end of the song they
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In the University of Alabama production of “The Eccentricities of A Nightingale”‚ all of the actors made their characters their own and I was really impressed with the way it turned out. Especially Chelsea Reynolds‚ who played Alma‚ I could really feel the emotion of her character just radiate into the audience. One of Tennessee William’s themes of the play is alienation and isolation‚ which I felt from not only Alma’s character‚ but also even form Ross Birdsong‚ who performed John’s character. I
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