nurses traveled to the military hospital Scutari‚ in Turkey‚ to care for the wounded soldiers. The conditions they found were horrible. Soldiers were lying in filth‚ there was little medications and fewer supplies. There was no ventilation and an open sewer ran beneath the hospital. Morbidity and mortality rates were a staggering 43%.(Fee & Garofalo‚ 2010). Significance to nursing. Nightingale’s research had a great impact on the nursing profession. Her research changed the views of society as well
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The vast majority of California’s water infrastructure was constructed during the Great Depression era. In fact‚ most pipes were put underground in three phases – in the late 1800’s‚ the 1930’s and shortly after World War II (AWWA‚ 2015). The general problem is our failing water infrastructure that is breaking down across the nation at an alarming rate. Consequently‚ the specific problem is leaky water pipes are having contaminants filtering into our drinking systems‚ leading to illnesses and disease
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patient care. However‚ the death rate did not drop! On the contrary‚ it began to rise. Florence came back to Britain and championed for cleaner environmental conditions in Crimea. Due to her work‚ the British government sent a sanitary commission to Crimea which flushed out the sewers and increased ventilation in the hospital and the death rate started to drop. Florence is considered the first nursing theorist. One of her theories was the Environmental Theory‚ and is still practiced today. In her Notes
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Florence Nightingale: The Founder of Modern Nursing Abstract Florence Nightingale believed that the nursing profession was “God’s calling” for her. Regardless‚ of the reputation that nurses had. Hospitals were dirty‚ smelly‚ overcrowded places that were full of diseases. Her focus was on the patients ’ health. She realized that once the patients were clean and genuinely cared for‚ their health improved. She made sure that the hospitals were clean. In which helped diseases from spreading
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Public Health - Unit 12 - Petra P1 Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society‚ organizations‚ public and private‚ communities and individuals" (1920‚ C.E.A. Winslow). This therefore infers public health is the preventing and controlling of disease within communities‚ to prolong life and promote health through organised society. The keys aspects of public health … -Monitoring the
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the Study The study is bound to report the Sanitary Reformation of the Sewage Treatment of Starmall Alabang. The following questions are guide in providing a solution to the impending hazards of the Mall’s Waste Water System: (1) What sanitary precautions were taken in the process of Waste Water Treatment by the Mall’s Sanitary Authority? (2) How reliable is the Waste Water Treatment of the Mall? (3) In what manner is the rehabilitation of the Mall’s Sanitary System beneficial? What are the corresponding
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A Case Study in Creative Approaches to Customer Satisfaction Surveys Background The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (the Commission or WSSC) is a bi-county agency in Maryland established to provide water supply and wastewater treatment services for approximately 1.7 million people in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. WSSC has a service area of almost 1‚000 square miles‚ and serves about 430‚000 accounts. Ascellon’s work on this project was guided by three critical objectives that
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advancing sanitation standards. The Great Stink of 1858 forced authorities to confront the problem of sewer lines emptying directly into the Thames River‚ and with the help of engineer Joseph Bazalgette‚ the city built a system of sewer lines that would carry both waste and surface water to the east‚ away from Central London. Eventually‚ the city began pumping sewage into the open sea. These sewers were a turning point; they demonstrated that a city could respond to a profound environmental and health
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the Broad Street water pump and no more deaths caused by cholera followed. Although cholera and disease were causing major problems there was a lot of opposition to public health reforms. A man called Edwin Chadwick wrote a report on how sanitary conditions could be improved‚ in both countryside and cities. However‚ Chadwick’s ideas posed a problem for the government. The government knew Chadwick was right‚ but it was a matter for the Local Ratepayers‚ but the Local Ratepayers were trying
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Lack of Sanitation in Developing Countries Water and sanitation is a key sector where much effort is needed in the world. Sanitation‚ an issue many overlook today‚ refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human waste and promoting hygienic conditions through services that improve water supplies. Today‚ over a third of the world’s population lack access to adequate sanitation facilities (globalpovertyproject.com). This has been an underlying issue we have been
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