Summary
Florence
Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy. From
an early age, she felt she had a calling to
be a nurse.
She
"trained" to be a nurse at a hospital in Kaiserworth,
Germany, and returned to London. She led nurses during the
Crimean War at Scutari, Turkey; gathered extensive statistics about
the health of the soldiers she and her nurses served; and began a
life-long effort to improve health by improving the environment.
Her
Notes on Nursing emphasized that a clean environment, warmth,
ventilation, sunlight, and a quiet environment lead to good
health.
A
statistician and epidemiologist, she died August 13,1910.
References:
Lobo,
M.L. (2002). Environmental Model: Florence Nightingale. In
George, J.B. (Ed.). Nursing Theories: the Base for professional
nursing practice (5th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, pp. 43-60.
Pfettscher,
S.A. (2002). Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing. In Tomey, A.M.,
& Alligood, M.R.. Nurse theorists and their work (5th
Ed.). St. Louis: Mosby, pp. 65-83.
Summary
by Becky Sisk, PhD, RN
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Bibliography
Nightingale,
F. (1911). Letters from Miss Florence Nightingale on health visiting in
rural districts. London: King.
Nightingale,
F. (1954). Selected writings. Compiled by Lucy R. Seymer. New
York: Macmillan.
Nightingale,
F. (1956). The institution of Kaiserwerth on the Rhine. Dusseldorf,
Germany: Anna Sticker.
Nightingale,
F. (1957). Notes on nursing. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. (Original
publication in 1859)
Nightingale,
F. (1969). Notes on nursing: What it is and what it is not. New
york: Dover.
Nightingale,
F. (1974). Letters of Florence Nightingale in the history of nursing
archive. Boston: Boston University Press.
Nightingale,
F. (1976). Notes on hospitals. New York: Gordon.
Nightingale,
F. (1978). Notes on nursing. London: Duckworth.
Nightingale,
F. (1992). Notes on nursing (Commemorative edition).
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott.
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