Essays on Florence Nightingale

Introduction Nursing is a profession that involved in identifying its own unique body of knowledge essential to nursing practice. To identify the knowledge base, nurses should develop and recognize theories that are specific to nursing. Parker and Smith (2010) define theory as a set of concepts, definitions and propositions that project a systematic view of…

Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton, who is a daughter of a farmer and a woman who is a valued member of the community from Massachusetts, was the very first president of the American Red Cross organization.  Being a smart girl she already achieved a lot of things early in her life, at the age of 30…

Lady with a Lamp: Reflections on the Life and Impact of Florence Nightingale Introduction “A lady with a lamp shall stand in the great history of the land,” proclaimed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857) in his poem “Santa Filomena. ” Wadsworth was, of course, reflecting upon the great many contributions to society made by Florence Nightingale….

1. When Mrs. Nightingale went to Kaiserwerth-am-Rein in Germany she learned three core things that influenced her future ideas. They were hygiene, nutrition, and that nursing is more than just caring, it is a science. 2. When Mrs. Nightingale was implemented as the hospital administrator in London she improved the hospital in many ways. She…

ANA and the Nine Provisions The American Nursing Association (ANA) is a professional organization that supports over 3. 1 million nursing professionals in the areas by providing high standards of nursing practice, supporting the rights of nurses in the workplace, exhibiting a progressive and sincere view on nursing, and by raising awareness regarding regulatory agencies…

There have been many women that have changed and shaped the role of women today. They opened the doors of opportunity for future women and made many contributions to our society. Some of these accomplishments have gone unnoticed. The reason that I chose to discuss the influential women of the past and present was because…

Professional nursing holds a unique place in the American health care system. As members of the largest health care profession, the nation’s 2. 9 million nurses work in diverse settings and fields and are frontline providers of health care services. While most nurses work in acute-care settings such as hospitals, nurses’ expertise and skills extend…

According to Polit (2012), several would agree that research in nursing began with Florence Nightingale. She saved thousands of soldier’s lives during the Crimean War by improving the military hospital’s unsanitary conditions. She then later helped build medical reform by using statistical evidence to prove that more soldiers died as a result of unsanitary and…

Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) are the most common nosocomial infection, accounting for 38 percent of nosocomial infections. It is estimated that SSIs develop in 2 to 5 percent of the more than 30 million patients undergoing surgical procedures each year. The environment plays a big role whether or not the patient would develop Surgical Site…

MEN AND THE PROFFESION OF NURSING The following essay will look into the history of nursing; it will be looking at where men fit into nursing history and will draw upon some examples of men in the role of nursing it will then move forward to times where men began to disappear from the nursing…