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…

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…

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…

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…

The nursing practice has evolved over time to address some of the changes in healthcare needs and improve the efficiency of the nursing practice to achieve the desired healthcare goals (Cordo &amp Hill-Rodriguez, 2017). Nursing practice has evolved from the simple setting of home care provided by unskilled men and women in the first to…

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 role and reasons why. The effects…

Abstract Studying the historical development of nursing helps the nurse to recognize the numerous forces and issues that confront the nursing profession. In addition, understanding the history of nursing allows the nurse to gain appreciation for the role of the nurse and evolution of the nursing profession. The nursing discipline is full of history with…

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…

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….

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…