Florence Nightingale Theory Of Nursing Practice

According to Selanders, an author of Project Gutenburg, he wrote a journal entitled Florence Nightingale; he gave us excerpts from Nightingale’s book: Notes on nursing (1860). She had created a fundamental theory for nursing entitled the Environmental Theory which changed the face of nursing practice.

As a result of her observations, she had come up into making the theory. Nightingale explained this theory in her book entitled “Notes on Nursing: What it is and what is not.”

This philosophy had prepared Florence Nightingale the paramount Nursing theorist, this theory is the first of many, but its concepts are still very rampant common in modern times. The theory is made up of seven assumptions, which emphasized the care to patient and his environment,

The holistic care experienced by numerous patients around the globe can be said that it was because of her, that we should be vigilant of the environment and its cleanliness and order and that it is a basic need of a human to have a safe, comfortable and hygienic surrounding.

She had also made importance of education and according to Alex Atwell’s article, an author based on UNESCO: International Bureau of Education entitled Florence Nightingale; he provided a statement that Florence Nightingale actually recorded (1873) and it says “Education is to teach men not to know, but to do.”

Her inspirations are not just merely on the science of nursing and science of medicine. She also emphasized that without the science of education, research and statistics, men nowadays, would definitely unable to understand and perform proper practices. Her influence in education is indeed of practical use up to this day, by sharing and teaching her experiences during the war, the what to do and what not, she has shaped the world and created one of the noblest profession of all.

Post War and Late

Children were named after her even on ships, racehorses. She remained humble and silent amidst popularity. She remained preoccupied by all the passing she observed.

She confined herself up on her room where she offered her time working for many hours, writing and lettering ideas and reports. She influenced authoritative people to create laws improving health care.

She motivated the people around her to work as hard as she did. She has been awarded the “Nightingale Jewel,” a badge with an inscribed loyalty from Queen Victoria, for her provision in the Crimean War.

The British government had given her a cash prize worth of $250,000, this money, was utilized to establish the Hospital of St. Thomas’ and a school of nurses, Florence Nightingale built called the Nightingale Training School for Nurses.

Florence Nightingale became England’s most practiced in public health. Her work received the honor of being the first woman to receive the Order of Merit. On August 13 of that similar year, Florence passed away serenely at her home in London.

A suggestion was extended for committal at Westminster Abbey but her family declined, entombing her in the churchyard at the church of St. Margaret, East Willow, Hampshire, which is just adjacent to Embley