Florence Nightingale: Environmental Theory
Introduction
Learning what Environmental theory and how it was developed, I will give a background regarding the theorist. According to Barbara Dossey, the year 2010 marks 100 years since the death of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) at age 90. Nightingale was the philosophical founder of modern nursing and the first recognized nurse theorist. She had a holistic and integrative perspective, as she focused on the individual and collective, the inner and outer, and human and nonhuman concerns. Nightingale delved into the most basic needs of human beings and all aspects of the environment. She also used what today are recognized as integrative modalities/ therapies such as light, music, relaxation, aromatherapy, …show more content…
M., 2010).
Theory Description
Florence Nightingale’s Environmental theory is an example of a grand theory based on human needs. In needs – based theories, clients are typically considered biopsychosocial beings who are the sum of their parts, who are experiencing disease or trauma, and who are the sum of their parts, who are experiencing disease or trauma, and who need nursing care (McEwen, M., & Wills, E. ,2014). Florence Nightingale deals with the totality of a person and made used of holistic approach to define their needs.
Purpose to the …show more content…
C. (2010), theory is a set of interrelated concepts that gives a systematic view of a phenomenon. It serves to uncover relationships that may not be overtly apparent to the casual observer. The ultimate outcome of a theory is to search for truth, which leads to the development of a law, that which is truly predictable in nature. Florence Nightingale theory about environment is an umbrella concept. She believed that the environment could be altered in such a manner as to improve conditions so that the natural laws would allow healing to occur. This grew out of her empirical observation that poor or difficult environments led to poor health and disease. One of the example came from the Crimean experience in which filth, inadequate nutrition, dirty water and inappropriate sewage disposal led to a situation in which more British soldiers died in the hospital than of battlefield wounds (Selanders, L. C.,
Introduction
Learning what Environmental theory and how it was developed, I will give a background regarding the theorist. According to Barbara Dossey, the year 2010 marks 100 years since the death of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) at age 90. Nightingale was the philosophical founder of modern nursing and the first recognized nurse theorist. She had a holistic and integrative perspective, as she focused on the individual and collective, the inner and outer, and human and nonhuman concerns. Nightingale delved into the most basic needs of human beings and all aspects of the environment. She also used what today are recognized as integrative modalities/ therapies such as light, music, relaxation, aromatherapy, …show more content…
M., 2010).
Theory Description
Florence Nightingale’s Environmental theory is an example of a grand theory based on human needs. In needs – based theories, clients are typically considered biopsychosocial beings who are the sum of their parts, who are experiencing disease or trauma, and who are the sum of their parts, who are experiencing disease or trauma, and who need nursing care (McEwen, M., & Wills, E. ,2014). Florence Nightingale deals with the totality of a person and made used of holistic approach to define their needs.
Purpose to the …show more content…
C. (2010), theory is a set of interrelated concepts that gives a systematic view of a phenomenon. It serves to uncover relationships that may not be overtly apparent to the casual observer. The ultimate outcome of a theory is to search for truth, which leads to the development of a law, that which is truly predictable in nature. Florence Nightingale theory about environment is an umbrella concept. She believed that the environment could be altered in such a manner as to improve conditions so that the natural laws would allow healing to occur. This grew out of her empirical observation that poor or difficult environments led to poor health and disease. One of the example came from the Crimean experience in which filth, inadequate nutrition, dirty water and inappropriate sewage disposal led to a situation in which more British soldiers died in the hospital than of battlefield wounds (Selanders, L. C.,