Florence Nightingale

should be able to communicate with patients as well as other health care professionals. Lastly, but certainly not the least important characteristic of a professional nurse, is his or her dedication to the patient and to the profession. The Florence Nightingale Pledge for the professional nurse is as accurate today as when written in 1893. This paper will explain the characteristics of professional nursing, why developing a professional demeanor…

While the class had gone into further detail following the changes from the Florence Nightingale era to the Vietnam era and finally to today’s era, this interview gave a more detailed insight into the changes between the Vietnam era and today. The registered nurse covered changes seen in her work from the introduction of electric beds to the end of nursing uniform caps. Florence Nightingale was the start of those famous caps, and it is remarkable that she was able to work as a nurse…

Florence Nightingale, born into a wealthy British family in 1820, is known as the founder of modern nursing. While she felt “called by God” to become a nurse, her training and experience as a nurse was not based a spiritual form of medicine, but rather increasing biomedical and direct observation based. Unlike most nurses at the time, Nightingale gained her knowledge of nursing through both hands-on experience and a (short) formal education: she enrolled as a nursing student at the Lutheran…

people take money as the only way to decide whether a person is successful or not. However, apart from money, the contribution to the society should also be an indispensable factor. The selfless help Florence Nightingale and Mother Teresa offer to those in need best demonstrates this. Florence Nightingale, dubbed as “The Lady with the Lamp” was a renowned nurse for the pioneering nursing work in the Crimean War. Despite strong opposition from her mother and sister, she still decided to enter…

define a nurse. That description was given predominantly to women who cared for their own at home or one the battlegrounds at times of war. Nursing was not seen with esteem but neither were the women who were doing the nursing. Present nurses have Nightingale and others to thank for the revolution of the nursing occupation…

settings not limited to hospitals, home health and nursing homes but the commitment remains. Secondly, the knowledge of foundations and history of nursing helps us to appreciate the different contributions of various founders of nursing like Florence Nightingale and others. It is worth noting how each of them had a clear vision of how they could improve different aspects of nursing. Thirdly, this knowledge is key in identifying areas that need improvement like the aspect of safety and treatments…

The field of nursing is an emotionally rewarding career that continues to grow and improve throughout the years. In the past, nurses have been a predominately female driven profession. The introduction of males into the field of nursing has brought some diversity into the field. Males that are trying to get into nursing face both benefits and deterring factors that both positively and negatively impact the role of males in the nursing field. The proportion of male nurses has increased by 5 to…

1. Florence Nightingale stated “put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him”. The meaning of this perspective is that healthy surroundings are necessary for proper nursing care and restoration/maintenance of health (Alligood, 2014). This is the goal of nursing practice. To implement this function of patient care, today’s nurses need to view each individual as a whole: body, mind and spirit. Nurses need to acknowledge that the environment influences the individual’s health…

religious beliefs, as monasteries and convents were wiped out, so were hospitals. Nursing took a back seat while medicine continued to evolve. The sick, the mentally ill, and the were often seen as a burden on society and were even neglected. Florence Nightingale served as a nurse…

The history of the nurse midwife can be dated back to many centuries. Florence Nightingale, probably the most well known nursing pioneer, was responsible for opening the "Nightingale Training School for Nurses" in 1860 (Selanders & Crane, 2012). In 1893, a facility called the "Henry Street Settlement" was founded by another great nursing pioneer, Lillian Wald, an establishment that was geared toward helping the poor in the lower east side of Manhattan (Britannica, 2013). Mary Breckenridge, a…