Nightingale

The career of nursing focus on the importance to take a good patient care. One’s a person heard the work nursing, always think about the patient’s well-being and comfort. Comfort and nursing are very relate with each other because it is the nurse’s desire outcome. Comfort have been used since the beginning of the nursing as a profession in which the most important topic was the ease of the patients. When Mrs. Kolcaba decided to create the theory of comfort, she always wanted us nurses to…

(Martes, 2012). In 1977 she received the Lula Hassenplug Distinguished Achievement award from the California Nurses' Association then in 1981 she received an excellence in nursing award from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Dorothy died at the age of 80 in February 1999 (Martes, 2012). Dorothy's theory began to develop in the 1940's the same time she began to teach. Dorothy stated that her theory is a product of “philosophical ideas; sound theory and research; her clinical…

The profession of nursing has been around since Florence Nightingale laid the foundation during the Crimean War. The war generated a demand for nurses and triggered advancements in medicine and technology. Florence was responsible for inspiring the prominence of nursing to a reputable and professional occupation and established modern nursing education (Taylor, Lillis, Lemone and, Lynn, 2011, p. 7). From the middle of the 18th century to the 19th century, social reforms transformed the roles…

conclusion that indeed the framework supporting my practice is quite crucial. The evidence of my initial findings is rooted in the simple fact that either novice or expert nurse, either a layperson or any medical professional is familiar with Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing and theorist who established the thirteen cannons as a path towards health through meeting patients' physical needs. Moreover, her theory provides a so-called " trunk" of "the Living Tree of Nursing…

Competence is a primary aspect that contributes to the role of professionalism in nursing. It is important to begin competency in nursing school by understanding and performing the skills required. There have been instances during clinical rotations where licensed registered nurses have not demonstrated the use of proper technique during skills. Some of these unsafe techniques include breaking sterile field, inserting an intravenous catheter after contaminating the site, and administering…

Nursing is defined as “the profession or practice of providing care for the sick and infirm,” according to the New Oxford Dictionary. Yet there is no way that definition fully encompasses all that is needed in a nurse today. A nurse is someone that is there for another person, usually in one of that person’s lowest times. A nurse is a confidant, a teacher, an advocate, and so much more. To begin, it is important to define the metaparadigm which includes the client, nurse, environment, and…

Throughout the entirety of the nursing profession, there have been revolutions or “eras” as many leaders of the profession refer to these periods of time where changes occurred to advance the profession. The nursing profession started with Florence Nightingale following her wartime service in the Crimean War. The “birth of modern nursing” is marked at the establishment of Nightingale’s efforts to initiate the School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London (pg. 18)(Alligood, 2018). From…

changed with the break of King Henry VIII. The nuns and the priests were sent out of the country. The hospitals became government property. Criminals, widows and orphans were recruited in exchange for housing and food. In the Mid 1800’s Florence Nightingale felt a calling by god to become a nurse. As she…

MY VIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 1 My View of the Philosophy of Nursing Submitted by Colleen Hendy, RN In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Transition to Professional Nursing Fall 2016 Course # N3345 Jeanean Boyd, MSN, RN October 7, 2016 MY VIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 2 MY VIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING…

Florence Nightingale had a passion to help others and did this by preaching to the less fortunate near her family’s estate. She was drawn to the practice of nursing and believed that her purpose in life was to be a nurse (Biography.com Editors, n.d). With this information it can be determined that her motivation for pursing a profession in nursing was altruism. Everyone has different life experiences that determine the reasoning behind their choice of profion. It is through past, present and…