Nightingale's environmental theory

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,…

explaining what happened and even including personal effects when possible (Gill & Gill, 2005, p. 1804). The drastic alterations in care put into place after her work in Crimea began her career of social reform. Upon returning Florence worked to open the St. Thomas School to train nurses for hospital work (Monteiro, 1985). She did not have small aspirations, “ventur[ing] into the public world of factories, mills, hospitals, poorhourses, prisons, garrisons and schools” (Clements, 2006, p.…

QUESTION 1: Which of the stories in the book resonated with you? Why? What impact did they have on you? It is quite fascinating to find out that there is an organization that works to encourage and fund social entrepreneurship. It is not only a genius idea in practice, but it is a form of motivation, showing people that there is a big support for something like that. Amongst those who have demonstrated in their social entrepreneurship, the story of the Gloria de Souza and Florence Nightingale…

“Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions”. The most important consideration when asking if this quote from Joseph Addison is invariably true is the definition of the word delightful. If ‘delightful’ is taken to mean ‘causing delight’, then the quote…

restored. Nature is one of the most important gift from God. In the book of Genesis, before God even created Adam and Eve, he created the land, the sea, flowers, trees and all other things which relate to the environment. The media are full of stories about environmental disasters including global warming, endangered species, deforestation, nuclear accidents and much more. We fail to realize how important it is to keep the environment we live in. Without…

achieved through advances in technology, in ecology, and in our society. If we are to look to solutions for future generations we must investigate our past to see how we got to where we are today. It was in 1872 that the first national, Yellowstone was established, 1890 Yosemite and Sequoia reserves were created. When President Theodore Roosevelt ran for his second term in the White House and being a man of the wild, he took a stand to preserve the American land. Roosevelt added over 150…

The world is in denial, climate change is happening, and the earth is dying because people are killing it. A clear example of this denial is seen in the decline of news coverage regarding environmental change, “in 2007, the three major U.S. networks—CBS, NBC, and ABC ran 147 stories on climate change; in 2011 the networks ran just fourteen stories on the subject” (Klein, 34). People do not want to hear about climate change and decreasing natural resources. Continued denial will be the downfall…

provide long-term career opportunities for Americans of all skill levels, which in turn would greatly improve the American economy and reduce the rate of global warming. Requiring institutions to go green would not only reduce the carbon footprint we are leaving on the planet, but create many jobs within the green sector. The process of transitioning to a more environmentally friendly infrastructures would require businesses to employ local workers. The ability to outsource work would be…

There is a long history of contaminated land in England, Its past industrial revolution which took place long before modern systems of environmental controls on process emissions and waste disposal were in place, has led to the current state of land contamination. This essay will discuss the provision of the current contaminated land regime, its interaction with other environmental cleanup groups in the UK, and its complications. It will further look at it in reference to the UK 's planning…

Are Canada’s efforts towards changing our overall environment and being informed on our climate change issues effective? Canada is failing in the efforts towards improving their environmental impact. The earth’s climate is changing and developing rapidly. There are many reasons as to why our environment is the way it is to this day. This discussion topic has been going on for many years now and will continue to do so for the next hundreds of years as it changes and develops drastically,…