FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

Question 1

Nursing is an art if: if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painters work or sculpture work

Answer 1

Florence Nightingale

Question 2

“If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.”

Answer 2

Florence Nightingale

Question 3

Nursing ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet - all at the least expense of vital power to the patient”

Answer 3

Florence

Question 4

When and where Florence born and died

Answer 4

May 12, 1820 - Florence, Grand Duchy of
Tuscany
August 13, 1910 (aged 90) Mayfair, London, England British

Question 5

What is florence known for?

Answer 5

•Pioneering modern nursing
•Polar area diagram

Question 6

What is Nightingale awards?

Answer 6

•Royal Red Cross (1883)
•Lady of Grace of the Order of St John [LGStJ) (1904)
•Order of Merit (1907)

Question 7

Nightingales scientific career (field & institution)

Answer 7

Hospital hygiene and sanitation, statistics
•Selimiye Barracks, Scutari
•St Thomas’ Hospital

Question 8

Where and how many months did florence study nursing

Answer 8

3 months, Kaiserwoth Germany (24 yrs old)

Question 9

Which war did florence nightingale served?

Answer 9

Crimean War (wrote nursing theory)

Question 10

Who advocated “nursing knowledge is distinct from medical knowledge.”

Answer 10

Florence nightingale

Question 11

What are the theoretical sources of development of Florence Nightingale?

Answer 11

• Her personal, societal and professional values and concerns.
• Her education under by her well-educated , intellectual father
•Her aristocratic status provided her with easy access to people of power and influence
•She recognized the societal changes of her time and their impact on the health status of individuals.
•Her religious affiliation and beliefs. Reared as unitarian, her belief that action for the benefit of others is a primary way of serving god, served as the foundation for defining her nursing work as a religious calling.

Question 12

Viewed the manipulation of the physical environment as a major component of nursing care.

Answer 12

Environmental Model

Question 13

These following aspects are major areas of the physical, social, and psychological environment that the nurse could control

Answer 13

• Health of houses
• ventilation and warming
•Light
Noise
Variety
Bed and bedding
Cleanliness of rooms and wall
Personal cleanliness
Nutrition and taking food
Chattering hopes and advices
Observation of the sick
Petty management

Question 14

It refers to pure air, water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light

Answer 14

HEALTH OF HOUSES

Question 15

It refers to “keep the air that he breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him”. Emphasis of importance of room temperature. The patient should not be too warm or cold.

Answer 15

Ventilation and Warming

Question 16

It has “quite real and tangible effects upon the human body”

Answer 16

Light

Question 17

She believed that patients should never be waked intentionally or accidentally during the 1st part of sleep

Answer 17

Noise

Question 18

It refers to environment as critical aspect affecting the pts recovery. Changes in color and form, including bringing brightly colored flowers or plants, rotating paintings and engravings, advocating reading, needlework, writing and cleaning activities.

Answer 18

Variety

Question 19

She said that the bed should be placed in the lightest part of the room and placed so the patient could see out the window. Even in modern times, it remains important for the nurses to keep bedding clean, neat and dry.

Answer 19

Bed and Bedding

Question 20

Urging to remove dust with the use of damp cloth rather than feather duster.
Floors should be easily cleaned rather than being covered with dust trapping carpets

Answer 20

Cleanliness or rooms and wall

Question 21

She advocated that personal cleanliness extended to the nurse and that “every nurse ought to wash her hands frequently during the day”. unwashed skin poisoned the pt and noted that bathing and drying the skin provided great relief to the patient.

Answer 21

Personal Cleanliness

Question 22

She said that falely cheering the sick by making light of their illness and its danger is not helpful. It is stressfull for a patient to hear opinions after only brief observation has been made. False hope was depressing to patients.

Answer 22

Chattering hopes and advices

Question 23

It refers to lithe most important practical
lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe- how to observe- what symptoms indicate improvement - what is the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are evidence of neglect - what kind of neglect.

Answer 23

Observation of the sick

Question 24

She believed that the house and the hospital needed to be well-managed - that is organized, clean and with appropriate supplies

Answer 24

Petty Management

Question 25

A major assumption that refers to anything that can be manipulated to place a patient in the best possible condition for nature to act. Emphasized that nursing was to assist nature in healing the patient.

Answer 25

Environment

Question 26

referred to the person as a “patient”. Nurses performed tasks to and for the patient and controlled the patients environment to enhance recovery.

Answer 26

Person

Question 27

She defined this as being well and using every power (resource) to the fullest extent in living life. In addition, she saw disease and illness as a reparative process that nature instituted when a person did not attend to health concerns.

Answer 27

Health

Question 28

She believed that every woman, at one time, in her life, would be a nurse in the sense that nursing is being responsible for someone else’s health.

Answer 28

NURSING

Question 29

Access the diet of the client. Take note of the amount of food and drink ingested by the client at every meal or snack.

Answer 29

Taking food

Question 30

Continue with the assessment of the diet to include type of food and drink the client likes or dislikes.
Attempt to ensure that the client always has some food or drink available that he or she enjoys.

Answer 30

What food

Question 31

It refers to Observing everything about your client. Record all observations. Observations should be factual and not merely opinions. Continue to observe the client’s surrounding environment and make alterations in the plan of care when needed.

Answer 31

Observation of the sick