Florence Nightingale is remembered throughout the world for her heroic, almost superhuman labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. A brilliant child, Florence attained outstanding academic achievement in her years a...

The majority of medical workers in the 19th century had very little training and skill; a surgeon would have learnt how to operate by becoming the apprentice of another surgeon. Nurses were seen to be quite low in society, what with being surrounded with poorly members of the public and having to w...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Suggestions for Thought" by Florence Nightingale. Specifically, it will discuss insight into the personal philosophy and spirituality of the author. Florence Nightingale is most known as a nurse and the founder of modern nur...

Nursing research and nursing research utilization-A historical overview Introduction Nursing began as a relatively undefined profession. A nurse was once a doctor's helper at best, or even a mere tender of children in some uses of the world, like the 'nursemaid' who was the na...

There is no doubt that nursing has a theoretical basis, regardless of it historical lack of professional recognition. Most nurses would agree that the theoretical beginning of nursing occurred during the reformative period when Florence Nightingale attempted to define what nursing is and what it is ...

Nursing is a fairly young profession, but one of the oldest arts. It evolved from the familial roles of nurturing and caretaking. Early responsibilities included assisting women during childbirth, suckling healthy newborns, and ministering to the ill, aged and helpless within the household and surro...

Patient safety is such an important part of our health care system and it helps define quality health care. Keeping our patients safe is a challenging issue because errors and mistakes can and do happen. Error occurs "when a planned sequence of mental and physical activities fail to achieve ...

Mrs. Loughman works in a busy suburban emergency room (ER) as a geriatric clinical nurse specialist (GCNS). She has a master's degree in medical-surgical nursing. She has been in this position for three and a half years. Generally, forty thousand patients are seen in this ER with 30% compose...

What is a pediatrician? A pediatrician is a physician who treats children. The choice to care for children should be based on a love for children and a belief that it is a significant accomplishment to make a difference in a child's life. As a bonus, a pediatrician gets to hold his patients in his ...