Florence Nightingale
Who came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp", was a pioneering nurse, writer and a statistician.
Florence Nightingale's most famous contribution came during the Crimean War, which became her central focus when reports began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded.
She used the Miasma Theory, it states that diseases was associated with poor sanitation and hence foul odors and that sanitary improvements reduced diseases.
Florence Nightingale gained the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp", deriving from a phrase in a report in The Times
The report says - She is a ‘ministering angel’ without any exaggeration in these hospitals, and as her slender form glides quietly along each corridor, every poor fellow's face softens with gratitude at the sight of her. When all the medical officers have retired for the night and silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostrate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little lamp in her hand, making her solitary rounds.
In Psychology there is a term called Florence Nightingale Effect, whereby nurses and doctors fall in love with their patients.
Nightingale's model is based on the idea that the nurse manipulates the environment to promote the patient's well-being or so called the environmental adaptation theory
The theory states that the environment is an alterable medium that can be used to improve the conditions of nature and encourage healing. Ventilation, clean air, clean water, control of noise, provision for light, and adequate waste management are just a some of the elements she believed could be monitored and improved when necessary
Florence Nightingale's most famous contribution came during the Crimean War, which became her central focus when reports began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded.
She used the Miasma Theory, it states that diseases was associated with poor sanitation and hence foul odors and that sanitary improvements reduced diseases.
Florence Nightingale gained the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp", deriving from a phrase in a report in The Times
The report says - She is a ‘ministering angel’ without any exaggeration in these hospitals, and as her slender form glides quietly along each corridor, every poor fellow's face softens with gratitude at the sight of her. When all the medical officers have retired for the night and silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostrate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little lamp in her hand, making her solitary rounds.
In Psychology there is a term called Florence Nightingale Effect, whereby nurses and doctors fall in love with their patients.
Nightingale's model is based on the idea that the nurse manipulates the environment to promote the patient's well-being or so called the environmental adaptation theory
The theory states that the environment is an alterable medium that can be used to improve the conditions of nature and encourage healing. Ventilation, clean air, clean water, control of noise, provision for light, and adequate waste management are just a some of the elements she believed could be monitored and improved when necessary
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