CO2 Use lessons from nursing history to integrate clinical judgment into professional nursing practice (PO 4)

CO3 Demonstrate responsibility for continued professional growth by exploring the nursing and lay literature related to historical nursing practice (PO 5)

The basic story of Florence Nightingale is familiar to most nurses. This week we learned more about Nightingale’s life and work. Select at least one piece of the Nightingale legacy that was new to you and tell us how this changed your understanding of this great woman and her contributions to nursing.

Solution:

Florence Nightingale is one of the famous and popular nursing historians whose work has continued to influence nursing research and practice significantly. Florence was unique as unlike other many middle-class women, she was well educated by her father and received a better education than most girls would have done at that time (Cook, 2018). She thought of it as unfair that women did not have the same opportunities as men. As she grew up she became very fond of looking after the ill and became interested in the work of hospitals, w….Please click the icon below to purchase full solution at $5