Nightingale’s Environmental Theory

Hegge, Marge

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“…Such historical accounts of the extraordinarily high death rate from disease and infection emphasise the urgency with which Nightingale set about influencing rudimentary health reform, firstly in Scutari, then in the British Army and general population on her return to England. The subsequent development and practice of her Environmental Theory, now thought to be individual ideals or philosophies initially presented as fundamental elements to promote good health (Hegge, 2013), strengthened her advocacy for Army and Public Health Reform, the Sanitation Movement and the Public Health Act of 1848 (Ringen, 1979). As she was later to discuss in detail in her 'Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not', the 'health of houses' was paramount to providing the correct environment for patient, healing, comfort and care (Nightingale, 1860).…”

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Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory and its influence on contemporary infection control

Gilbert¹

2020

Collegian

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Background: The work of Florence Nightingale has laid the foundation for contemporary nursing practice, bringing the fundamental art and science of nursing into the 21st century. Her Environmental Theory was the beginning of a lifetime's work, being one of her many healthcare reforms which survive to this day as the practice of infection control. Aim: To discuss the development of Nightingale's Environmental Theory in the 19th century and its application in contemporary 21st century nursing practice. Methods: A search of Nightingale's publications, biographers and theorists, selected journal articles and databases to build a picture of the origins, significance and practice of contemporary infection control. Findings: Nightingale's Environmental Theory has changed the face of infection control exponentially. Today's guidelines are an integral part of nursing practice, to the extent that they continue to evolve, particularly as the coronavirus pandemic remains active around the world. Discussion: Investigation of Nightingale's experiences in the Crimean War, of the disease, infection, death and dying that she encountered there and the subsequent development of her Environmental Theory and its application in 21st century nursing practice. Conclusion: Contemporary infection control is now an integral part of nursing and nursing practice the world over. It is an essential part of creating safe environments that help to promote good healing, good health and wellbeing and good patient outcomes, along with the opportunity for continued development to keep in step with changing patient and global need.

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Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory and its influence on contemporary infection control

Gilbert¹

2020

Collegian

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“…When this had been accomplished, the work seemed done and it was given up as a British hospital to become the depot of the German Legion Creating a restorative environment would be a formidable challenge both in the slums and in the war hospitals where the Irish sisters served. Yet the term fits Nightingale's 'environmental' approach ideally (Hegge 2013). Some of the 'key concepts' would seem to contradict the Irish sisters' practice: participatory authoritative management, which is entirely downward, where nurses 'gently but firmly' inform nursing assistants what they must do, and trustworthy collaboration, her term for old-fashioned 'obedience' to medical direction.…”

Section: 'Careful Nursing' As a Model For Contemporary Nursing Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Florence Nightingale and Irish nursing

McDonald

2014

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…For centuries, many have believed that built environments influence behaviour and wellbeing [1,2]. In recent years, behavioural science has provided further substance to this belief.…”

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The SALIENT Checklist: Gathering up the Ways in Which Built Environments Affect What We Do and How We Feel

2016

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Abstract:In recent years, behavioural science has emerged as an additional tool to explore the impact of built environments on behaviour and wellbeing. Recognising the potential for further research in this field, we have sought to better understand how built environments affect what we do, as well as how they make us feel. We began this process through a review of the behavioural science literature, and have brought together evidence to develop a checklist for design with wellbeing in mind. In this paper, we present Sound, Air, Light, Image, Ergonomics and Tint as the mnemonic SALIENT, which forms a checklist. We outline an example where elements of the checklist have been applied in a real-world setting to examine subjective wellbeing (SWB). We present this example to illustrate how the SALIENT checklist could potentially be applied more extensively to measure the impact of built environments on wellbeing.

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Nightingale’s Environmental Theory

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory and its influence on contemporary infection control

Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory and its influence on contemporary infection control

Florence Nightingale and Irish nursing

The SALIENT Checklist: Gathering up the Ways in Which Built Environments Affect What We Do and How We Feel

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