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This page was last updated on:16/09/2020 What nursing has to do is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him?Florence Nightingale 1820–1910
It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. What nursing has to do … is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
What nurse has to do to put the patient in the best condition?“And what nursing has to do…is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him” (Nightingale, p. 133, 1860).
What is the best nursing action in line with the Environmental Theory?A healthy environment is essential for healing. She stated that “nature alone cures.” Nurses must make accurate observations of their patients and report the state of the patient to the physician in an orderly manner.
Who is the nursing theorist focuses on nursing as the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery?In 1860, Florence Nightingale defined nursing in her “Environmental Theory” as “the act of utilizing the patient's environment to assist him in his recovery.”
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