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Hegge, M. (2013). Nightingale’s environmental theory. Nursing Science Quarterly, 26(3), 211–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318413489255
In this article the author examines Nightingale’s life and how her experiences eventually lead to her environmental theory. Nightingale started her life in a wealthy family, which gifted her higher education (Hegge, 2013). Despite her privileged life she saw the despair of poverty that affected many of those around her. Nightingale felt a calling to help these people and wanted to become a nurse, but her family strongly disapproved of her choice (Hegge, 2013). However, Nightingale was determined to help those less fortunate. She then started to recruit other women to become nurses as well to help those less fortunate. Through her endeavors Nightingale started to compose her ideals that nature was the driving factor of health (Hegge, 2013). Nightingale began to really solidify her ideals during her time on the front lines. When Nightingale first arrived at the battlefront the environment was unsanitary; there were rats , filth, and injured men riddled with disease everywhere (Hegge, 2013). Besides offering a cleaning healing environment, Nightingale also brought hope to these soliders; she would walk all the cots with her lamp every night to check on all of her patients (Hegge, 2013). After the war Nightingale took her ideals to India. While establishing a military presence in the area, Nightingale reformed the barracks just as she did before. She took a filthy environment and cultivated an environment and cleanliness (Hegge, 2013).
Nightingale worked her entire life to better humanity. During her life’s work she created the environmental theory nurses still use today. This theory brings necessities to patients, which promotes better outcomes.
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Hegge, M. (2013). Nightingale’s environmental theory. Nursing Science Quarterly, 26(3), 211–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318413489255
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