Notes on Nursing
What It Is, and What It Isn't
9781970184082
132 pages
1828 Press
Overview
Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, published in 1859, was the first book to address the specifics of patient care. It was written in a time when medical science was beginning to understand the importance of rules
of hygiene. Hospitals were places where infections spread quickly, and
caregivers were mainly untrained and impoverished. Nightingale spoke to
these issues and gave specific directions to resolve concerns such as nourishment,
ventilation, personal cleanliness, and
patient observation.
Author Bio
Florence Nightingale (1820–1900) felt the call to serve humanity as a religious
duty and defied her family’s wishes by studying how patients were treated in a
Lutheran nursing home in Germany. She eventually earned renown and her
reputation as “an angel of mercy.”
