- QUESTION
Colonial Nursing
Discussion board # 2
Write down One page 200 words or more not counting endnotes and bibliography.
Topic:
After perusing Florence Nightingale's "Notes on Nursing," design a sick room according to Nightingale's principles. (Although this sick room is imaginary, you must stay within Florence Nightingale's universe, limiting your design to features that were possible in 1860s America.)
Please incorporate specific examples from "Notes on Nursing," with proper end notes and bibliography. You may use History of Nursing for historical context (with proper citations) but be sure that the bulk of your post is based on "Notes on Nursing."
I am going to provide the lecture “Notes on Nursing” as an attachment with this order. And also I am going to attached copy of chapter 5 from history of nursing book with this order if that’s does not open then only use Lecture Note of Nursing to finishes this paper.
The text part of your Discussion Board Post must be at least 200 well-chosen words, not counting endnotes and bibliography.
Each paragraph of text in your Discussion Board Post must include source information for the materials you used to write that paragraph. Provide at the end Endnotes and Bibliographies”
Don’t use footnotes
Only endnotes and bibliographies are acceptable
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Answer
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Designing A Sick Room According to Nightingale's Principles
Nightingale argues that a sick room should have proper ventilation and warming, should be healthy, and free from unnecessary noise, among other conditions [[i]]. As such, the sick room that I am designing has two windows and is large and airy. One of the windows faces the south while other faces the west. The need for such features is to ensure that the air within the room is as pure as the air without [[ii]]. Although I would cover the windows with curtains, the room curtains would allow for sufficient light. According to Nightingale, a musty, unaired and unsunned room might allow for growth of fever, especially with the windows being shut [[iii]]. Additionally, light; especially sunlight, has a purifying effect [[iv]]. Moreover, I would ensure that the room is situated in a location where there is no unnecessary noise which could hurt the patient.
The other aspect that would be in my sick room is pure water and efficient drainage. As such, I would fit the room with a personal bathroom with not only a sink but also running water. Nightingale argues that the five essential points in which the health of a sick room can be secured are light, cleanliness, pure air, pure water, and efficient drainage [[v]]. On the bed and beddings, my sick room would have bedsheets and linens changed every day or at any other time that they become messed up. My sick room would have clean rooms and walls, which will be cleaned each day with a disinfectant. Notably, any presence of germs or filth could cause or even worsen a patient’s illness [[vi]]. Cleanness, coupled with clean air from the open windows, would reduce the probability of germ growth and keep the patient free from infections [[vii]].
[i]Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not. First American Edition, 1860. pp.44.
[ii] Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not. First American Edition, 1860. pp.12
[iii] Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not. First American Edition, 1860. pp.84
[iv] Judd, Deborah M., and Kathleen Sitzman. History of American nursing: Trends and eras. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2014.
[v] Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not. First American Edition, 1860. pp.93
[vi] Judd, Deborah M., and Kathleen Sitzman. History of American nursing: Trends and eras. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2014.
[vii] Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not. First American Edition, 1860. pp.84
References
- Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not. First American Edition,
- Judd, Deborah M., and Kathleen Sitzman. History of American nursing: Trends and eras. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2014.