Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not by Florence Nightingale
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First published in 1859, Florence Nightingale's foundational nursing text shares the carefully observed care principles and environmental standards that established nursing as a skilled, evidence-based profession over a century ago.
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First published in 1859, Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing is the foundational text of the modern nursing profession. Written to guide those entrusted with the health of others, this 76-page volume offers carefully observed principles on care, sanitation, and healing environments. A true classic for nurses, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to understand where modern care standards actually came from.
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Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1859. A 76-page volume with 3 page appendix published by Harrison of Pall Mall, it was intended to give hints on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others. Florence Nightingale stressed that it was not meant to be a comprehensive guide from which to teach ones self to be a nurse but to help in the practice of treating others.A True Classic for all Nurses, Medical Professionals, and Feminists!
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- Age ranges
- Middle School
- Careers
- Registered Nurse
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