LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
PRACTICAL NURSING
SCL 102: The Science and Art of Nursing I – Introduction to Practical Nursing
Reflective Response Essay Assignment
Student Name Anaïse Ikama
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Date: 03-20-07
Using the handout- “Florence Nightingale Principles for Nurses”
and previous readings on historical figures in nursing from
textbook discuss Florence’s Principles in your small group. Then
in a 150 –200 words reflective essay consider and discuss three of
Nightingale’s Principles as they relate to today’s nursing
practice. Be creative in your response.
In today’s society, most people want to major in nursing,
which prior to the 1800, society regarded nursing as a housecleaning job. Also in the 1800 only women were taking care of the
sick, but thanks to one of the pioneers, Florence Nightingale who
joined the nursing school in the 1851, nursing care providers are
now treated differently. During the war, Nightingale became known
as lady of the lamp because of her lamp she had always held while
caring for the sick. As a caregiver, Nightingale came up with
dozens of principles for nurses. Three of those principles are:
prevention is better than cure, the nurse must work as a member of
the team and self-discipline and self-evaluation are important.
As a nurse we should know by now taking care of one’s body
can protect us from many diseases. In her one of the principles
for nurses, Nightingale acknowledged that prevention is better
than cure. Using this principle, nurses who work in community care
Assistant Professor Iona Thomas-Connor
Spring I 2007
LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
PRACTICAL NURSING
SCL 102: The Science and Art of Nursing I – Introduction to Practical Nursing
Reflective Response Essay Assignment
or
any
health
diseases
such
care
as
facilities
diabetes,
can
on how
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teach
to
people
with
prevent the
genetic
disease
by
exercising more, taking the right nutrition and checking up their
blood pressure daily.
Besides teaching patient prevention of diseases, Nightingale
emphasized that nurses must work as a member of a team. We’ve
heard
of
patients
dying
in
facilities
care
communication between healthcare providers.
Some
for
luck
patients
of
have
died because a nurse would not ask for help because he or she
thought he or she is better than others. If nurses can engage in
collaborative practice, they will save clients' lives.
Not only did Nightingale stress prevention and collaborative
practice,
she
evaluation.
weaknesses
also
Knowing
is
in
my
insisted
what
to
opinion
in
self-discipline
improve
the
fist
or
working
step
to
and
self-
in
one’s
becoming
a
professional nurse. As a nurse one need to know one's own value
and culture to understand patient’s values, which can naturally
make us, become holistic care providers- which is refers to as
physical, emotional, economical, spiritual and social needs.
Professor Iona Thomas-Connor
In Class Writing Assignment
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LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
PRACTICAL NURSING
SCL 102: The Science and Art of Nursing I – Introduction to Practical Nursing
Reflective Response Essay Assignment
Professor Iona Thomas-Connor
In Class Writing Assignment
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