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Home Institutions as the Modern Stage of the Nursing Environmental Theory

Florence Nightingale considered five things to be of equal importance in sustaining holistic care in a health facility: pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light. She used those necessities as precepts for a healthy medical home. Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing, is also a former English social reformer and statistician and […]

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