Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not / Florence Nightingale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing.

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. Notes on nursing.

Nightingale, Florence.

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (84 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by nursing's brilliant first theorist/researcher and first published in 1859, <i>Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not</i> is regarded as nursing's first textbook. An ideal gift for anyone in nursing, this special edition contains the original text in its entirety with commentaries by 12 prominent nursing theorists. Beautifully bound with marbled end pages, gilded edges, and a ribbon book marker.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Authors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Ventilation and Warming.""; ""II. �Health of Houses.""; ""III. Petty Management.""; ""IV. Noise.""; ""V. Varieyt.""; ""VI. Taking Food.""; ""VII. What Food?""; ""VIII. Bed and Bedding.""; ""IX. Light.""; ""X. Cleanliness of Booms and Walls.""; ""XI. Personal Cleanliness.""; ""XII. Chattering Hopes and Advices.""; ""XIII. Observation of the Sick.""; ""Conclusion.""; ""Appendix""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-8082-2

0-397-55007-3

OCLC:

908670295