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Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not [Kindle Edition]

Florence Nightingale (Author)
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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Presents a facsimilie of the classic work on patient care written by the founder of modern nursing.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 184 KB
  • Print Length: 116 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Public Domain Books (21 Dec 2005)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B000JQU4QA
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,768 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Every nurse should read this 1 Jun 2009
By M. Goodfellow
Format:Paperback
This is one of the most infuriating books you'll ever read - why ? Because 150 years on we still can't get right what Florence knew then. This book should be the basis of modern nursing and an obligatory read for any nurse, or anyone involved with services that have nurses. I've got the text from project gutenburg and carry it around with me on my PDA (and my ebook reader).
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Florence Nightingale - observation and practicality not a degree 9 Mar 2011
By VW
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
A great short easy reader which reflects all that is necessary for health in nursing including the psychology of nurse and patient. She focusses on the need for acute observation of individual cases while dealing with the commonest obstacles to regaining health - fresh air, sunlight, cleanliness, noise et al. It was a delight to read, not just for the need for nurses to be professional without forced recourse to academic qualification - but for the English of her day and her patent frustration with ideas of nursing being 'goodness' or refuge from disappointed love. Nursing is tough and not for the idle or faint hearted.

Sadly,she would now be shocked at the reversal. In her day private nursing was more dangerous than hospital nursing. Today, modern hospitals with their multi-storey, airconditioned, semi-warded structures do not easily fit and the multitude of visitors, individual TVs/phones and banging cupboards and beeping machines are patently a patient's hell. We have lost sight of the basics while focussing on technology and degrees.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not. 17 April 2009
By PAWildsmith
Format:Paperback
'Notes on Nursing'is a seminal piece that reveals the thinking behind the mysterious Florence Nightingale. A leader in an era when nursing was not a topic of public general interest, she established protocols that ought to be applied today. She probably did more for the advancement of clinical hygiene and healthcare generally than any other health practitioner of the day. She was not only a leader but a psychologist and philosopher, in her own right. What other woman could be quoted as saying that women do not always make the best nurses as 'the very elements of nursing are all-but unknown'.
Peter A Wildsmith, Burton upon Trent.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for any nurse.
All student nurses and qualified nurses would benefit from reading this. It is an important part of the knowledge base to read about the work that Florence Nightingale did and... Read more
Published 20 days ago by R. A. H. Richards
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
It was amazing to see what qualities of nursing have lasted throughout the years, and what we now see as essential nursing did not exists in these times.
Published 1 month ago by ajs
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read
As I started ,y nursing I wanted to learn more about Florence Nightingale, hence why I have bought this book. It is very interesting if you are interested in the history of nursing
Published 1 month ago by Ms. K. Stent
5.0 out of 5 stars 'every woman is a nurse'
A thoroughly enjoyable read. Florence takes us to the heart of nursing through her observations and in reading, I can relate to situations and particular patients that I have and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by student trish
5.0 out of 5 stars An old book but VERY relevant for todays nursing
After all the business with the Francis report, I thought looking at flo' would be useful..and so it is.. Read more
Published 2 months ago by SueM
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
The book offersgood insight into nursing job although many aspects are now out of date considering the book was written 100 years ago
Published 3 months ago by Daniela
1.0 out of 5 stars Early Nursing
Awful. Might serve as a history book of nursing , but with no present day relevance. Only for professional nurses.
Published 6 months ago by Horace
1.0 out of 5 stars Still over one month to order this but still NOT get it.
Still over one month to order this but still NOT get it. Every day I am waiting for this book but still keep waiting.
Published 8 months ago by Taushif
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting
Got this for my mum and she loved it. She was a nursing sister on district for over 30 years and was really fascinated to read more about Florence Nightingale and the origins of... Read more
Published on 9 April 2009 by L. Matheson
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