Florence Nightingale: Nursing Theoretical Works

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Knowing nursing theoretical works helps nurses to contribute to the quality of holistic approach in nursing process. Nightingale’s theoretical work (1969) Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What Is Not focused more on patients and environment (Bolton, 2014). She developed 13 concepts, called canons for creating a healthy environment for patients. Two of them, chattering hopes and advices and observation of the sick, will guide me to assess Mr. D’s situation described in the attached appendix and how these canons connect to College Nurses of Ontario (CNO) (2009) Ethics concerning the client choice and limit to client choice and Registered Nurses Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) (2006) value regarding client respect. Mr. D. admitted to hospital with main diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus type II and its complications to his right diabetic foot.

Mr. D. was hospitalized due to pain and edema in his right foot and impaired mobility interfered with his activities of daily living. He is concerned because he had had the surgery last year for the same reason. Moreover, based on the information from Mr. D.’s situation provided in appendix, Nightingale’s canon chattering hopes and advices can be applied for effective analysis and improvement of holistic care and patient environment. Pertaining to this theory, a nurse should abstain from talking without reason and only give advice to the client based on facts (Bolton, 2014). For example, when I checked Mr. D’s right foot, I noticed that it was swollen and the skin had impressions on it after the removal of the tight sock. I recommended that he wear a loose-fitting sock to help with foot circulation. Robbins et al. (2010) too explained that patients with diabetes are recommended to avoid wearing ...

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... theorists and their work, (8th ed., pp. 60-78). Maryland Heights, MO: Mosby: Elsevier.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. (2006). Nursing best practices guideline: Client centered care. Retrieved from http://ltctoolkit.rnao.ca/sites/ltc/files/resources/CCCare/BPStandards/BPG_CCCare_Rev06.pdf
Robbins, N., Shaw, C. A., & Lewis, S. L. (2010). Nursing management: Diabetes mellitus. In M. A. Barry, S. Goldsworthy, & D. Goodridge (Eds.), Medical-surgical: Nursing in Canada (2nd., pp.1333-1372). Toronto: Mosby.
Turns, M. (2011). The diabetic foot: an overview of assessment and complications. British Journal of Nursing, (Suppl [1]), 20(15) S19-25.
Wirke-Tevis, D. D., Rich, K., & Chauvin, R. (2010). Nursing management: Vascular disorders. In M. A. Barry, S. Goldsworthy, & D. Goodridge (Eds.), Medical-surgical: nursing in Canada (2nd., pp. 958-991). Toronto: Mosby.

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