Florence Nightingale's Notes on nursing : what it is and what it is not & Notes on nursing for the labouring classes ; commemorative edition with commentary / / edited by Victor Skretkowicz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820355203321
• Autore: Nightingale Florence <1820-1910.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, c2010
• ISBN: 0-8261-1843-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SkretkowiczVictor; NightingaleFlorence <1820-1910.>
• Disciplina: 610.73
• Soggetti: Nursing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part One: Introduction to This Edition; Part Two: Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not (1860 Library Standard Edition); Part Three: Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes (1868 Edition); Part Four: 1875 Additions; Appendix: First Edition-Guide to Identification; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""With the 2010 publication of Dr. Victor Skretkowicz's Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing (Revised with Additions) in Florence Nightingale's (1920-1910) centenary year, nurses and others will recognize this extraordinary woman whose dedication and determination helped to shape the course of modern global healthcare and holistic and integral relationship-centered care."". - Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN International Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Arlington, Virginia. Simultaneously witty, scathing, and anecdotal, Florence Nighti