Florence Nightingale Theory

The Lady With the Lamp It focused on the

environment.. she described ventilation ,warmth,
light ,diet, cleanliness and noise and explain factor
could prevent , suppress ,or contribute to
disease ,accidents or death.

She emphasizes five essential point in securing

health of house

1. Pure air
2. Pure water
3. Efficient drainage
4. Cleanliness
5. Light

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Lady with the lamp
1820-1910

The major concept as defined by Nightingale are as follows:

1. PATIENT:
Nightingale referred person as a patient is affected by environment. Person is
multidimensional, composed of biological, psychological, social and spiritual components.
He has a vital reparative power to deal with disease, recovery is within the person’s power as
long as a safe environment for recuperation exists.

2.Health is “not only to be well, but maintaining well- being by using a person’s power to the fullest
extent”. Health is maintained by controlling the environmental factors to prevent disease. Disease is
considered as dys-ease or the absence of comfort. Health and disease are the focus of nurse, who helps
a person through the healing process.

3.Environment

"Poor or difficult environments led to poor health and disease. "Environment could be altered to
improve conditions so that the natural laws would allow healing to occur."

4. Nursing

Defined as service to people, is intended to relive pain and suffering. Goal of nursing is promote the
reparative process by manipulating and environment. client’s environment. client’s environment is
manipulated to include appropriate noise, nutrition ,hygiene, light ,and hope.
 NURSE

Petty Manage
Nature
Health

FRESH AIR

CLEAN LIGHT

PATIENT
PATEINT

QUITE
WARM

DIET

Sickness
Disease