Life and Work of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale – (1820 -1910) Florence Nightingale was born in the family of William Nightingale, a wealthy landowner, on May 12th, 1820 in Florence, Italy. Florence Nightingale was a nurse and a public health advocate. She is as well known as the modern nursing profession pioneer. Her family moved […]
To Pledge or Not to Pledge? A debate often rages on whether the nurse should or should not pledge the Nightingale Oath of Nursing, a topic often discussed in online nursing papers. The Oath is an adjusted version of the Hippocratic Oath to fit the nursing profession. Even though various components of the Oath have […]
The IOM Future of Nursing Report The Work of the Committee of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative The Committee of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative performed significant work that led to the IOM report. The work of the committee was to review the innovative models of nursing care and education that would lead to the […]
Identically Different: Epigenetics And Identical Twins The last two decades have been marked by considerable strides in the field of genetics, which culminated in the mapping of the human genome in 2003. However, as scientists continued to uncover how genetics go about influencing physiological and psychological characteristics, they discovered that not all inheritable characteristics have […]
Nurse Practitioner Autonomous Practice This research paper is aimed to address the restrictions of nurse practitioners autonomy, which directly impacts nurse performance in the primary care settings and why the Floridian law that interdict them from having full authority to practice should be amended. The increase in the population of Americans who are getting health […]
Scientists have engaged themselves in deep study and research on the disease causing organisms. In the beginning of 17th century, a group of scientists made a huge step in analyzing some of the disease causing micro organisms in both animals and human body. Research carried out gave the discovery of the major disease causing organisms […]
