Turkowski Yana, Turkowski Victor
Dermatology Section, Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 5;16(8):e66192. doi: 10.7759/cureus.66192. eCollection 2024 Aug.
Florence Nightingale, a pioneering figure in the field of nursing during the 19th century, revolutionized medical practices through her innovative approaches to healthcare and dedication to improving patient outcomes. Her advocacy for sanitation significantly reduced mortality rates among patients. Nightingale's pioneering use of data analysis in healthcare and her establishment of nursing education standards laid the foundation for the nursing profession as we know it today. Her contributions continue to resonate in the field of medicine to this day. This paper is a theoretical reflection on Florence Nightingale's contributions to health and nursing, based on a review of literature from PubMed and Google Scholar databases.
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔是19世纪护理领域的先驱人物，她通过创新的医疗保健方法和致力于改善患者治疗效果，彻底改变了医疗实践。她对卫生设施的倡导显著降低了患者的死亡率。南丁格尔在医疗保健中开创性地使用数据分析，并建立了护理教育标准，为我们今天所知的护理专业奠定了基础。她的贡献在医学领域至今仍有影响。本文是基于对PubMed和谷歌学术数据库文献的回顾，对弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔对健康和护理的贡献进行的理论思考。
