Which of the following statements best reflects Nightingales’ nursing

Which of the following statements best reflects Nightingales’ nursing philosophy on health maintenance and restoration?

1. “Did all the clients eat a good breakfast?”
2. “What is the client rating his pain level after his medication?”
3. “Have any clients developed a nosocomial infection last month?”
4. “Is anyone interested in volunteering to mentor our new graduates?”

ANSWER

ANS: 3
Florence Nightingale studied and implemented methods to improve battlefield sanitation, which ultimately reduced illness, infection, and mortality (Cohen, 1984). Today nurses are active in de-termining the best practices for skin care management, pain control, nutritional management, and care of older adults. Infection control and its impact on disease prevention was a major outcome of her contributions to nursing. Awareness of the connection between hospital-acquired infec-tions (nosocomial) and nursing practice is the best example of her nursing philosophy.
Nutritional management and its impact on client health, while important does not reflect the best option offered.
Pain management while a vital client concern does not represent the best option offered
While volunteering is certainly reflected in Nightingale’s practice it is not the best option of-fered.