{"product_id":"florence-nightingale-the-nightingale-school-9780889204676","title":"Florence Nightingale: The Nightingale School","description":"\u003cp\u003e Although Florence Nightingale is famous as a nurse, her lifetime's writing on nursing is scarcely known in the profession. Nursing professors tend to \"look to the future, not to the past,\" and often ignore her or rely on faulty secondary sources. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Nightingale's work on nursing is now available to scholars and general readers alike through the publication of volumes 12 and 13 in the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. Volume 12, \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale School\u003c\/i\u003e, relates the founding of her school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. Volume 13, \u003ci\u003eExtending Nursing\u003c\/i\u003e, relates the introduction of professional training and standards outside St Thomas', beginning with London hospitals and others in Britain, followed by hospitals in Europe, America, Australia and Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e As medical knowledge progressed, nursing practice changed and Nightingale with it. Her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory (typically misrepresented in the literature), are revealed. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In this volume, editor Lynn McDonald brings to light much unknown material on the early years of the school. The crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s is covered, followed by the measures Nightingale brought in to improve instruction, including her mentoring relationships with emerging nursing leaders. Nursing historians may be surprised to learn that Nightingale was keeping up on best operating theatre practices in 1898. Struggles with cost-conscious hospital administrators are part of the story, as is the challenge to keep nurses safe at a time when hospitals were dangerous places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn McDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 2.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889204676\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcDonald, Lynn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLynn McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e, director of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Works of Florence Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, is university professor emerita at the University of Guelph. She is an environmentalist, a former member of parliament, a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, and a long-time activist on womens issues. She has an honorary doctorate from York University. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40749534838899,"sku":"9.78089E+12","price":234.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d3fa05ef-a30e-40d0-b48e-df001d184785.jpg?v=1678285715","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/florence-nightingale-the-nightingale-school-9780889204676","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}