Florence Nightingale and the historical, social and cultural context of her time

• Main Authors: Alica Hanzeliková Pogranyivá (Author), María José Carabaño Mariblanca (Author), Beatriz Torresano Torresano (Author), María Rosario García Moreno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Alicante, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper aims to review the life of the founder of professional nursing and the historical, social and cultural context in which it developed. Florence Nightingale, the first nursing theorist, applied her knowledge of history and philosophy to the study of reality, by focusing on what became the c...