Florence Nightingale developed her environmental theory of nursing in the 1860s, which focused on the impact of the patient's environment on their health and recovery. She believed the nurse's role was to control environmental factors like ventilation, cleanliness and nutrition to support the patient's natural healing process and prevent disease. Nightingale's theory emphasized the importance of proper sanitation and creating healthy living conditions for patients.

5.  Obtained nursing training in 1851 from Germany
 Pioneered the concept of formal nursing education
 Influenced the philosophy of nursing
 Her strongest influence was education,
observation and hands on experience
 1860 – published Notes on Nursing

6.  Considered as the first nursing theorist
 Information on her theory has been obtained
through interpretation of her writings
 Her theory significantly influenced 3 other groups
of theories – Adaptation theory, Need theory and
Stress theory.

7.  First published nursing theory (1860)
 Relates person with environment
 Stresses the healing properties of the physical
environment
 Nursing puts patients in the best conditions for
nature to act upon them
 “Nature alone Cures”

8.  Physical
 Psychological
 Social

9.  Consists of physical elements where the patient is
being treated
 Affects all other aspects of the environment
 Cleanliness of environment relates directly to
disease prevention and patient mortality.
 Aspects of the physical environment influence the
social and psychological environments of the
person

10.  Can be affected by a negative physical
environment which then causes stress
 Requires various activities to keep mind active.
(i.e appealing food, a pleasing environment)
 Involves communication with the person about the
person and about other people
( therapeutic, soothing and unhurried
communication)

11.  Involves collecting data about illness and disease
prevention
 Includes component of the physical environment-
clean air, clean water, proper drainage
 Consists of a person’s home or hospital room, as
well as the total community that affects the
patient’s specific environment.

12.  Proper ventilation
 Adequate light
 Sufficient warmth
 Control of noise
 Control of Effluvia

13.  Theory focused on environment.
 Environment – “ All the external conditions and
influences affecting the life and development of an
organism and capable of preventing, suppressing
or contributing to disease, accidents or death.”

15.  Health of houses
 Ventilation and
warming
 Light
 Noise
 Variety
 Bed and bedding
 Cleanliness of rooms
and walls
 Personal cleanliness
 Nutrition and taking
food
 Chattering Hopes and
Advices
 Social considerations

16.  Every women is a nurse – responsibility for
someone’s health.
 Person (patient) is being acted upon by the nurse
or affected by the environment.
 “Patient is passive”- Not influence the nurse or the
environment.
 Health is maintained through the prevention of
disease via environmental health factors.
 Environment – ‘chief source of infection’.

18.  Referred to by Nightingale
as “The patient”
 A human being acted
upon by a nurse, or
affected by the
environment
 Has reparative power to
deal with diseases
 Recovery is in the
patient’s power as long as
a safe environment exists

19.  The foundational
concept of Nightingales
theory
 The external conditions
and forces that affect
one’s life and
development
 Includes everything
from a persons food to
a nurses verbal and
nonverbal interactions
with the patient.

20.  Maintained by using a
person’s healing powers to
the fullest extent
 Maintained by controlling
the environmental factors
so as to prevent disease
 Disease is viewed as a
reparative process:
instituted by nature
 Nurses help patient
through their healing
process

21.  Provides fresh air, light,
warmth, cleanliness, quiet
and a proper diet.
 Facilitates patient’s
reparative process by
ensuring the best possible
environment
 Influences the environment
to affect health
 Supports the nursing
process.

22. SIMPLICITY
Simple and logical enough to allow visual
representation.
GENERALITY
Attempts to provide general guidelines for all nurses in
all times.
EMPIRICAL PRECISION
Concepts and relationships are frequently stated
implicitly and are presented as established truths.
No provision for empirical examination

23. DERIVABLE CONSEQUENCES
*Encompass the areas of practice, research
and education.

24.  Vague
 Not tested