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Linda Sartain's avatar

Amen! Their training and education is lacking. Some, too many, don't take care of the patient: Observations of potential problems, clean Each day, fed, meds, human interactions. Observations being most important. We were the doctors eyes on the floor, colleagues with the doctors for good care.

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Jan's avatar

The only nursing theory I understood was Nightengale's environmental (Ok I'm exaggerating.) People kept clean, warm, dry, fed, and hydrated in fresh air do better than those who are dirty, cold, wet etc. The Crimean War made an impact on Florence, made sense to me.

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