These modifications include a well-lit, warm, quiet and above all hygienic atmosphere with sufficient nutritious food, ventilation and comfortable beds (Davies, 2012). After witnessing such dangerous situations where patients were receiving healthcare and their conditions were still rapidly worsening, Nightingale fervently promoted hygiene techniques such as hand washing and bed changing. With these adjustments, mortality rates for soldiers wounded on the battlefield during the Crimean War decreased significantly, demonstrating that infertility is a crucial component of healthcare (Hegge, 2013). According to Nightingale, people are multidimensional and are made up of psychological, biological, spiritual and social components that all need to be supported individually. Along with this ideal he encouraged both effective healing and peaceful death due to his belief that everyone finds purpose in life, death, and suffering (Selanders & Crane, 2012). Florence Nightingale's nursing theory essentially consists of manipulating the patient's environment according to his needs, but doing so in the most aseptic and nourishing way
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