Elements of care: nursing environmental theory in historical context.
The natural elements ether, fire, air, water, and earth foundational to many healing traditions are also present in nursing history. Regulation of these elements can be traced to 19th-century nurses' "sickroom management." Nightingale's Notes on Nursing and Coskery's Advices Concerning the Sick provide examples of holistic application of the elements of care.
Libster
Martha M
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School of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. libsterm@ecu.edu
D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000266:history*; D004645:Empathy; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000266:history*; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006694:Holistic Health / Q000266:history*; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D019368:Nature; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory