Notes on Nursing

How could this text be useful for parents, domestic caretakers, or anyone who doesn’t work professionally in the medical field?

What aspects of Nightingale’s text are outdated (scientifically, culturally, etc.), and what aspects are still useful and true?

Does Nightingale’s focus on the English people and the English climate hinder her analysis and judgment of the science of nursing in any way? Why or why not?

Explain the difference in importance that Nightingale gives to academic, theoretical knowledge in comparison knowledge gained by hands-on experience and practice.

Does Nightingale consider nursing a profession or a calling? Defend your answer using examples from the text.

What does the author consider part of the art of nursing? Conversely, what does she think the art of nursing excludes?

Outline and explain the ways in which Nightingale thinks societal, cultural, and working conditions directly affect health.

Based on Nightingale’s judgment about the care available in hospitals and in the home, write a new chapter of the text as if you were Nightingale today addressing advances in modern medicine and the modern hospital.