Which of these concepts used in current nursing practice was introduced by Nightingale?
a. encouraging involvement of family and friends in a client's care
b. maintaining confidentiality
c. organizing a methodical system of nursing administration
d. organizing a system of differentiated nursing practice
B
Among Nightingale's major contributions to nursing as it is practiced today are using a systematic method of client assessment, individualizing care on the basis of client needs and preferences, advocating confidentiality in client care, seeing nurses as client advocates, using a holistic framework for nursing and nursing education, identifying the necessity of a liberal education as the foundation of nursing practice, and pointing out the importance of the environment to the healing process.
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