Which behavior from a nurse indicates the nurse is using Nightingale's theory to plan nursing care?
a. Knows all about the disease processes affecting patients
b. Focuses on medication administration and treatments
c. Thinks about the patients and patients' environments
d. Considers nursing knowledge and medicine the same
ANS: C
Nightingale's theory provides nurses with a way to think about patients and their environment. Nightingale's concept of the environment was the focus of nursing care, and her firm conviction was that nursing knowledge is distinct from medical knowledge. Nightingale did not view nursing as limited to the administration of medications and treatments.
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