Elements of care: nursing environmental theory in historical context.

Holist Nurs Pract

School of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.

Published: July 2008

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HNP.0000318025.37904.6cDOI Listing

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