Applying the Nightingale Pledge in Reducing Health Disparities: A Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Case Study

Authors

Cheryl Green, Cheryl Green, PhD, DNP, RN, LCSW, CNL, CNE, ACUE, MAC, FAPA, is Associate Professor, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut. The author has disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted March 16, 2021; accepted in revised form April 8, 2021.Follow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Advances in skin & wound care

Abstract

Professional nurses, by virtue of their training, pledge to care for individuals who are sick or infirm. This commitment is confirmed via the Nightingale Pledge, which focuses on public health and equity and deems the nurse to be a missioner of health. Health disparities exist in direct conflict with the nursing responsibility of caritas, or love. Accordingly, it is imperative that nurse educators create learning environments that are conducive to comfortably discussing differences in physical assessments performed on diverse populations as part of their work to eliminate health disparities and in accordance with the Nightingale Pledge.

First Page

180

Last Page

183

DOI

10.1097/01.ASW.0000815492.11595.61

Publication Date

3-1-2022

Recommended Citation

Green, Cheryl, "Applying the Nightingale Pledge in Reducing Health Disparities: A Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Case Study" (2022). Medical Nursing. 25.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/medical_nursing/25

Identifier

35188485 (pubmed); 10.1097/01.ASW.0000815492.11595.61 (doi); 00129334-202203000-00008 (pii)