As the initial model for nursing,Nightingale's "descriptive theory" encouraged nurses to
A) Know all about the disease processes affecting their patient.
B) Think about their patients and patients' environment.
C) Combine nursing knowledge with medicine.
D) Focus on medication administration and treatments.

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Nightingale's "descriptive 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 suggestion that nurses need not know all about the disease process represents early attempts to differentiate between nursing and medicine.Nightingale did not view nursing as limited to the administration of medications and treatments.

As the Initial Model for Nursing,Nightingale's "Descriptive Theory" Encouraged Nurses