From Bedsores to Global Health Care: Insights from Nightingale's Notes on Nursing

Elizabeth A Ayello1

  • 1Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, CWON, ETN, MAPWCA, FAAN, is Faculty, Excelsior College School of Nursing, Albany, New York; President, Ayello Harris & Associates, Inc, Copake, New York; President, World Council of Enterostomal Therapists; and Co-Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Skin & Wound Care, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This commentary was originally published as Ayello EA. From Bedsores to Global Healthcare-Insights From Nightingale's Notes on Nursing from Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. Nightingale F. Comm Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2019. Reprinted with permission.

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