What would Florence Nightingale Say about Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice Today?

The purpose of this paper to explain the relationships between theory, research, and evidence-based practice beginning with Florence Nightingale. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Much of our care directly reflects her theory.

Write a 3-page narrative (3-pages maximum – 5-point deduction for over/under page limit as submitted in Turnitin) in 7th edition APA formatting. Include a title page, abstract page, and a reference page. Use level 1 headings (and level 2 subheadings if needed), use intext citations and cite on the reference page. This is a scholarly publishable paper – DO NOT WRITE IN FIRST PERSON. Use current published peer-reviewed literature library databases to support your statements. Do not use  web pages as a reference for your paper.