Notes on Nursing

Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1860. A 136-page volume, it was intended to give hints on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others. Florence Nightingale stressed that it was not meant to be a comprehensive guide from which to teach one's self to be a nurse but to help in the practice of treating others.

The book included advice and practices for the following areas:
 * ventilation and warming
 * health in houses
 * petty management (how things are done by others when you must be away)
 * noise
 * variety (environment)
 * taking food and what kinds of food
 * bed and bedding
 * light
 * cleanliness of rooms
 * personal cleanliness
 * chattering hopes and advices (the false assurances and recommendations of family and friends to the sick)
 * observation of the sick

Later editions of Notes on Nursing are available to the public today.