Clinic
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A clinic is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs of pop
Military Policlinic in Legionowo, Poland
The entrance to a surgery clinic in Greenwich, London
A medpunkt (health care access point) delivers primary health care to the residents of the village of Veliki Vrag, Russia.
Policlinic in Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic
Nursing
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Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and
Clinic
…clinics vary in size, but can be as large as hospitals. Typical large outpatient clinics house general medical practitioners (GPs) such as doctors and nurses to provide ambulatory care and some acute care services but lack the major surgical and pre- and post-operative care facilities commonly associated…
A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure.
Russian Sisters of Mercy in the Crimea, 1854–1855
Florence Nightingale was an influential figure in the development of modern nursing. No uniform had been created when Nightingale was employed during the Crimean War. Often considered the first nurse theorist, Nightingale linked health with five environmental factors: (1) pure or fresh air, (2) pure water, (3) efficient drainage, (4) cleanliness, and (5) light, especially direct sunlight. Deficiencies in these five factors resulted in a lack of health or illness.
A recruiting poster for Australian nurses from the First World War.