单词 | nightingale ward |
释义 | > as lemmasNightingale ward Nightingale ward n. now historical a type of hospital ward with two long rows of beds and a central station for the nurse in charge. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ward > types of ward foul ward1734 day ward1801 eye ward1828 casualty ward1836 scarlet ward1888 out-ward1890 observation ward1908 open ward1919 casualty1927 post-op1929 Nightingale ward1930 private1942 surgical1961 SCBU1968 NICU1971 pre-op1991 1930 A. C. Ellis Hist. Surv. Torquay xxviii. 443 In the New Hospital the two Nightingale Wards have been combined as the Men's Medical Ward. 1952 Light & Lighting Mar. 81/1 The plan is a complete departure from the conventional ‘Nightingale’ ward. 1964 G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? ii. 37 Long after the austere open dormitory had been abandoned abroad, Britain doggedly went on building ‘Nightingale wards’. 1989 Nursing 26 Oct. 15/2 Nightingale wards are not known for their privacy and most patients would evidently prefer to be in wards with up to six beds. 2014 P. Steadman Building Types & Built Forms iii. 64/1 The virtue of the Nightingale ward was that the nurse's room had a window giving an unobstructed view of almost all the beds. < as lemmas |
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