
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title>Letter to Jane Senior</dc:title>
  <dc:subject>History of Nursing</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Nursing--History</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Nightingale argues that Dr. Bridges’s proposed “Duties” create confusion by making nurses answerable to several authorities instead of reporting directly to the matron. She warns that the matron is reduced to a powerless subordinate while the Medical Officer is made supreme over nursing and administration, a structure she believes unworkable and harmful. She insists that clear authority and strong matron-led nursing are essential for any effective infirmary system.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1873-10-31</dc:date>
  <dc:type>letter (correspondence)</dc:type>
  <dc:type>Text</dc:type>
  <dc:format>6 pp.</dc:format>
  <dc:format>paper</dc:format>
  <dc:format>electronic</dc:format>
  <dc:format>image/tiff</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>kumc-nightingale:135</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://digital.lib.ku.edu/kumc-nightingale/135</dc:identifier>
  <dc:coverage>United Kingdom</dc:coverage>
  <dc:coverage>High Victorian</dc:coverage>
  <dc:rights>No known copyright</dc:rights>
</oai_dc:dc>