There is a physical, not moral, impossibility of supplying the wants of the intellect in the state of civilisation at which we have arrived.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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There is a physical, not moral, impossibility of supplying the wants of the intellect in the state of civilisation at which we have arrived.
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Never give nor take an excuse.
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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary nevertheless to lay down such a principle.
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I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.
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It is very well to say “be prudent, be careful, try to know each other.” But how are you to know each other?
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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
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For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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I use the word nursing for want of a better.
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I can expect no sympathy or help from my family.
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Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses, we must be learning all of our lives.
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The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medical profession. There are no specific diseases; there are specific disease conditions.
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The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
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It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick that, second only to their need of fresh air, is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room and that it is not only light but direct sunlight they want.
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