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Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

Florence Nightingale

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Averages seduce us away from minute observation.
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Average Observation Seduce
In a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut.
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Bed Room Shut Sick
To understand God’s thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
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God Measurement Purpose Understand
The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
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Cleaning Lying Possible Rural Water
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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Convention Death Development Sacrifice World
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-‘devoted and obedient.’ This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
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Definition Doctor Horse Man Nurse Obedience
Woman has nothing but her affections,–and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.
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Affection Herself Love Woman
There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain.
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Life Myself Pain
Never give nor take an excuse.
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Excuse Reason
Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch.
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Activity Moral Possible Sketch World
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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Harm Hospital Requirement Sick
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
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Journey Ourselves Place Special
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
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Deserve Live Nurse Training Worth
Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.
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Call Family God Himself Important Religion
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
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Entire Lazy Narrow Sacrifice
A nurse is to maintain the air within the room as fresh as the air without, without lowering the temperature.
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Lower Maintain Nurse Room Temperature

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