I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEThe most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect.
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Do not engage in any paper wars. You will convince nobody and arrive at no satisfaction yourself.
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Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
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Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
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I can stand out the war with any man.
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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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Never give nor take an excuse.
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I use the word nursing for want of a better.
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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health, or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
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The craving for ‘the return of the day’, which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.
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Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.
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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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The night is given to us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power.
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Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.
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I can expect no sympathy or help from my family.
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