More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work.
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
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.
The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.
