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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.
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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in "fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will" but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to the same end and that end, not self but God. That is what we call character.
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
May we hope that, when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally experienced in the hard, practical work, the difficulties, and the joys of organizing nursing reforms, and who will lead far beyond anything we have done!
Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.
