More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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.
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.
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.
Never give nor take an excuse.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
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.
