Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will come ... when every poor sick person will have the opportunity of a share in a district sick-nurse at home.

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I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

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For the sick it is important to have the best.

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I use the word nursing for want of a better.

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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.

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Our first journey is to find that special place for us.

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I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.

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

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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

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Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

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