Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.
Florence NightingaleLet us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.
Florence NightingaleApprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
Florence NightingaleI 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.
Florence Nightingale