Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

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Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

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The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

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For the sick it is important to have the best.

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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 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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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.

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Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

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Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.

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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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