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Nursing Quotes - Page 7

The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.

Florence Nightingale, Ramona Salotti (2003). “Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not”, p.48, Barnes & Noble Publishing

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small...

"The Life of Florence Nightingale" Vol. II, by Edward Tyas Cook, (p. 406), 1914.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald (2002). “Florence Nightingale's spiritual journey: biblical annotations, sermons and journal notes”, Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr

There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain.

Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald (2001). “Florence Nightingale: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale”, p.91, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.

Florence Nightingale (1861). “Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes”, p.34