No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-‘devoted and obedient’. This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
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I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
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Florence Nightingale (19)
Birth: | 12th May, 1820 |
Death: | 13th August, 1910 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Nurse, Statistician |
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Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was known as "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night.
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