Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.
Florence NightingaleRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Nursing is more than just administering medicine; it's about holistic care for the patient.
In this quote, Florence Nightingale explains that the concept of nursing should encompass more than just the physical administration of treatments. She advocates for a comprehensive approach to healthcare that includes environmental factors like fresh air, light, and cleanliness, emphasizing the importance of caring for the whole person to enhance their recovery and wellbeing.
Themes
NursingHealthcareHolistic CareWellbeingPatient Care
In practice
Example use cases
During a health seminar, you might quote Nightingale to highlight the importance of holistic nursing practices.
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If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.
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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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