Famous Quotes about Nursing
[Nature alone cures.]."And what nursing has to do in either case, is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.”
Florence Nightingale
"Nothing about me, without me" during transitions in care
Transitions in Care & Services BPG
Became a well-known nurse theorist, some would say the first, after publishing in "The Times" newspaper on her return from a war zone.
Florence Nightingale
“The purpose of nursing is to help people help themselves.”
Dorthea Orem
"Care is most effective when it is designed with people, not for people."
People & Family Centred Care BPG
Developed a Nursing Theory based on Energy Fields; the latter defined as: An irreducible, indivisible, dynamic field that characterizes both the person and the environment, continuously interacting and changing.
Martha Rogers
"All people are no more than stories. Stories they tell about themselves, their experiences, and the world."
Phil Barker
Respect the person as an expert on themselves and their lifes
People & Family Centred Care
Use the metaphor of water as central to their nursing theory
Phil Barker
“The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.”
Dr William Osler
"Every fall is one too many"
Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls
Known as "the mother" of psychiatric/mental health nursing
Hildegard Peplau
"Caring is the essence of nusing"
Jean Watson
"Safety doesn't happen by accident"
Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls BPG
A far less well known Jamaican/Scots Nurse who was denied travel to Crimea but raised her own money and went anyway.
Mary Seacole