Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.
The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
Unless we are making progress in our nursing every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.