Book: Memories of a nurse

The essence of the nursing profession was much more straightforward than I thought. Really don't need any theories. A nurse's job is to help those who need help.

The will to live is a miracle, which is stronger than any disease

One of the greatest gifts you gave me nursing, except for the wonderful colleagues, of belonging to the same structure and security of employment is a daily reminder that there is always someone worse off than me. This is both terrible and useful gift.

To help the patient to maintain dignity in the face of disease - that is the greatest gift, which can give the patient the nurse.

Kindness, empathy, sympathy, and aid in the preservation of self-esteem are the qualities of a good nurse.

Just as the therapist differs from that of the surgeon and therapeutic nurse differs from surgical nurses, Junior nurses or nurses working in intensive care. Of course, the General principles are everywhere the same, but nursing is a language which has many different dialects.

In any Department there is a strong culture of leadership, supervision and coaching - to understand how good work here, and the nurses just look at a call center and a senior nurse.

Really sick children are not crying.

A psychiatrist is like a blind man in a dark room, trying to find a black cat - and it's really no

The progress of human civilization begets more madness.