Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not (Dover by Florence Nightingale

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By Florence Nightingale

Outspoken writings by way of the founding father of glossy nursing list basics within the wishes of the unwell that needs to be supplied in all nursing. Covers such undying subject matters as air flow, noise, nutrition, mattress and bedding, gentle, cleanliness, and commentary of the unwell. "Still the best publication on nursing." — Co-Evolution Quarterly.

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