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If Florence Nightingale gave a graduation speech

American Nurse

What would Florence Nightingale say to new grads? Capitalizing on Nightingale’s fame, the establishment of the Nightingale Fund led to the founding of the Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. What is known is that Nightingale wrote an annual letter that was read aloud to the trainees.

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LGBTQ+ nursing: Glancing back, looking forward

American Nurse

For decades, pundits have posthumously outed Florence Nightingale as a lesbian, though historians have never found definitive evidence. One of the reviewers sassily wrote that it wasn’t appropriate to quote Oscar Wilde in a nursing journal. Can you imagine?

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A Collection Of Uplifting Quotes For Nurses

Diversity Nursing

A small dose of encouragement can go a long way, so we compiled a collection of inspirational, motivational, and some humorous quotes to lift you up. I attribute my success to this; I never gave nor took any excuse." – Florence Nightingale. Many of you are feeling down and in search of inspiration. Mahatma Gandhi.

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