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Virginia Henderson

"The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible."

Source : Virginia Henderson (1991). “The Nature of Nursing: A Definition and Its Implications for Practice, Research, and Education : Reflections After 25 Years”, ABRAMS

Virginia Henderson

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“House Speaker John Boehner said the Republican Party will no longer stand in the way of gay marriage. Then Boehner said, 'Now can I go to Elton John's Oscar party?'”
“I'm so in love with you I can't stand up.”

Source : Kim Addonizio (2000). “Tell me: poems”, BOA Editions Ltd.
“The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.”
“According to a brand new report, alcohol abuse in Ireland is on the rise. Mainly because the guy who didn't drink now does.”
“Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have heard the voice of man. But this does not mean that the youth of the future has no new worlds to vanquish. It means only that the explorer must change his methods.”
“The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.”
“Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.”
“We must walk before we run.”

Source : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: the scholar--the gypsy--the priest”, p.15

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