“The nurse is temporarily the consciousness of the unconscious, the love of life of the suicidal, the leg of the amputee, the eyes of the newly blind, a means of locomotion for the newborn , knowledge and confidence for the young mother, a voice for those too weak to speak, and so on.”
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Virginia Henderson
Virginia Henderson, a renowned American nurse scholar, was born on November 30, 1897, and passed away on March 19, 1996. She is considered one of the founders of modern nursing education and has made significant contributions to the development of the nursing discipline. more
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