Words of Wisdom

"Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."                                                                                                   Source:  http://library.thinkquest.org/24206/quotes.html                              

-Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

-Thomas Edison, Inventor

"He's the best physician who know the worthlessness of most medicines."

            -Benjamin Franklin

Florence Nightengale Pledge, written in honor of the Founder of Modern Nursing:            Source: http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/WhereWeComeFrom/FlorenceNightingalePledge.aspx

"I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care."                                                                                                                                                         

            -Mrs. Lystra E. Gretter and a Committee for the Farrand Training School for Nurses, Detroit, Michigan (1893),

 "The NP must continue to work to bring about patient empowerment and to teach about preventive care.”          Source: http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/Loretta-Ford-Founded-Nurse-Practitioner-Movement

            -Loretta Ford, Pediatric NP, Founder of the Nurse Practitioner Profession