"Nursing in its broadest sense may be defined as an art and a science which involves the whole patient--
body, mind, and spirit; promotes his spiritual, mental, and physical health by teaching and by example; stresses health education and health preservation, as well as ministration to the sick; involves the care of the patient's environment-- social and spiritual as well as physical; and gives health service to the family and community as well as to the individual." (1944)
Quoted by:
Sister Mary Olivia Gowan
1888 - 1977
