St. Francis Xavier University

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 School of Nursing

M. Patricia Hawley, PhD, RN


 

 

nurse and man

Watercolour by Thomas Kennedy, Image used with his permission

 

Nursing

"Nursing has a solitariness until we find it has many companions in philosophy, science, and art.

It has a steadiness about its pace yet it holds a potential for flights to higher elevations.

It is constantly changing yet has an enduring component of permanence.

Good is the word we use every day; our vision, however, is of excellence.

Its' tasks often have the appearance of homeliness until we glimpse that kind of beauty that is humanness.

Nursing even sings very softly because our ears are attuned to `a different drummer'” (Weymouth, 1976, p. vii).

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E-mail to: phawley@stfx.ca

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