what nightingale said about NURSES !

...she (sic) must be no gossip, no vain talker; she should never answer questions about her sick except to those who have right to ask them, she must, i need not say, be strictly sober and honest but more than this, she must be a religious and devoted woman, she must have a respect for her own calling; because God's precious gift of life is often literally placed in her hands; she must be a sound and close, and quick observer; and she must be a woman of delicate and decent feeling .