Today is International Nurses Day 2020, a day to celebrate nurses all across the world – which this year has even greater significance falling as it does during the coronavirus pandemic.
The day was chosen because it was the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is regarded as the founder of modern nursing – and today marks 200 years since her birth.
This year the public is being asked to get involved by illuminating their windows at 8.30pm tonight as a nod to the lamp which Nightingale was known to carry.
Historians have said that her efforts to improve conditions for soldiers injured during the Crimean War have ‘never been more relevant’.
England’s chief nursing officer Ruth May said: ‘International Day of the Nurse is particularly special this year not just because we mark the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, but because of the extraordinary work all those who have followed in her footsteps are doing in the fight against coronavirus.
‘I want to thank each and every one of our incredible nurses who are on the frontline in the battle against the greatest health emergency in NHS history.
‘Their professionalism and skills are helping to save and rebuild countless lives.’
Quotes and poems to mark International Nurses’ Day 2020
‘Nurses dispense comfort, compassion and caring without even a prescription’ – Val Saintsbury
‘The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe’ – Florence Nightingale
‘Caring is the essence of nursing’ – Jean Watson
‘Nurses are one of the few blessings of being ill’ – Sara Moss Wolfe
‘Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the power to turn around a life’ – Leo Buscaglia
‘A nurse will always give us hope, an angel with a stethoscope’ – Carrie Latet’
‘The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed’ – Florence Nightingale
‘Nurses have come a long way in a few short decades. In the past our attention focused on physical, mental and emotional healing. Now we talk of healing your life, healing the environment and healing the planet’ – Lynn Keegan
‘I may be compelled to face danger, but I never fear it – and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them’ – Clara Barton
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