Florence Nightengale said “ Unless we are making progress in our nursing every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. ”
Recently I participated in a debate on the bill proposed in New York BSN-in ten. The question of the need to enforce a time limit for nurses educational advancement with retribution on maintaining their license was very engaging. At the time I wanted to use that quote but was forced to leave it out due to following the rules of the debate . but if I ever was to have a mantra a saying to live by this would be one of the top.
My personal philosophy is there is no-one that is not important, there is nothing that remains the same, and the only time I should stop learning is when I have expired. With this belief I am dedicated to providing quality care with the utmost professionalism in my nursing career