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Four Allied Associations Pay Tribute to AAIN on Its Fifteenth Anniversary / Toward a Philosophy of Adult Education / A Tetanus Toxoid Immunization Program for Industry / Age Introduces Stress Into the Family / Insulin Reactions

Tribute to Margaret W. Lucal, R.N. / Industrial Nursing – A History / Industrial Vision Programs and the Nurse / Do Employees Know Their Medical Departments? / Eye Service at Kodak / Industrial Rehabilitation

TRACING THE ROOT OF NURSE

Take for instance the word ‘nurse’. A nurse is a person trained to care for the sick or infirm and assist doctors or dentists. One also refers to a nurse as a nursemaid. The singular verb form of the word ‘nurse’ means to work as a nurse or to attend to a sick person. The other verb forms of the term mean feeding or to be fed at the breast; to hold or to treat carefully. The word also means a foster (mother); The term also means to promote the development of something. Yet another meaning is to harbor a grievance etc.). The root is from the Latin term pointing to nourish.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

British nurse Florence Nightingale established the foundations of modern nursing with her treatment of the sick and injured during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856. Once back in London after the war, she founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses using money donated in tribute to her services. The school marked the beginning of professional education in the nursing field. Her book Notes on Nursing became the first definitive textbook for the field.

THE ROOT OF SCRUB