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Nursing: Know all about this hallowed institution

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... Read >
Author: Nilutpal Gogoi

A Dash of Style - The Evolution of Nursing Uniforms

If you ask a first grade class to describe a nurse, they'll almost invariably describe a lady wearing a white uniform and a 'nurses' hat'. White dresses and starched caps are still an icon, even after thirty years of nurses turning to less distinctive and... Read >
Author: todd simper

Ben Franklin And Thomas Jefferson Never Went To Public School

Most of our Founding Fathers, including Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, like most average colonial Americans, spent few years, if any, in formal grammar schools of the day, yet they knew how to read and w... Read >
Author: Joel Turtel

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