Impressions from the conference in Paris 1907: BJN over 100 years ago

摘要

We all have our impressions of what nursing conferences and their delegates are like so it is perhaps interesting to know what leading nurses thought 100 years ago:'My impressions of the nursing congress in Paris is one of immense satisfaction of having had the opportunity with so many earnest and clever women whose names and perhaps portraits I am already familiar. It was interesting to see how, notwithstanding their striking personality, these women brought out their national traits: the English had the attitude of winners and recognize only the difficulties of detail; the Americans and Colonials reason out their points; Germany does not tolerate nonsense and knows only practical philanthropy; Holland dreams of organization; Finland is politely determined; Austria hopes to do better; and France is for peace at any cost, or reform at any price. But each acknowledge that the other is working to the same end, and all were of one mind that the congress, apart from being a brilliant success, would help forward nursing reform, so much needed in so many countries.'.