Songs of a Nurse…

We would like to commemorate this International Nurses Day by sharing with you a poem that was written by a San Francisco nurse, Margaret Helen Florine a century ago:

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This poem comes from a book, Songs of a Nurse that was published in 1917.

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Ms. Florineā€™s poetry was later advertised in the Pacific Coast Journal of Nursing (volume 15, 1919, p.770).

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