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Пожелание друзьям
A Wish for Friends

Желаю вам расти, цвести,
Копить, крепить здоровье.
Оно для дальнего пути--
Важнейшее условье.

I wish for you to grow and flourish,
To maintain and improve your health.
It is one of the main things needed
For the long road.

Пусть каждый день и каждый час
Вам новое добудет.
Пусть добрым будет ум у вас,
А сердце--умным будет.

Let every day and every hour
Bring you something new.
May your intelligence be kind,
And your heart intelligent.

Вам от души желаю я, друзья,
Всего хорошего,
А всё хорошее, друзья,
Даётся нам недёшево.

With all my heart I wish you, my friends,
All the best,
And all the best things, my friends,
Do not come easily.

(С.Я. Маршак/S.Y. Marshak)

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A senior colleague posed this question the other day...

I wonder...

This has been the subject of much discussion in several courses I've taken for my Master's degree in nursing. And in one of the classes, someone made this comment (don't recall who, which class, or the original source of the comment):

The public sees the nurse as one of the four:

1. The ministering angel (Lady with the lamp)
2. The doctor's handmaiden (Yes, Sir, let me fetch the chart and hold the towel for you)
3. A battleaxe (like Nurse Ratchett)
4. A sex symbol (No comment)

So! I'd love to hear others' opinions :)