Mentorship and personal modeling remain indispensable for advancing the nursing profession. Examples from history and the personal lives of nurses also provide rich resources for the profession. Each successive generation of students enters nursing in a society dramatically transformed from that of the nurses who preceded them. Nevertheless, the lived experiences of nurses who adhered to the profession's highest standards under difficult circumstances in any age hold the potential to inspire each new generation of nurses. We are obliged to each other and to the patients we serve to pass along these stories at every opportunity.
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