A couple of weeks ago an angel left us. We were very blessed to know her and to call her our friend. At her memorial service I heard the Nightingale Tribute for the first time. A colleague gave a beautiful reading in tribute to our friend. RIP Arlene. I was surprised to have not heard of this before. I have attended far too many memorials for nurses who have been friends and colleagues. In researching the Nightingale Tribute I found it had been written by a nurse for the Kansas State Nurses Association in 2003. There is a whole program from which to pick and choose such as readings, white…