nursing quotes worth reading
30 Nursing Quotes Worth Reading
Compassion and patient care is synonymous with the profession of nursing. It is regarded as a noble profession as it gives a person the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of patients. The following Buzzle article gives a collection of nursing quotes for you to read.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Registered Nursing is the top occupation in terms of the largest job growth for the period between 2008 and 2018."Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription."
― Val Saintsbury
"The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. "
―William Osler
"Nurses are the heart of healthcare."
― Donna Wilk Cardillo
"Nurses may not be angels, but they are the next best thing!"
―Unknown
"Save one life and you're a hero, save one hundred lives and you're a nurse."
―Unknown
"Nurses: Cute enough to stop your heart, skilled enough to restart it!"
― Unknown
"The character of a nurse is as important as the knowledge she possesses."
―Carolyn Jarvis
"Being a nurse means to hold all your own tears and start drawing smiles on people's faces."
―Dana Basem
"To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can, in spite of all we go through; is to be a nurse."
― Rawsi Williams
"A nurse will always give us hope, an angel with a stethoscope."
―Carrie Latet
"Every Nurse is Angel with a Key for Healthy Community! All in Caring for Patients is part of Nursing Soul!"
―Aleksandar Radenovic
"America's nurses are the beating heart of our medical system."
―Barack Obama
"Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep and energy... nurses are rarely short on caring."
―Sharon Hudacek
"Nurses — one of the few blessings of being ill."
―Sara Moss-Wolfe
"Caring is the essence of nursing."
―Jean Watson
"Nursing is not for everyone. It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet. No wonder we're exhausted at the end of the day!"
―Donna Wilk Cardillo
"Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the joy, everyday, while we are just doing our jobs."
―Christine Belle
"If love can't cure it, nurses can."
―Unknown
"They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel."
―Maya Angelou
"Nurses are the hospitality of the hospital."
―Carrie Latet
"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon."
―Dag Hammarskjöld
"Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health."
―Lois Capps
"Nurses don't wait until October to celebrate Make a Difference Day - they make a difference every day!"
―Unknown
"Nurse - Just another word to describe a person strong enough to tolerate everything and soft enough to understand everyone."
―Unknown
"You don't build a house without its foundation. You don't build a hospital without its Nurses."
―Anonymous
"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them."
―Clara Barton
"Nurses are a unique kind. They have this insatiable need to care for others, which is both their biggest strength and fatal flaw."
―Dr. Jean Watson
"Nursing is not just an art, it has a heart. Nursing is not just a science, but it has a conscience."
―Anonymous
"Doctors put a wall up between themselves and their patients; nurses broke it down."
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
"When you're a nurse you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours."
The aforementioned nursing quotes highlight the fact that nurses go beyond their designated duty to make the patient feel better. They give that human touch, that much-needed emotional support so that the patient feels valued and respected.―Anonymous