Sunday, 3 March 2013

Nurses - Quotes

As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

Caring is the essence of nursing. - Leninger

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. - Dag Hammarskjold

No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. - Florence Nightingale

Nurses are the heart of healthcare. - Donna Wilk Cardillo

Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription. - Val Saintsbury

Nurses have come a long way in a few short decades. In the past our attention focused on physical, mental and emotional healing. Now we talk of healing your life, healing the environment, and healing the planet. - Lynn Keegan

Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the joy, everyday, while we are "just doing our jobs." - Christine Belle

The character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge she possesses. - Carolyn Jarvis

The hospital will never be healthy for patients if it's not a healthy environment for nurses, where their voices are heard and where they can care for their patients and use the full extent of their knowledge, abilities, and skills. After all, hospitals today have become one big intensive care unit: all patients need intensive caring. - Tilda Shalof

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. - William Osler

When I think about all the patients and their loved ones that I have worked with over the years, I know most of them don't remember me nor I them. But I do know that I gave a little piece of myself to each of them and they to me and those threads make up the beautiful tapestry in my mind that is my career in nursing. - Donna Wilk Cardillo

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