Nurse quotes

by **rananc** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:10 am

I am working on a page for a friend who is a nurse. She is also a teacher for future nurses.. I am needing quotes that might fit this. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for the help!! Sure appreciate it! :-D

by **Queen Mum** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:17 am

Teaching them to shoot straight

(as in shots)

by **MOM2SNOX** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:45 am

Here's a couple of quotes... In the meantime, I'd like to say WELCOME to the board!!!

Nursing is an art:
and if it is to be made an art,
It requires an exclusive devotion
as hard a preparation,
as any painter´s or sculptor´s work;
for what is the having to do with
dead canvas or dead marble,
compared with having to do
with the living body,
the temple of God´s spirit?
It is one of the Fine Arts:
I had almost said,
the finest of Fine Arts.

- Florence Nightingale

"Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head - (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for the right thing to be always done?"

- Florence Nightingale

"Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken."

~Myrtle Aydelotte, 1992

"...the character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge she possesses."

~Jarvis, 1996

"Caring is the essence of nursing."
~Leninger, 1984

by **JeanG** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:29 pm

As a nurse, I'd say: "Are you SURE you want a profession where you will continually fight with doctors and administration to get your patient the care s/he needs? If you are, it's the hardest job you'll ever love - a job where a smile from your patient might be your only reward...but it'll be the best reward you can imagine."

by **SBcrazee** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:43 pm

Welcome to Acot!

Here's some quotes:

Nurses - one of the few blessings of being ill.
Nurses are angels in comfortable shoes.
A nurse is compassion in scrubs.
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

by **rananc** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:56 pm

Thanks so much! These are awesome! I've been visiting here quite a bit but have never posted on the boards before. Your help is greatly appreciated! :-D

by **debamas** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:37 am

I've found the internet a good source. Here is a url of some others to consider. I just graduated last summer and have yet to scrap my pics and see a few that I'd like to use.
http://nurse.lifetips.com/newsletter/2008/4/18/more-nurses-sayings/index.html

by **1grandma** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:29 am

I've been a nurse for over33 years and don't have any words of wisdom for you. The others got them good.

by **jiffy** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:08 pm

'Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.'

'Caring is the essence of nursing.'

'Nurses can take the pressure.'

'Nurses are I.V. leaguers.'

'Nurses are the heartbeat of health care.'

'After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse.'

'Nurses are patient people.'

'You might be a nurse if you firmly believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis.'

'Confucius say, "Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient."