Nursing Quotes

Nursing Quotes

If you think that nursing is a very rewarding and challenging job, wait until you read the many nursing quotes you can find in books, magazines, and even in the internet. If you have read any nursing quotes, you can tell that many people, especially the ones who have stayed in the hospital for quite some time, admire this profession. Also, you will notice that there seems to be a lot of nice things to say about nurses.

To give you a clearer picture on this matter, here are examples of some of the inspirational nursing quotes. Most of the nursing quotes you can find over the internet describe the work of a nurse as to how dedicated they are on their job and how important the role of a nurse is in our lives.

Many young girls are…becoming trained nurses, whose gentle ministrations in the sickroom, skilled touch, patient watchfulness and unwearied vigils, are as great factors in the care of the sick, as the professional physicians. - Lydia Hoyt Farmer

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

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

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

Of all the nursing quotes that best describe a nurse's job, this could be the one:

Nurses offer knowledge, compassion and courage. As you cope with the life challenge, a nurse is our lifeline, working in partnership with you, providing skilled care that makes difference between life and death, comfort and pain, hope and despair.

It's surprising to know, though, that despite how many people feel about nurses, there are still few who are not so happy about nurses. This nursing quote can explain that:

I should like the whole race of nurses to be abolished: children should be with their mother as much as possible, in my opinion. - Lewis Caroll

The more you read about nursing quotes, the more impressed you'll get of a nurse's job. You can tell in every word of every nursing quote that a lot of people admire the role of a nurse in the care of a patient.