10 Important Nursing Quotes That Help Inspire Nurses
Higher Education Articles July 17, 2013Working in the medical field is a demanding and often thankless job. Nurses provide initial contact with patients and play a vital role in medical situations. Too often nurses will begin to feel burned out by the stress and constant mental challenge of taking care of injured and sick people. Here are ten important nursing quotes that help inspire nurses in their daily lives.
•“Nurses, one of the few blessings of being ill” Sara Moss. If you have to be ill or injured, the best thing that can happen is to have a great nurse!
•“The worst thing about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary” Elbert Hubbard. Unfortunately, this is the truth. Too often the medicine we take to make us feel better means more medication to counter the side effects.
•“Nurses are angels in comfortable shoes.” -Author Unknown. What could be truer? Often the nurse has been on his or her feet for twelve hours with barely a break for lunch or rest.
•“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. One of the best nursing quotes around. Florence Nightingale said what many people just think about saying.
•Christine Belle: “Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the joy, every day, while we are ‘just doing our jobs.’” Nurses are there when the last breath is taken, and nurses are there when the first breath is taken. Although it is more enjoyable to celebrate the birth, it is just as important to comfort in death.
•Dag Hammarskjold: “Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.”
•“Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.” Gerhard Kocher. Although not true in all situations, often the doctors make the nurse’s job more difficult. More often than not, the nurse could give the diagnosis and take care of the problem without any other assistance, and with more bedside manners!
•“The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable.” – My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult. Is this the truth?! Often the doctors are so worried about the technical issues involved with procedures, they forget the one getting the procedure is a human being. Nursing quotes like this put it all in perspective.
•“As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou. How often do we find this is true? When families and patients are at their worst, the nurse is the one to hold their hand and provide support and comfort. They may not remember who you were, but they will remember the love they felt when they needed it the most.
•Mother Theresa: “It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.” Who better to give nurses a quick pick me up than Mother Theresa? The next time you are feeling stressed and overwhelmed, or your patient is being a pain in the neck, remember these nursing quotes and see yourself as a blessing to someone else.
These are just some of the best inspirational nursing quotes that can be found. Whether you are a nursing student or a practicing nurse, remember – people appreciate the job you do!
