As a nurse, you might encounter both good weeks and terrible weeks. Some weeks you sail right on through and some weeks you may consider to be just absolutely disastrous. Nevertheless, you’re able to tough it out through it all, and your dedication and passion to care for those around you keep you afloat.
But there are also times when it becomes way too much, too much for anyone, even nurses, to handle. It gets too exhausting and insanely overwhelming that it seems impossible to recover from all the emotions that weigh you down.
You may feel empowered because you know you’re strong enough to handle everything that most people can’t even imagine, but dark days have their way of making you question your strength and ability. What can we say? It’s a bumpy, tricky ride.
Nursing is truly like a wildly unpredictable roller-coaster, and for that reason, we’ve listed down 30 Nursing quotes from Pinterest—some just outright funny and some being really inspirational, all to help you get through this week.
Nurse: Just another word to describe a person strong enough to tolerate everything and soft enough to understand everyone.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
I was born to be a nurse – to hold, to aid, to save, to help, to teach, to inspire. It’s who I am, my calling, my passion, my life, and my world.
Nursing is a work of heart.
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men’s weaknesses.
Healthcare has taught me many things: one of which is how to not feel insulted after being insulted.
No one ever said nursing school would be easy but… damn.
You are a nurse if…
The stain on your scrubs isn’t lunch
You leave your shoes in the garage when you get home
You battle doctors in your dreams
You count the hours until your shift ends
You time your lunch break when certain families visit
You cringe when on-call and the phone ring
No, I will not rub your feet. I’m a nurse, not a masseur. Can I interest you in a narcotic?
May your coffee be strong and your scrub game on point.
Save one life you’re a hero
Save a hundred lives you’re a Nurse
Don’t piss off Nurses, They’re like the mafia.
PISS OFF ONE AND YOU PISS OFF THE REST.
When you’re a nurse you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours.
Being a nurse means to hold all your own tears and start drawing smiles on people’s faces. – Dana Basem
Nurses are a unique kind. They have this insatiable need to care for others, which is both their greatest strength and fatal flow. – Dr. jean watson, rn, doctor, author and professor
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who else could stand 12 hours at a time, guarding against death, and risk having one’s own heart broken, while wearing a smile? Only a nurse.
A nurse is one who opens the eyes of a newborn & gently closes the eyes of a dying man. it is indeed a high blessing to be first and last to witness the beginning and end of life.
They may forget your name,
but they’ll never forget
how you made them feel.
Nurse – A type of superhero who wears scrubs and a stethoscope.
Being a nurse isn’t about grades, it’s about being who we are. No book can teach you how to cry with a patient. No class can teach you how to tell their family that their parents have died or are dying. No professor can teach you how to find dignity in giving someone a bed bath. A nurse is not about the pills or the charting. It’s about being able to love people when they’re at their weakest moments.
Nursing fixin’ cuts and stickin’ butts.
When someone is going through a storm. Your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.
It is a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together.
Being a nurse is weird. We witness traumatic things and maintain a poker face. But then have a mental breakdown losing a pen.
The character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge he or she possesses. – Carolyn Jarvis
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. – Christine Bell
I’m tough,
I’m ambitious,
and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. – Madonna
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
I’ve been a nurse for so long that I triage my laundry and have decided that none of it requires immediate attention.
