Nursing Quotes - Page 10

• Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing.

  Michael N. Castle

  Teaching, School, Social

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• I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

  Florence Nightingale

  Hero, Nurse, World

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• Age has extremely little to do with anything that matters. The difference between one age and another is, as a rule, enormously exaggerated.

  Rose Macaulay

  Differences, Age, Rehab

  Dame Rose Macaulay (2016). “Dangerous Ages”, p.165, Read Books Ltd

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• Peace is a nursing mother to the land.

  Hesiod

  Mother, Peace, Land

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• Nursing has made great progress from being an occupation to becoming a profession in the 20th. Century. As the 21st. Century approaches, further progress will be reported and recorded in Cyberspace - The Internet being one conduit for that. Linking nurses and their information and knowledge across borders - around the world - will surely advance the profession of nursing much more rapidly in the next century

  Hildegard Peplau

  Nurse, Progress, Borders

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• Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Hate, Nurse

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• They say in that book (Keneally's Schindler's List) that I gave the Jews the food in their mouths. I never had time to find out who was sick and who had to be fed (by hand). I am no good as a nurse, I tell you frankly. I have no talent for nursing . . . I bought the food for everyone.

  Emilie Schindler

  Book, Hands, Nurse

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• When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women?

  Anna Quindlen

  Mother, Clothes, Breastfeeding

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• Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

  Florence Nightingale

  Art, Progressive, Backwards

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• A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature.

  David Suzuki

  Mother, Baby, Breastfeeding

  David Suzuki (1995). “Time to Change”, Stoddart Pub

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• Ah, March! we know thou art Kind-hearted,
  spite of ugly looks and threats,
  And, out of sight, art nursing April's violets!

  Helen Hunt Jackson

  Art, Sight, Looks

  Helen Hunt Jackson (1872). “Verses”, p.85

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• Nurses have new and expanding roles. They are case managers, helping patients navigate the maze of health care choices and develop plans of care. They are patient educators who focus on preventative care in a multitude of settings outside hospitals. And they are leaders, always identifying ways for their practice to improve. Because nurses have the most direct patient care, they have much influence on serious treatment decisions. It is a very high stakes job. Everyone wants the best nurse for the job, and that equates to the best educated nurse.

  Judi Evans

  Jobs, Practice, Nurse

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• What do you want to do with me?" she asked. You had an unpleasant tumble." He nodded toward the unfamiliar creatures. "My Ganmede friends and I are nursing you back to health, that's all." By drugging me?" (Molly and Arch)

  Frank Beddor

  Arches, Want, Creatures

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• A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skilful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well, - this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Mother, Children, Growing Up

  "The Dispossessed". Book by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974.

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• Study after study confirms that even when you control for variables like profession, education, hours worked, age, marital status, and children, men still are compensated substantially more - even in professions, like nursing, dominated by women. No wonder there's a gender gap.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Birthday, Children, Men

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• Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one's ability to see what needs to be seen.

  Steven Amsterdam

  Sight, Smell, People

  "How to Make a Bed" by Steven Amsterdam, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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• and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Smart, School, Nurse

  Augusten Burroughs (2011). “Possible Side Effects”, p.93, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.

  Malcolm Mclaren

  Shoes, Paris, Cities

  "This much I know" by Malcolm McLaren, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.

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• Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.

  Kenneth Clarke

  Prime, Ministers, Grievance

  "In his own words". www.theguardian.com. January 18, 2009.

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• Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Home, Past, Years

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• Daisy smiled and said, "Jay Berry, you won't die. You may think you will, but you won't. In a day or two, you'll be as good as new, I hope." "You're just saying that because you heard Papa say it," I said. "No, I'm not!" Daisy said. "I'm saying it because I'm a nurse, and nurses are supposed to cheer up their patients." I knew all too well that once Daisy had gotten into one of her Red Cross nursing spells, it was ridiculous to even think of trying to argue her out of it. So I just groaned, closed my eyes, and sat there while

  Wilson Rawls

  Cheer, Eye, Thinking

  Wilson Rawls (2010). “Summer of the Monkeys”, p.143, Yearling

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• Ignore him," Heather begged. "I do. Constantly." Jean-Luc studied the coach, then turned to Heather with a wary look. "Every man in this town wants you." She laughed. "Yea, right. The old guys from the nursing home go into cardiac arrest whenever I walk by." His gaze drifted over her. "I can believe that.

  Kerrelyn Sparks

  Believe, Home, Men

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• My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home.

  Rickie Lee Jones

  Jobs, Home, Laundry

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• Filming this drama made me realise how noble the nursing profession really is -- from the selfless dedication to the care and love for patients. Let me take this opportunity to pay tribute to all the great nurses out there!

  Rebecca Lim

  Drama, Opportunity, Dedication

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• Someone must transform income into the food, shelter, clothing, nurture, discipline, education, minding, nursing, transportation, and emotional support that creates life outside of the office, permits survival of the race, cares for the ill and disabled, and makes life livable when we can no longer care for ourselves.

  Anne-Marie Slaughter

  Emotional, Race, Office

  "How to Make the U.S. a Better Place for Caregivers" by Anne-Marie Slaughter, www.theatlantic.com. May 14, 2013.

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