Nurses Quotes

Famous Nurse: Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) – This British pioneer in the field (who was also a mathematician) insisted on more sanitary conditions for nurses and doctors during the Crimean War, which cut the death rate of wounded soldiers by a staggering amount. Florence Nightingale was a true nursing legend whose work changed the field of medicine dramatically for the better. She was also a tireless advocate for the advancement of women nurses and physicians.

Nurses are angels in comfortable shoes. ~Author Unknown

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

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors. ~Gerhard Kocher

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

Nurses can take the pressure. ~Author Unknown

If Christian scientists had more science and doctors more Christianity, it wouldn’t make any difference which you called in – if you had a good nurse. ~Finley Peter Dunne

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest…. ~William Osler

Nurses are I.V. leaguers. ~Author Unknown

After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. ~W.C. Fields

Nurses are patient people. ~Author Unknown

You might be a nurse if you firmly believe that “too stupid to live” should be a diagnosis.~Author Unknown

Whether a person is a male or female, a nurse is a nurse. ~Gary Veale

If love can’t cure it, nurses can. ~Author Unknown

Confucius say: “Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.” ~Author Unknown

During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. “Absolutely,” the professor said. “In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.” I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. ~Joann C. Jones