This is a collection of nursing quotes. Sometimes irreverent, mostly funny, maybe sad, hopefully uplifting. Always from a nurse. Some words to live by.
When disaster strikes, heroes emerge. Nurses do great things every day. MENCHU DELUNA SANCHEZ, a Filipino registered nurse in NYU-Langone, organized a group of medical professionals to carry 20 critical babies down nine flights of stairs, with illuminations from cellphones to guide their way.
As part of their daily lives, they care for their patients under-paid and under-staffed. But in extreme circumstances, a few nurses shine more than others. It is so heartwarming that the nurses are finally getting their spotlight.
To all my fellow nurses out there, hope everything is well. It has been a very hectic week at work. I am sure you noticed the hospital patient census had been reaching its all time high nowadays. This goes the same for doctor’s offices, clinics, and other healthcare settings. As s matter of fact, normal [...]
Piles of wrinkled paper gradually kept building up across the horizontal table while some of us were striving to think what to write and then type for our seatworks. Most of my life, I’ve encountered many hindrances along the way, if not all of them. Some of those challenges were difficult, while there were those [...]
Nurses advocate for their patients. This is what nurses do. To advocate for a patient is a natural part of nursing care because it taps into the nurturing aspect of an individual. The need to take care of, “ipagtatangol” “stand up”, and speak up for the ones who cannot. It is an ethical standard. Advocating [...]
Nursing is an emotionally charged profession. It requires a great deal of self discipline and self control to remain focused to the tasks and challenges that waits. With this in mind, values and beliefs are always at stake especially when emotions are at a high. This can drain and exhaust anyone and adaptation is a [...]