Professions & Roles: Nurse Quotes

Explore a thoughtful selection of nurse quotes that honor compassion, competence, and calm under pressure. These words highlight the dedication behind every shift, from bedside care to community health. Whether you are a nursing student, seasoned RN, or appreciative reader, find concise reflections on empathy, resilience, teamwork, and patient advocacy. Use them for study motivation, workplace boards, or moments of quiet encouragement that reaffirm the heart and science of nursing.

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"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them"

Clara Barton, Public Servant

"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon"

Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat

Dag Hammarskjold

"Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health"

Lois Capps, Politician

"It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly"

Stephen Ambrose, Historian

"Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse"

Elizabeth Kenny, Celebrity

Elizabeth Kenny

"That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be a registered nurse so getting to talk to people who already work in those jobs can really teach me what to expect when I get out in the real world"

Angela Carter, Novelist

Angela Carter

"For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially"

John Hutton, Educator

"How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema"

Warren Beatty, Actor

"They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men"

James A. Michener, Novelist

"For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system"

Nathan Deal, Politician

"The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and people from working coming along and taking the piss"

Jo Brand, Comedian

"I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done"

Naomi Judd, Musician

"Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do"

Nathan Deal, Politician

"Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nurse or a doctor who will take time off to go exactly where they are needed"

Ginny B. Waite

"When you're nursing and you're working 18-hour days, that's pretty hard"

Kate Hudson, Actress

Kate Hudson

"I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung"

Kate Smith, Musician

"My sister is a nurse and saves people's lives"

Nicholas Lea, Actor

"The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms"

Patricia Hewitt, Politician

"Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals"

Lois Capps, Politician

"And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records"

Lois Capps, Politician

"I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something"

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politician

Eddie Bernice Johnson

"For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian"

Agnes Smedley, Journalist

"The nurses were all angels in my eyes"

Randy Castillo, Musician

"And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse"

May Sinclair, Writer