Calling Quote by Florence Nightingale

Often with little power or sway on their own, nurses -- mostly women, historically -- have been a force of will and a sense…

— Barack Obama

Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong…

— Lois Capps

Nurses are on the front lines of our care. And they need to be at the foundation of health care reform. Let's get health…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

Many young girls are ... becoming trained nurses, whose gentle ministrations in the sick-room, skilled touch, patient watchfulness and unwearied vigils, are as great…

— Lydia Hoyt Farmer

“Constant complaints were being made of incompetent attendants, and some dozen women did double duty, and then were blamed for breaking down. If any…

— Louisa May Alcott

The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health,…

— Florence Nightingale

Instead of respecting nurses, we have started blaming them for problems they don't create. And, in doing so, we are making everyone less safe.

— Susanna Reid

I should like the whole race of nurses to be abolished: children should be with their mother as much as possible, in my opinion.

— Lewis Carroll

“To those you care for, a nurse is a person of many faces: You are a warrior against death and suffering, a technician of…

— Echo Heron

“Qualities of a Good Nurse: Go," I said. "1. Doesn't pun on your disability," Isaac said. "2. Gets blood on the first try," I…

— John Green

Nurses are the heart of healthcare.

— Donna Wilk Cardillo

I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and…

— Florence Nightingale