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“It’s hard, isn’t it? But it was always drummed into us during training that the patients and their families are the absolute priority. And our own feelings come way down the list.”

Book:Changing Seasons for the Country Nurse

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“...Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald dogs, put records out of reach! Make the stands gasp as we blow into an unearthly kick from three hundred yards out! We can become God's own messengers delivering the dreaded scrolls! We can race dark Satan himself till he wheezes fiery cinders down the back straightaway....They'll speak our names in hushed tones, 'those guys are animals' they'll say! We can lay it on the line, bust a gut, show them a clean pair of heels. We can sprint the turn on a spring breeze and feel the winter leave our feet! We can, by God, let our demons loose and just wail on!”

Motivational Running

Book:Once a Runner

Source: Once a Runner

“There ain't no feelin' in the world like takin' on somebody wilted and near bout gone, and you do what you can, and then all a-sudden the pore thang starts to put out new growth and git well.”

Healing Motherhood Nursing

Book:Cold Sassy Tree

Source: Cold Sassy Tree

“The most important pratical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe-how to observe-what symptoms indicate improvement-what the reverse-which are of importance-which are of none-which are the evidence of neglect-and of what kind of neglect.”

Nursing

Book:Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and what it is Not

Source: Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and what it is Not

“While burnout obviously has something to do with stress, overdoing things, not being centred, and not listening to yourself or your body, one of the deepest contributors to burnout, I believe, is the deep disappointment of not living up to your true calling, which is to help.”

Inspiration Healing Helping Others Social Work Self Help Quotes Nursing Stress Management Burnout Self Help Book

Book:Helping Effortlessly: A Book of Inspiration and Healing

Source: Helping Effortlessly: A Book of Inspiration and Healing

“I work at a retirement home. I'm a CNA.” “What's that?” “It stands for Certified Nursing Assistant.” “That sounds important,” I said. She laughed. “If changing old people's diapers is important.” I thought for a moment, then said, “It is for the old people.”

Nursing Cna

Book:The Broken Road

Source: The Broken Road

“Whether women work in the care sector because the wages are low or whether wages are low because women work there is a question that cannot be answered. But we know that a big reason for economic inequality is that women to a much greater extent work with care.”

Feminism Economics Nursing

Book:Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? A Story About Women and Economics

Source: Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? A Story About Women and Economics

“It is impossible to describe exactly what I learn, though I know it lies somewhere between science and art. It is all about the smallest details and understanding how they make the biggest difference.”

Nurse Nursing

Book:The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

Source: The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

“In fact the English nurses had spent much of their time stuffing mattresses, stirring gruel, and standing at washtubs, but Lib didn't want the nun to mistake her for an ignorant menial. That was what nobody understood: saving lives often came down to getting a latrine pipe unplugged.”

Nursing

Book:The Wonder

Source: The Wonder

“We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff - people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses.”

Nursing Nurses Nurses And Patients

Book:The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

Source: The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

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