50+ Nurse Day Quotes Significance, wishes, and quotes

Nurse Day is a day dedicated to honoring and appreciating the contributions of nurses around the world. It's typically celebrated on different dates depending on the country. In the United States, National Nurses Day is observed annually on May 6th, kicking off National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12th, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This week serves as an opportunity to recognize the vital role nurses play in healthcare and to thank them for their hard work, compassion, and dedication to patient care.

Nurse Day Quotes

50 quotes to celebrate Nurse Day:

1. "Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription." - Val Saintsbury

2. "To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through; that is to be a nurse." - Rawsi Williams

3. "Nurses are the heart of healthcare." - Donna Wilk Cardillo

4. "Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, to serve, or to help." - Christina Feist-Heilmeier

5. "Nursing is not just an art, it has a heart. Nursing is not just a science, but it's where love grows." - Unknown

6. "Nurses are the hospitality of the hospital." - Carrie Latet

7. "Nurses may not be angels, but they are the next best thing." - Unknown

8. "Nursing is a work of heart." - Unknown

9. "Nurses: one of the few blessings of being ill." - Sara Moss-Wolfe

10. "The character of a nurse is as important as the knowledge she possesses." - Carolyn Jarvis

11. "Nurses are the backbone of healthcare. Thank you for your tireless dedication and commitment." - Unknown

12. "Nurses are the silent unsung heroes of the healthcare world." - Unknown

13. "Nursing is not just a profession, it's a passion." - Unknown

14. "Nurses are the bridge between science and humanity." - Laura Hartwig

15. "Nurses: You may forget your patients, but your patients will never forget you." - Ellen J. Barrier

16. "Nursing is an art, and if it is to be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work." - Florence Nightingale

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

18. "Nurses are the heart of healthcare." - Donna Wilk Cardillo

19. "Nurses are the gentle hand that guides people through their darkest moments." - Unknown

20. "Nursing is not for everyone. It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet." - Donna Wilk Cardillo

21. "Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare system." - Unknown

22. "Nurses: changing the world one patient at a time." - Unknown

23. "Nursing is a work of heart." - Unknown

24. "Nurses are the heart of healing." - Unknown

25. "Nurses: one of the few blessings of being ill." - Sara Moss-Wolfe

26. "Nursing is not just a career, it's a calling." - Unknown

27. "Nurses are the heartbeat of healthcare." - Unknown

28. "Nursing is the gentle art of caring." - Unknown

29. "Nurses are the unsung heroes of healthcare." - Unknown

30. "Nursing is not just a profession, it's a passion." - Unknown

31. "Nurses are the hands and feet of healthcare." - Unknown

32. "Nursing is an art, and if it is to be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work." - Florence Nightingale

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

34. "Nurses are the heart of healthcare." - Donna Wilk Cardillo

35. "Nurses are the gentle hand that guides people through their darkest moments." - Unknown

36. "Nursing is not for everyone. It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet." - Donna Wilk Cardillo

37. "Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare system." - Unknown

38. "Nurses: changing the world one patient at a time." - Unknown

39. "Nursing is a work of heart." - Unknown

40. "Nurses are the heart of healing." - Unknown

41. "Nurses: one of the few blessings of being ill." - Sara Moss-Wolfe

42. "Nursing is not just a career, it's a calling." - Unknown

43. "Nurses are the heartbeat of healthcare." - Unknown

44. "Nursing is the gentle art of caring." - Unknown

45. "Nurses are the unsung heroes of healthcare." - Unknown

46. "Nursing is not just a profession, it's a passion." - Unknown

47. "Nurses are the hands and feet of healthcare." - Unknown

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

49. "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

50. "The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe." - Florence Nightingale

Nurse Day Quotes