#nursing

It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine after a day of toiling over computer databases in a smoke-free, noise-free newsroom. ↗

— Russell Baker

#computer #databases #day #fitting #glass

You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it. ↗

— Clara Barton

#nursing #inspirational

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

— Kate Hudson

#hard #nursing #pretty #working #you

There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#certain #film #goes #himself #home

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#could #far #nursing #often #proper

I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy. ↗

— Emo Philips

#beer #getting #i #nursing #quite

The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less. ↗

— Edward G. Rendell

#community-based #covered #currently #far #home

It is common for rural hospitals and nursing homes to operate as a single unit in order to take advantage of savings related to cost-sharing of some services and staff. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#common #homes #hospitals #nursing #operate

Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#awake #baby #before #called #continuously

Without direction, the respiratory technician goes to the head of the bed. She takes the tubing, attaches it to the oxygen, and turns it on as high as it will go. She provides a seal with her hand cupped over the plastic mask, over the nose and mouth of the toddler, and methodically provides oxygenated air. Doyle’s tiny chest rises and falls while I listen with my stethoscope. I am reaching for another breathing tube. “Fib!” Dr. Pedras feels for a pulse while another places gelled pads on her chest. ↗

— Ruth McLeod-Kearns

#doctor #drama #emergency-room #er #family