#nursing

Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens. ↗

— Jon Porter

#college #crushing #debt #graduate #including

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home. ↗

— Florence King

#bunch #floor #found #home #i

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

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#act #every #fashion #her #joy

Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#grievance #i #loved #minister #nursing

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter. ↗

— Tori Amos

#creatively #daughter #having #i #many