Jenny Downham Quotes

A lot of medical problems are solved if doctors are nice to patients. If you can make them think positive, you may not need medication.

The nurses, I have already learned, are the ones who give us the answers we’re desperate for. Unlike the doctors, who fidget like they need to be somewhere else, the nurses patiently answer us as if we are the first set of parents to ever have this kind of meeting with them, instead of the thousandth.

after several months of probation work, standing on my feet some ten to twelve hours a day, I decided that as a nurse I was a pretty good entertainer.

I was a nurse.

Sister Mary was a nurse and nurses, whatever their creed, are primarily nurses, which had a lot to do with wearing your watch upside down, keeping calm in emergencies, and dying for a cup of tea.

I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.

Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

Always thank your nurse. Sometimes they're the only one between you and a hearse.

I feel passionate about nurses. I would do anything for nurses. Anything.

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

How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.

I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare, and are often in the best place to be able to see the whole pathway of care.

I'm training to become a giggle doctor. It's a kind of hospital clown who changes the atmosphere on the ward and helps recovery. It's about making patients laugh but also much more.

Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do.

I love to take care of people, which is why I went to nursing school.

A lot of times you'll go into a doctor's office and want a kind, non-clinical approach from the physician. Doesn't usually happen.

I've been blessed over the years and I want to help guys to feel good about themselves when they're going for job interviews. You walk in for a job interview, you feel good about yourself, you look the part, you get that confidence going.

Hair matters. This is a life lesson Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you.

Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.

Actually, I'd already briefed him, early this morning. Since we were up at six. Since, at six, the nurse had been overcome with the overwhelming compulsion to take Fang's temperature right then.

It's okay, Ig." said Fang. "Just give it your best shot." Sometimes the Fangster is incredibly supportive, just not with me.

it isn't mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead.