20 Quotes to Inspire you to be a Leading Nurse
BY DEFINITION A LEADER IS “a person who has commanding authority or influence”, but there’s much more to being a leader than that, especially in the world of nursing.
Are you a leader? Nurses have assigned roles and specific titles that involve skill management. To be a leader in the field of nursing goes beyond assigned authority. Nurse leaders are confident, committed, inspiring and honest every shift, day and night (just to name a few of the 10 qualities that make a great leader according to More Than Accountants).
Leading nurses challenge the status quo and continue to challenge themselves whether they’ve been a nurse for a month or 10 years.
Chances are, you’re reading this because you’re passionate about nursing and being a great one at that, but the job can make us all want to hide under a rock. Finding inspiration to become a leading nurse can be a difficult task, but no worries we have you covered with these 20 inspiring nursing quotes! For more quotes visit us on Pinterest!
Here are 20 of our favorite quotes to inspire you to be a leading nurse!
“Rejoice in your work; never lose sight of the nursing leader you are now and the nursing leader you will become.” – Sue Fitzsimons
“If you don’t see the book you want on the shelf, write it.” – Beverly Cleary
“I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.” – Clara Barton
“America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.” – Barack Obama
“Are we prepared to leave our comfort zones to reach a better place?” – Elder Godoy
“You don’t build a house without its foundation. You don’t build a hospital without its nurses.” – Anonymous
“Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it’s awkward. When it’s uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions.” – Jamie Tworkowski
“I’m constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don’t beat myself up over it.” – Mindy Kaling
“The longer I’m in the profession, the more experience shape my life, the more amazing colleagues influence me, the more I see the micro and macro power of nursing.” – Joni Watson
“Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.” – Lois Capps
“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” – Maya Angelou
“Unless we are making progress in our nursing every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back.” – Florence Nightingale
“The biggest communication problem is that we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” – Gabriel García Márquez
“To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through, is to be a nurse.” – Rawsi Williams
“Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The door that nobody else will go it at, seems always to swing open widely for me.” – Clara Barton
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” – Florence Nightingale
“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” – John C. Maxwell
“Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe
Leadership is a mindset in action, according to Inc.com, and we couldn’t agree more. All nurses hold a place for improved leadership. We hope these quotes inspired you to earn and claim yourself as a leading nurse.
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