We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff – people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses.

An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks.

Nursing is a career that demands a chunk of your soul on a daily basis. The emotional energy needed to care for people at their most vulnerable is not limitless and there have been many days when, like most nurses, I have felt spent, devoid of any further capacity to give. I feel lucky that my family and friends are forgiving. Betty.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain.

A person becomes part of their surroundings.

We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff - people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses.

The words were out. The truth was hanging in the air..

It is impossible to describe exactly what I learn, though I know it lies somewhere between science and art. It is all about the smallest details and understanding how they make the biggest difference.

Sometimes even if you think something is wrong, it must be done.

If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked.