{"quotes":[{"text":"Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.","author":"Euripides","tags":["greek-tragedy","nurse","play"],"id":13766,"author_id":"Euripides"},{"text":"It was a lesson she was still learning. When she had first started nursing, she had taken every death personally, like she was losing her father all over again. Every patient lost under her care was a little piece of death she would carry around with her until the end of her own life. But the alternative seemed so unfeeling. Tina and the other nurses could crack jokes and banter back and forth about contestants on American Idol before the body of a deceased patient was even cold. It was a coping mechanism, she knew, but not necessarily one she thought she would ever adopt. There had to be something in between. Olive had been called a bleeding heart before, but her heart no longer had the same plasticity and tenderness—it was scarred and worn beyond repair.","author":"Andrea Lochen","tags":["coping","death","lesson","loss","nurse","nursing","patients","repeat","year"],"id":14172,"author_id":"Andrea+Lochen"},{"text":"There is no real bravery in getting paid to save someone's life. However, there is a large amount of bravery in a nurse break dancing at the hospital's Christmas party.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["bravery","break-dancing","christmas-party","courage","dancing","embarrasement","funny","hospital","humor","no-fear","nurse","ridiculous","social-situations","stupid"],"id":17676,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Something was in her mouth. Sami's tongue slid along the edges of something plastic. Flat, low ridges, holes-an adjustable strap. A baseball cap? Another taste. Hair spray. Gross. Someone had stuffed her baseball cap in her mouth, and from the feel of it they had taped it in place. Her arms were tied behind her and she lay face down on the floor-of what? Her car. The carpeting scraped her cheek every time they hit a bump. Panic flooded Sami's senses. She came instantly awake. Inhaling deeply through her nose, she willed herself to calm down. Her working motto flashed through her brain, panic never accomplished anything. Of course she had never been kidnapped and tied up before. In the dim light of passing cars, she glimpsed things-paper gum wrappers, an old straw, one whopper wrapper, a CD cover. That's where Sting went. Been looking for that for days. Man did she need to vacuum this car out. A metallic scent hit her nose. She'd recognize that smell until the day she died. Blood. And by the odor, someone had lost a great deal of it.","author":"Suzanne Ferrell","tags":["fbi","nurse","romantic-suspense","suzanne-ferrell"],"id":64605,"author_id":"Suzanne+Ferrell"},{"text":"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.","author":"Ruth McLeod-Kearns","tags":["child","doctor","drama","emergency-room","er","family","life","love","medical","nurse","nursing","sad","short-story","trauma"],"id":66499,"author_id":"Ruth+McLeod-Kearns"},{"text":"The partnership between nurses and families is based on mutual trust, and defining the boundaries and rules clearly will help everyone involved, especially your child.","author":"Charisse Montgomery","tags":["child","family","nurse","parenting","special-needs","trust"],"id":67848,"author_id":"Charisse+Montgomery"},{"text":"Your dreams can change the environment which was not conducive for it at first! However it is a good initiative for the dreams that would change one society to be nursed in another environment, before being transplanted to strive in its original environment for the change process to begin!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["1st","ayivor","begin-a-change","change-process","change-the-world","change-your-environment","city","conducive","do-something","environment","first","food-for-thought","impact","influence","initiative","innovation","inspirational","invention","israelmore","leave-a-legacy","legacy","location","make-a-change","make-a-difference","make-an-impact","motivational","nurse","original","position","society","success","transplant","village","world"],"id":103645,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"The more love and support your child receives, the richer his or her life becomes, and nurses can certainly add to the circle of love surrounding your child.","author":"Charisse Montgomery","tags":["disability","home","nurse","parenting","special-needs"],"id":121726,"author_id":"Charisse+Montgomery"},{"text":"He rested his head on top of mine and whispered, 'I'm warning you now. I'm a horrible patient.'\tI smiled in spite of myself and pulled back. 'Of course you are. That's why you're a doctor.","author":"Lisa Kessler","tags":["boxing","doctor","fighting","hawaii","jaguars","nurse","shifters","wolves"],"id":147864,"author_id":"Lisa+Kessler"},{"text":"Her soft lips met mine over and over, scorching my soul as she gradually pulled back. 'If I had known werewolves were such great kissers, I would've found one much sooner.","author":"Lisa Kessler","tags":["doctor","hawaii","moon","nurse","wolf-pack"],"id":164271,"author_id":"Lisa+Kessler"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":34,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}