Best Nurses Poems

 

the lights are on but nobody is home,
the confused elderly mumble and roam,
at the nursing desk they stand,
their minds in another land,
no shoes, no clothes, the hair could use a comb.


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May 4, 2015


Poetry/Limerick/we nurses have a saying
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Unquotable quotes: Nurses – XIX

A nurse well-dressed is a nurse well-thought of, even if she administers the coup de grace.
Prick a nurse and she’ll pamper you; pamper a nurse and she’ll prick you.
Displease a nurse and no doctor can save you.
Report a nurse’s malfeasance and...

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"What day is it?" the matron asked
"Valentines" came the reply
A twelve hour shift, while on your feet 
Sure makes the time fly by
Quite unaware of treasured days
So taken by her duties
The soul inside her laboured body
Is a living, breathing beauty

Lain, row on row, for theatre
I...

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Twelve Hour Shifts for Nurses

By Elton Camp

To be asked to work twelve hours in a row
Seems to be an extremely hard way to go

Imagine doing any task for that long
How easy it’d be to do something wrong

If selling clothes I work long and late
A few...

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Two nurses and a doctor try to coax me into a wheelchair.
I sit firmly, hard, arms crossed, not doing it no matter what.
A nurse's aide comes in. She says "Therapy dog is down at X-ray today."
I jump into that wheelchair like the bed was on...

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Our paths have crossed though no intent,
illness borne is why we're sent.

We look to you profession learned,
seeking help, for health returned.

You give so much, ask not from us,
while in your care we do trust.

Shall be a day, this plan for all,
kingdom come will make it's...

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I see them heading off to work
With RN on their chests
And wonder if their day will bring
Some cardiac arrests…

Or IV drips or stats to check
Or tender reassurance,
All a part of patient care,
A test of one’s endurance.

Whatever comes a nurse’s way,
She’s always instrumental
In helping those who...

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Nurses are extraordinarily kind;
dispensing hope and endless compassion.
Friendly caregivers and angels combined,
nurses are extraordinarily kind.
They're the concept of graciousness defined;
and smile when smiling seems out of fashion.
Nurses are extraordinarily kind;
dispensing hope and endless compassion....

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The clock on the wall is relentless
It keeps moving forward never ceases
Time's getting short
More love to export
Unaware of time surrounded by nurses...

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I'm not trying to take away from or add to eithers appeal,
but in the medical community, doctors diagnose but it is the nurses who heal....

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An understanding heart and 
a gentle touch
To those who are sick means 
so much 
A nurse takes an oath to do just
that and more
To be that light that shines
upon the core
Everyone deserves a kind 
hearted soul 
To take care of the patient 
and family as...

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>Nurses

Am I awake?  What!  Where am I?
I'm looking up, can't see the sky.
All looks white, quiet too,
I wonder now, what should I do?

What did they say?  Where would I be?  
When theatre staff finished with me.
Oh yes!  In bed, with...

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Harrowing shifts placating Palestinian patients
Awkwardly healing bones, injuries war caused
Comfort we gave seemed severely insufficient
Soul mates meeting among pain, implausible 

Crutch hobbling boy with copious haphazard grin
Caught both our hearts, we smuggled him chocolate 
You took every free chance to sit and joke with him
Your...

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Life itself sometimes begins at the "End"? Life always has a beginning,and I am not certain about how "Life itself" will "End".Will you hold on to your "Life" that you have now to invigorate,and inspire the desire that the love gives so that you can...

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Coronavirus tests are hard to come by
 Only severe symptoms qualify
 Many with no symptoms have it too
 Spreading it around to me and you

 If everyone is not tested
 Cases will continue to rise
 And thousands more will be infected
  Many will meet...

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