'I'm a Nurse, What's Your Superpower?'—75 Insta-Worthy Captions for National Nurses Week
Nursing is the nation's largest healthcare profession, with nearly 4.2 million registered nurses (RNs) nationwide. They work in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and more. They see people at their worst, and care for them selflessly. And with National Nurses Week lasting from May 6-12, it's the perfect time to feature some nurse Instagram captions on social media to share your appreciation and admiration.
It only makes sense that we take time to give some “thanks” back to nurses, who have one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Long hours, long weeks and shortages in staffing everywhere have put strains on the healthcare system. Nurses are the anchors that keep everything floating.
May 12 is also celebrated as International Nurses Day in honor of pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Florence was a British nurse nicknamed, “The Lady with the Lamp,” whose experiences during the Crimean War led to the foundations of her beliefs about sanitation. She was the founder of modern nursing.
To go along with the celebration, we have come up with 75 Nurse’s Instagram captions that are funny, sassy and inspirational. So, whether you're celebrating the loved ones in your life who have chosen the nursing career path, or you're a nurse yourself, you'll find the perfect captions to use.
75 Nurse Instagram Captions
1. Cold hands, warm heart.
2. Nursing isn't what I do, but it’s who I am.
3. “I may be short, but my reach goes far.” – Maya Angelou
4. I’m not a doctor, but I am a nurse.
5. Keep calm and be a nurse.
6. Nurses are superheroes without capes.
7. Nurses are angels in comfortable shoes.
8. "Nurses are the beating heart of the medical system." – Alex Nicholson
9. "Nurses are there when the last breath is taken, and nurses are there when the first breath is taken." – Christine Bell
10. "Being a nurse means holding all your tears and starting to draw smiles on people’s faces." – Dana Basem
11. “And what nursing has to do in either case is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.” – Florence Nightingale
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12. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. "Nurses—one of the few blessings of being ill." – Sara Moss-Wolfe
14. I’m a nurse because a 'miracle worker' isn’t an official title.
15. “Nurses are the heart of healthcare.” – Donna Wilk Cardillo
16. “From caring comes courage.” – Lao Tzu
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17. Nurses—the first people you see after saying, "Hold my beer and watch this!"
18. 'Nurse'—just another word to describe a person strong enough to tolerate anything and soft enough to understand anyone.
19. "Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know was possible." – Tia Walker
20. “Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.” – Charles Dickens
21. You know you’re a nurse when your hand has gone places you never thought possible.
22. You know you're a nurse when you can eat lunch while talking about puke and bowel movements.
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23. I’m a nurse—nothing scares me.
24. Be nice to nurses; they choose your catheter size!
25. Value what you do and add value by what you do.
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26. If love can’t cure it, nurses can.
27. Don't mess with a nurse, they get paid to poke people with needles!
28. "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle." – Plato
29. "Care for one, that’s love. Care for hundreds, that’s nursing." – Unknown
30. I'm tough, but I could never be a nurse—they're next-level.
31. Not all angels wear wings, some wear scrubs.
32. "To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived; that is to have succeeded." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
33. I’m a nurse because "miracle worker" isn’t an official title.
34. The only thing ugly about a nurse are their shoes.
35. "Whether a person is male or female, a nurse is a nurse." – Gary Veale
36. "When you feel like quitting, remember why you started." – John Di Lemme
37. You can't cure stupid, but you can sedate it.
38. “Nursing is not for the empty nor the faint of heart.” – Meaghan Lynch
39. "The simple act of caring is heroic." – Edward Albert
40. "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I’m possible'!" – Audrey Hepburn
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41. Not easily grossed out.
42. "Do small things with great love." – Mother Teresa
43. Be the nurse you would want as a patient.
44. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
45. I’m a nurse. What’s your superpower?
46. “Save one life, you’re a hero. Save 100 lives, you’re a nurse.” – Rich Porter
47. "Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch." – Judy Blume
48. Hand sanitizer has started to become my best friend.
49. “Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.” – Dag Hammarskjold
50. “The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable. – Jodi Picoult
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51. "As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the mind, soul, heart, and body of our patients, their families, and ourselves." – Maya Angelou
52. "To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through. That is what it is to be a nurse." – Rawsi Williams
53. “Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.” – Val Saintsbury
54. “I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.” – Florence Nightingale
55. “A nurse will always give us hope; an angel with a stethoscope.” – Carrie Latet
56. “As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the mind, soul, heart, and body of our patients, their families, and ourselves. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
57. "A nurse will always treat you like family." – Unknown
58. "It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly." – Stephen Ambrose
59. "Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the joy, every day, while we are ‘just doing our jobs.’" – Christine Belle
60. "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." – Florence Nightingale
61. "The character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge she possesses." – Carolyn Jarvis
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62. May your cup runneth over, unless it is the specimen cup you are trying to hand me.
63. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." – Winston Churchill
64. Dear Lord, Please Help me get through this 12-hour shift without killing anyone or losing my job.
65. "I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance." – Pablo Casals
66. God found some of the strongest people and made them nurses.
67. "Act as if what you do makes a difference." – William James
68. Making hearts flutter since 1899.
69. "Hardships often prepare people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
70. “You know you’re a nurse when your finger has gone places you never thought possible.” – Jodi Picoult
71. "Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation." – Aristotle
72. "I’ve come to the realization that I’ll touch anything as long as I have gloves on." – Unknown
73. “The character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge she possesses.” – Carolyn Jarvis
74. "Sometimes medical treatment is not enough for recovery of a patient." – Unknown
75. "Be kind whenever possible, and it is always possible." – Tenzin Gyatso
Now that we gave you 75 great Instagram captions, the only hard part is choosing the one that perfectly sums you up as a nurse! Thank you, nurses, for all you do—a week isn't enough time to show our appreciation and gratitude.
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