Where did the quote "once a nurse, always a nurse" originate?

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Feb 20, 2015

nope. But it is true. You gain a certain identity and it remains with you from then on.

sharpeimom · Feb 20, 2015

I don't know where the expression originated, but I do know it's been around a long time. Notice the ways in which it shows itself

in everyday life.

I'm disabled, but when we're out in public, we tend to peek into little old ladies carts to check their eating habits, look at vein size of the person ahead of us at checkout, wonder whether that

rambunctious two-year-old is current with his immunizations, people try to show you weird lookng things people should have shown their PC instead.That's the beginning :) of the story

OCNRN63, RN · Feb 20, 2015

Ireland.