“Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease which, once contracted, cannot be got out of the system. If it was not like that, there would be no hospital nurses, for compared dispassionately with other professions, the hours are long, the work hard, and the pay inadequate to the amount of concentrated energy required.
A nurse, however, does not view her profession dispassionately. It is too much a part of her.”
― Monica Dickens

This quotes in mainly stating that what a nurse does doesn't compare to anything else. A nurse have a passion for their job, helping people in need. Monica dickens looks to nurses as great people.