Nurses: the unsung heroes of the hospital.

While doctors hurry through the halls, sweeping from one room to the next, nurses are the more constant presence; they often sit with patients long after everyone else has gone home. They become a patients family when real relatives are not around, and often find themselves providing compassionate care for not just those in the hospital beds but patients loved ones, too.

Thats why we've teamed up with Dignity Health to shed a little light on the myriad ways nurses have an outsized impact on the lives of those in their charge, even if each one insists, in typically humble fashion, Im just doing my job."

1. Ladies Who Lunch