Who is a nurse?

A nurse is a health care professional who is engaged in the practice of nursing. Nurses are responsiblewith other health care professionals for the treatment, safety, and recovery of acutely or chronically ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings. Nurses may also be involved in medical and nursing research and perform a wide range of non-clinical functions necessary to the delivery of health care.

Nursing education, regulation, roles, and titles vary in different countries, but in general reflect an increasing level of responsibility and status.

Talk about nursing? What is the practice of nursing?
Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families and communities in attaining, re-attaining and maintaining optimal health and functioning. Modern definitions of nursing define it as a science and an art that focuses on promoting quality of life as defined by persons and families, throughout their life experiences from birth to care at the end of life. (wikipedia.org)

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