Nursing focuses on assisting people in obtaining and maintaining optimal health thoughout a life span. Nuns are said to be the "original nurse." Florence Nightingale laied the foundation for nursing as a profession and Linda Richards was said to be the first American trained nurse. Nursing is the caring relationship between nurse and patient; their ultimate purpose is to help improve, maintain, or recover health problems to provide the highest quality of life for their patients. Nurses are most commonly seen in hospitals, schools, and homes and are governed by strict laws. The most common specialies of nursing, in general terms, include: Mental health care, care for individuals with learning disabilities, in-home care, and children and older adult specilized care. This article is a very good source for general nursing information, it gives you quick-know information in a nutshell; however, it doesn't give much information on the education and traning required to become a professional nurse. To fully understand and respect someone going into or in this field of study is to know what they had to learn and overcome to get to their professional status, and it also helps many hopefulls in reaching their goals.
Works Cited
- "Nursing"- Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia
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