Nursing includes a range of specialties and definitions that vary from country to country.
Broadly speaking, a nurse is a person who has formally been educated and trained in the care of the sick or disabled. Nursing also includes several other fields of medicine, including the prevention of disease, caring for and monitoring as well as advising pregnant women, etc.
A nurse is a healthcare professional who is focused on caring for individuals, families, and communities, ensuring that they attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and functioning.
Nurses are capable of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care independently of physicians, and they provide support from basic triage to emergency surgery.
Nurses may practice:
§ clinics
§ cruise ships
§ hospice facilities
§ hospitals
§ industry (occupational health settings)
§ long-term care facilities
§ military facilities
§ pharmaceutical companies (for example, as researchers)
§ physician offices
§ private homes
§ retirement homes
§ schools
§ schools
§ camps
Some nurses may also advise and work as consultants in the the healthcare,legal or insurance sectors. Nurses can work full- or part-time, and many work on a per diem basis or as traveling nurses.
