The Problem and Its Background
Introduction
Nursing profession includes care of individuals sick or well and in all settings regardless of race, religion or gender. Nursing focuses in health promotion, growth and development, illness prevention, and the assisting ill, disabled and people who cannot provide their own needs. Its main purposes are to provide a safe environment, to minimize discomfort, stress and suffering of the patient, and to enable them to accept and cope with their illnesses. It also contributes in medical research and it participates in educating people with different health care practices.
Nursing is both a science and an art concerned with the physical, psychological, sociological, cultural and spiritual concerns of the individual. The science of nursing is based on a broad theoretical framework; its art depends on the caring skills and abilities of the individual nurse (Doenges, Moorhouse & Murr, 2008). This is a profession that provides health care and educational assistance among individuals who seek medical attention as well as health based information.
A nurse is a health care provider who works with other medical care personnel and is responsible in caring, assisting, counseling and educating individuals, families and communities about promoting proper maintenance of health. Nurses should require the order of a physician to an extent but they are able to perform immediate interventions to life-threatening emergencies. They follow nursing process which consists of assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation that is being done in a systematic way. According to Tomey and Alligood (2008), nursing is changing continuously, internally and in relation to other professions, in response to changing needs and changing social structures.
Increasingly, men are pursuing careers in nursing, attracted by the same benefits that have traditionally drawn women to the profession: abundant job
References: Nursing as a respected profession Moreover, Grzywacz (2009) claimed when the general public is surveyed about which profession they admired the most, nursing is always at the peak of the list