About Nursing

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities promoting health or to recover optimal health and quality of life. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nurses usually work within a multidisciplinary team but are the main point of contact for patients, often providing the most continuity of care. They will have contact with the patients families, particularly in cases of chronic illness where the patient may be returning regularly for treatment.