Nature of nursing

Nursing is a professional discipline that complements other healthcare professions by helping people adopt healthy lifestyles, enabling people to cope with health problems, and caring for people during illness in ways that promote health, healing, and minimize disability. The practice of nursing requires specialized knowledge, skills, compassion for others, and clinical judgment. This document was prepared by Usha Rani Kandula, an assistant professor at Arsi University in Ethiopia, to define the nature and purpose of nursing.