American Nursing Association (ANA) (.org website)
The ANA discusses what Florence Nightingale believed nursing was. Florence Nightingale is an important figure in the history of nursing. She brought alot of evolution when it came to the educational aspect as well as how people look at nurses. Furthermore, nurses did not get the respect they deserved back in the day, until Florence Nightingale demanded it. Nursing in accordance with the ANA reflects that nurses help others by promoting, restoring, maintaining, and coping with health.
BLS (.gov website)
According to this website, a nurse is someone who is a problem solver. They figure out the reason for a patient’s sickness. Once that happens, they are able to treat their illness or injury with medications and procedures.
Choose Nursing (.com website)
On this website, their definition is similar to the one I posted on my blog. They believe that nurses are multidimensional in that they need scientific skills, people skills, and technological skills in order to be a nurse. Also, and like Florence Nightingale this website believes that nursing can now be considered a respected profession.
California State University, Fresno (.edu website)
When a website has “.edu” in it then you know the website will come from a school or some type of educational facility, so in this case it is CSU. They describe nursing similarly to that of the other websites. They believe nursing is a profession that interacts with the people in the environment. They see the environment as having a big impact on people which is what causes the need for a person to seek nursing assistance.
In conclusion, reading all these different interpretations has showed me how important nursing really is. Also, that nursing isn’t just a one-skilled profession, but in fact it is multidimensional. It takes a well rounded person to be in this profession. Lastly, reading these definitions and opinions make me excited to be a nurse.
Works Cited
American Nurses Association. "What is Nursing." American Nursing Association The largest nursing organization in the US. The American Nurses Association, Inc., 2011. Web. 23 Sep 2011. http://www.nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/StudentNurses/WhatisNurs ing.aspx
United States. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington: DC, Web. http://www.bls.gov/k12/help04.htm
What is a Nurse?." ChooseNursing.com. ChooseNursing.com, 2009. Web. 23 Sep 2011. http://www.choosenursing.com/faqs/index.html
What is Nursing?." California State University, Fresno. California State University, Fresno, 6/01/2009. Web. 23 Sep 2011.
