Nursing practice varies both through its various
specialists and countries these nursing originations offer the following
definitions.
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care
of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well in
all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness,
and the care of ill, disabled and dying people.
Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping
health policy and in patient and health system management, and education are
also key nursing roles
Definition:
According to International Council of Nurses,
The use of clinical judgment in the provision of care
to enable people to improve, maintain, or recover health, to cope with heath
problems, and to achieve the best possible quality of life whatever their
disease or disability, until death.
Royal College Of Nursing U.K, Postulated that, 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 responses; and advocacy in health care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations