About:

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 the advocacy in the care of individuals, families’ communities and population

Scope:

Most of the nation’s 2.7 million nurses work in medical and surgical hospital environments. The rest are typically employed in physicians’ offices, home health care services and nursing care facilities, along with government agencies, support services and educational services. Nurses usually work in familiar healthcare facilities, but some work in patient’s homes, schools, community centres or office environments. Travel nurses go where RNs are in short supply, either around the US or in foreign countries with a high pay scale