Introduction Determining the roles and responsibilities of a nurse is not an easy task. Even though modern philosophy of nursing has helped identify the main direction, arrange of blank spots in practice make the work of a nurse very complicated. Nevertheless, this course has provided numerous insights on the nursing process, as well as on the areas, in which I must evolve as a nurse. Philosophy of Nursing Regardless of what innovations the incorporation of new ideas and techniques may have on nursing, the key concept thereof, which concerns providing care and support for patients, is bound to remain the same. The concept of compassion is the focus of the nursing philosophy for a good reason –it is the ability to sympathize with people that makes the idea of providing care possible. However, apart from emotional attachment to the patient, the philosophy of nursing must incorporate the idea of leadership as the means of leading the patient to the point of recovery and seeing them through on this complex and quite difficult path. Consequently, the necessity to incorporate decision-making into the philosophy of nursing appears. In order to be able to develop an efficient intervention strategy, a nurse must be capable of making conclusions based on a set of observable symptoms (Nunnery, 2008). Despite the fact that my nursing philosophy has a certain spiritual value to it, I have also learned to be a leader and promote healthy lifestyle along with a proper attitude towards the latter to the patients. Moreover, being a nurse presupposes respecting patients and enhancing the significance of patient-centered therapy. While often considered to provide far too much freedom to the patients, the specified approach turns out to be the key to defining an adequate intervention strategy, as it helps the patient get involved into the process and, therefore, be willing to recover. Community Assessment Survey Carrying out a survey for evaluating the health status of its members and designing the tools for addressing the existing health concerns has revealed the significance of raising awareness among the members of the community in question concerning the means of addressing diseases and disorders. One could argue that, on a more general level, conducting the specified study helped learn the importance of prioritizing health issues. While, technically, the need to get the current priorities in line is essential for a nursing practitioner, it, nevertheless, can be considered a rather natural and logical conclusion to make. The importance of teaching patients to identify the key symptoms of certain disorders, as well as contact the nearby nursing services, prevent diseases, adopt health lifestyle, etc. cannot possibly be overrated (Conard & Pape, 2014). However, it was a deep insight on the role of a nurse that played the part of the key revelation. Understanding what role a nurse plays in the specified area is another essential lesson, which is of a huge essence to a registered nurse. A closer look at the current nursing issues will reveal that a range of nurse have a very vague understanding of their responsibilities and the role that they are supposed to play in the community (Trujillo-Londirgan & Lewenson, 2013). The survey mentioned above, therefore, shed some light on both the responsibilities of a regist