At any given time, somewhere on our planet there is a nurse who is present, awake, alert and attentive to the immediate health needs of one or more people. All day, all night, every day, every night, many of us are actively practicing our profession.
Nurses work within intimate range of vulnerable people at crucial times of their lives.
We often take over vital physiologic functions, emotional roles, basic physical care, and timely response to skillfully determined needs. We are the only professionals who practice physiology with humans constantly, and carry knowledge about how to do this that is written in our expertise that we have developed through a complex integration of skills, learning, and an ever growing knowledge and research base. An alert practicing nurse learns something new and unique about human beings practically every day. Nurses are consistently among the most trusted of professionals. People trust us to administer complex care well.