The Nursing Profession Nursing is among the most popular health care professions today, offering interesting and challenging work, personal satisfaction and an array of employment opportunities. Nurses provide many types of health care services to persons of all ages and backgrounds, as well as to families and groups. Clients may be healthy or ill, and may be served in settings ranging from the home and community to acute care hospitals.
Nursing is a scientific profession with a comprehensive vision.
Nurses care for people's physical needs while taking many other needs into account - emotional, psychological intellectual, social, spiritual. General skills developed through the major include problem solving, communication, critical thinking, leadership, and decision making. Overall, the nursing major seeks to teach students how to assess, develop, plan, and implement care plans for a specific client or client population. The ASN program is not available on the Bloomington campus, however it is offered at the Indianapolis and other IU campuses. Opportunities A variety of career opportunities are available to the BSN prepared nurse.