Florence Nightingale Nursing is both an art and a science.
Nursing is the art and science of informed caring.
The essence of professional nursing education is the carefully constructed pyramid that builds a strong nursing major on a foundation of liberal arts in which prerequisite work includes a focus on the knowledge derived from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. In order to intervene on the behalf of clients, professional nurses do not view liberal arts as an educational luxury. A liberal arts core is essential since nurses deal, as no other disciplines do, with the total human being, with biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of life. The need for nurses to be prepared at the baccalaureate level in all areas of nursing is increasing across the nation. Health care is increasingly complex and the need for highly educated nurses is necessary to provide safe care.