Wise, confident, advocate, kind and ethical is how I define a professional nurse. Everyone thinks of a nurse in their own way and much of the lay public thinks of a nurse as simply the doctor's assistant. However, nursing is much more than just being there for your patient to provide the most holistic care possible. Nursing is being there for your patient in whatever needs they need met, communicating with the interdisciplinary team and helping restore them to their optimal function both mentally and physically. According to Webster's Dictionary, a nurse is defined as "a person trained to care for sick or injured people and who usually works in a hospital or doctor's office" (Meriam-Webster, 2014). Over the past two years in nursing school my nursing philosophy has evolved into even stronger beliefs. Early on I began to believe that most nursing is based on kindness and the desire to help others. As I continue to make this case today, I have come to realize that nursing is this and so much more. First and foremost, I believe that every nurse should maintain a level of knowledge that they can use to care for their patient. However, as I am preparing for graduation and have not yet completed all the practical nursing tasks, there is one important thing I have learned. It matters what tasks you can do, but those can be taught clinically, however the person you are and the personality you show cannot be taught clinically. A nurse must be friendly, confident, kind and be able to communicate with others. Communication and the way a nurse presents her communication cannot be taught like inserting a peripheral intravenous catheter. I firmly believe that type... middle of paper... nurses are supposed to perform clinical tasks like administering medications, administering Foley catheters, inserting IVs, and performing assessments, but they do so much more than that. Nurses must also communicate with other members of the healthcare team, as well as with the patient and his or her family. As Peter Crosta states, “Nursing encompasses the autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well, and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, the prevention of disease, and the care of the sick, disabled, and dying. Other key roles of nursing are advocacy, promoting a safe environment, research, participation in health policy making and management of patients and health systems, and education" (Crosta, 2009). Nurse is kind, cooperative and knowledgeable and is always there for their patients in all aspects of healthcare and life issues.