Abstract
I
n our society , nursing up till now could earn its role as
a vocation instead of being a profession. By definition, a profession is the set of activities that persons
perform to earn money , and the rules are prescribed by a
society knowledge and skills attained by based on
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training . Actually , the nurses have been struggling hard
for many years to achieve professional status . The
existence of a body of knowledge distinct from other
disciplines is a distinguishing feature of a profession.
Several sources of knowledge laid down the foundation
of nursing and their practice for better quality of care
including tradition, authority , borrowed knowledge,
trial, and error . However, recently they directed their
efforts to establish an overt body of knowledge so that
nursing can be undoubtedly recognized as a diverse
profession.
Nurses have certainly established such awareness in
public at large, that the health status of people must
alter if nurses play their role. In fact, health care is incomplete without nurses even in the smallest of hospitals
or indoor facilities , the treatment offered by physicians
and surgeons is dependent on the delivery and quality
of care through nurses. Despite their significant role,
unfortunately , there is a wide gap in the availability of
nurses not only in our country but also globally as per
the . W
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World Health Organization 2011 report e need 9
million nurses and midwives across the globe to reach
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universal health coverage by 2030 .
