About Nursing

• Introduction
• Nursing As A Profession
• Nursing practice
• Definition
• International Council Of Nurses
• Royal College Of Nursing UK
• Nursing theory and Nursing process
• Practice settings
• Regulation of practice
• List of nursing specialties
• Major divisions
  

 

 

The Major Divisions Of Nursing Are:

• the nursing of people with mental health problems - Psychiatric and mental health nursing
  
  
• the nursing of people with learning or developmental disabilities
  
  
• the nursing of children - Pediatric nursing.
  
  
• the nursing of older adults - Geriatric nursing
  
  
• the nursing of people in their own homes - Home health nursing (US), District nursing and Health visiting (UK).
  
  

There are also specialist areas such as cardiac nursing, orthopedic nursing and oncology nursing.