Nursing has been termed as a profession that focuses on utmost care of mankind and its related communities thereby helping to maintain optimal health. A nurse follows the guidelines given by the doctor ad gives unbiased care and undivided attention to each of its patients and helps the to recover form a grave injury and resume a normal life.In the modern era, nursing has been defined as a art which focuses on maintaining the standard of life as defined by the hoi polloi throughout their experiences which range form the birth of life to its end.

 
Nursing has emerged in various forms over a span of many decades and it has taken a variety of meaning and definitions. Starting with the idea of a wet nurse in the 15th century who helped in neonatal care, it evolved to being known as dry nurse that now in a broader sense helps in promoting quality of life.