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{{Infobox Occupation
| name= Nurse bob
| image= [[File:British woman tending to a baby.jpg|250px]]
| caption= A British nurse caring for a baby
| official_names= Nurse
| Occupation
| activity_sector= Nursing
| competencies=
Caring for general well-being of patients
| formation=
Qualifications in terms of statutory regulations according to national, state, or provincial legislation in each country 
| employment_field= 
*[[Hospital]],
*[[Clinic]]
*[[Laboratory]]
| related_occupation=
}}

'''Nursing''' is a profession within the [[health care]] sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and [[quality of life (healthcare)|quality of life]]. Nurses may be cooldifferentiated from other [[health care providers]] by their [[nursing theory|approach to patient care]], [[nurse education|training]], and [[scope of practice]]. Nurses practice in [[List of nursing specialties|many specialties]] with differing levels of [[medical prescription|prescription authority]]. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of [[physician]]s, and this traditional role has shaped the public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurse practitioners are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice in(contracted; show full)nd prescribe medications and other therapies, depending on individual state regulations. Nurses may help coordinate the patient care performed by other members of a multidisciplinary health care team such as therapists, medical practitioners and dietitians. Nurses provide care both interdependently, for example, with physicians, and independently as nursing professionals.
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==History==
{{Main article|History of nursing|Timeline of nursing history}}

===Traditional===
Nursing historians face 
 rally bigthe challenge of determining whether care provided to the sick or injured in antiquity was nursing care.<ref name="OLYNN2007">{{cite book|last1=O'Lynn|first1=CE|editor1-last=O'Lynn|editor1-first=CE|editor2-last=Tranbarger|editor2-first=RE|title=Men in Nursing: History, Challenges, and Opportunities|date=2007|publisher=Springer Pub.|location=New York|isbn=9780826103499|pages=6–8|chapter=History of men in nursing: a review}}</ref> In the fifth century BC, for example, the [[Hippoc(contracted; show full){{Nursing}}
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