Shortage of nurses
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Nursing is one of the noblest and most humanistic professions in the world. Apart from being a highly responsible and noble profession, nursing requires lots of time, dedication, patience, sacrifice, love and care for the clients. As a profession nursing went through a complex way to gain a right to be considered a profession and its professional independence. Nurses are health professionals with a unique scope of skills and knowledge that is distinct from, although complementary to, medical practice.
Modern RNs are no any longer white-coated assistants of powerful doctors. Instead, they are the providers, directors, managers, and coordinators of complex systems of care. Nursing requires a great deal of maturity, empathy, dedication and commitment. In other words, it is the backbone of the healthcare industry. Although nursing is crucial in the contemporary health care system, it remains a profession in crisis due to the increasing shortage of nurses, which is becoming a major problem in Canada and other developed countries. Unlike most workers, nurses are responsible for people's lives daily...