Nursing occupies the largest bulk of the health care force. Healthcare industry is transforming itself day by day. The professional nurse provides holistic care with compassion, empathy and respect for clients, dignity while educating them to achieve maximum level of health. She also participates in those activities contributing to prevention of illness and promotion of health.

Therefore it is necessary to educate nurses in the context of sound educational principles. As a Science, nursing is based on scientific knowledge which is expanding, ever changing and diversifying into specialty areas. In tune with specialization in medical science, nursing education has moved further to specialty such as Cardiovascular Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Neonatal Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Oncology Nursing, etc., to mention a few.

The opportunities for a nurse are varied and limitless. The horizon has expanded widely abroad with never ending staff shortage in Western countries, European and Middle East countries not ignoring the demands “at home”. There are opportunities for them to become independent practitioners and clinical nurse specialists. A nurse’s role in future will undergo rapid changes especially in the corporate health care industry. They will become career information navigators, interpreters of health related matters, decision making facilitators, managers, customer custodians, patients empowered, critical thinkers, and info mediators who will guide patients apart from being the traditional care givers.