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What Is Nursing?

Nursing is a segment of the healthcare sector that encompasses a wide range of professionals from entry-level practitioners to doctoral-level researchers. Career paths within the nursing field include numerous specialties and unique skills, which are most often applied to direct patient care. However, nursing roles include everything from patient-facing care and case management to directing nursing care systems and medical research. Nursing professionals of all types are in high demand and career outlooks are very promising, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting job growth among nursing careers to far exceed the average for all occupations.