Wise, Confident, Advocate, Kind and Ethical is how I define a Registered Nurse. Everyone thinks of a nurse in their own way and a large part of the lay public thinks of a nurse. is simply the doctor's assistant. However, nursing is much more than just being there for your patient to provide the most holistic care possible. Nursing is about being there for your patient whatever their needs, communicating with the interdisciplinary team and helping them return to their most optimal function, both mentally and physically. According to Webster's dictionary, a nurse is defined as "a person trained to care for sick or injured people and who usually works in a hospital or doctor's office" (Meriam-Webster, 2014). Over the last two years of nursing school, my nursing philosophy has evolved into even stronger beliefs. At first, I started out believing that the majority of nursing was based on kindness and a desire to help others. While I'm still on it today, I've come to realize that nursing is that and so much more. First, I believe that every nurse must maintain a level of knowledge that they can use to care for their patient. However, as I am about to graduate and have not yet completed all the practical nursing tasks, I have learned one important thing. The tasks you can do are important, but those can be taught clinically, but the person you are and the personality you demonstrate cannot be taught clinically. A nurse should be friendly, confident, kind and be able to communicate with others. Communication and how a nurse presents communication cannot be taught like inserting a peripheral IV catheter. I wholeheartedly believe that the kind of... middle of paper ... nurses are expected to perform clinical tasks like medications, Foley catheter, IV insertion, and assessments, but they do much more than that. Nurses must also communicate with other members of the healthcare team as well as the patient and their family. As Peter Crosta says: “Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care provided to individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or healthy and in all settings. Nursing includes health promotion, disease prevention, and care of the sick, disabled, and dying. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in health policy development and management of patients and health systems, as well as education are also key roles of nurses” ( Crosta, 2009). A nurse is kind, collaborative and knowledgeable and always there for their patients in all aspects of health care and life issues.