Caring is what is unique to the nursing profession. Nursing does not add caring to its list of daily tasks, rather nursing itself is caring. Even if the nurse has to see many patients for the day, each patient will receive care from the caring hands of the nurse. Even though the nurse might be tired at the end of the day, like a good mother, he or she will outdo himself or herself to care for the patient. As Boykin and Schoenhofer 2001 explain, “Throughout life we come to understand what it means to be a caring person, to… >>>
